The government's objective of restoring budgetary stability and the consequent reduction of the deficit has been achieved by various measures taken under the austerity plan of the General Administration of the Status.

To this end, the Council of Ministers adopted on 30 April 2010 an Agreement approving the Plan for the Rationalization of Structures in the General Administration of the State, and a reduction in the number of posts and reordering of the business public sector.

As a result, Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April 2010 approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments, in which an important number of management bodies is abolished, has been approved. whose holders have the status of a senior official. The modifications operated in relation to the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Development are concretized in the deletion of two organs with the rank of Directorate General: the General Directorate of Planning and the Directorate General of Services.

In relation to the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Public Works established in the aforementioned royal decree, two modifications are introduced that affect management bodies with a general management rank. First of all, the rank of the Director of the Center for Studies and Experiments of Public Works (CEDEX), which up to now has a rank of director general, changes to the rank of deputy director general. Second, a new organ is created with a rank of general direction, the General Inspection of Fomento, dependent on the Secretariat of the Department.

In relation to the general directions in respect of which the application of the provisions of article 18.2 of Law 6/1997, of April 14, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State is exceptioned, In this royal decree, the circumstances that motivate him are required. Thus, as regards the Directorates-General for Institutional Relations and Civil Aviation, reference is made to the provisions of Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April, and as regards the Directorate-General for Land Transport, to the provisions of the Royal Decree 640/2009 of 17 April. With regard to the Directorate-General for Railway Infrastructures, as the successor to the defunct General Directorate of Railways, the reasons justifying that exception, explained in Royal Decree 100/2006 of 3 February, are maintained. amending Royal Decree 562/2004 of 19 April approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

The development of such a structure requires the completion of the regulation of the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Development up to the level of general subdirection, in accordance with the provisions of Article 67,1 (a) of the Law 6/1997, of 14 April, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State. To this end, the same criteria for the containment of public expenditure and rationalization of the organizational structures of the General Administration of the State that have presided over the approval of Royal Decree 495/2010 are taken into account. in the suppression of various management bodies with a rank of general sub-direction and divisions.

Finally, the organizational structure of the Center for Studies and Experiments of Public Works (CEDEX) is modified, in order to modify the rank of its Director, as indicated, and to reorder the competencies among its bodies with a rank of general sub-directorate as a result of the abolition of the General Subdirectorate for Technical and Scientific Programming, in accordance with the provisions of Article 63.3 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and Operation of the General Administration of the State.

In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Development, the Minister of the Environment and the Rural and Marine Environment, on the proposal of the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at their meeting on 14 May 2010,

DISPONGO:

Article 1. General organization of the Department.

1. It is up to the Ministry of Public Works to propose and implement the Government's policy on infrastructure and land, air and maritime transport of state competence, and control, management and administrative regulation of the transport services; the management and management of all postal and telegraphic services; the impetus and direction of state services relating to astronomy, geodesy, geophysics and cartography; and planning and programming of investments relating to infrastructure and services mentioned.

2. The Ministry of Public Works is structured in the following bodies directly dependent on the Minister:

(a) The Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure, on which the General Secretariat of Infrastructure is responsible.

b) The Secretary of State for Transport, on which the General Secretariat of Transport is responsible.

c) The General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination.

(d) The Subsecretariat Of Promotion.

3. As a political and technical support body of the Minister of Public Works, there is a Cabinet, the holder of which has the rank of director general, with the structure set out in Article 18 of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April.

Article 2. State Secretary for Planning and Infrastructure.

1. The Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure is the directly responsible body, under the direction of the head of the Department, of the definition and proposal of the Ministry's policies regarding the planning of the transport infrastructure, and the definition, proposal and implementation of the Ministry's policies concerning the implementation of transport infrastructure through the public bodies and bodies of the Ministry of Transport.

2. The Secretariat of State for Planning and Infrastructure exercises, in respect of the units dependent on it, the powers provided for in Article 14 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the Administration State General.

In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) The formulation, review and follow-up of the Department's strategic planning in the field of infrastructure and transport, in accordance with its contribution to the sustainability of the transport system, its profitability and its social and territorial impact.

b) The formulation of the planning and programming of the Department in the field of infrastructure and transport, prior to its elevation to the Council of Ministers, as well as its review and monitoring, and the promotion of measures to promote intermodality and sustainable mobility, without prejudice to the powers of the Secretary of State for Transport.

c) Programming of investments in infrastructure, without prejudice to the powers of the Secretariat of State for Transport and those corresponding to the Secretariat in relation to programming and budgeting economic resources.

(d) The execution, directly or through the agencies and entities under the Secretariat of State, of the road and rail transport infrastructure.

e) Coordination and participation in international cooperation instruments which are necessary for the planning and development of trans-European transport networks and cross-border connections, without prejudice to the Responsibilities that correspond to other management centers of the Department.

f) The coordination of the activities of the organs and entities of the Secretariat of State, as well as the monitoring and monitoring of the multi-annual action programmes.

g) The determination of minimum mandatory services to ensure the provision of essential services in the field of their competencies, in the case of conflict of work or business absenteeism.

h) The development and review of strategic planning of transport infrastructures.

i) Strategic planning in intermodality and healthy modes.

j) The formulation of the sectoral planning and programming, according to the forecasts of the department's management centers.

k) Participation in the planning of trans-European transport networks and their monitoring.

l) The conduct of studies of a prospective, economic-financial and territorial nature.

m) The programming of infrastructure investments in the field of strategic and sectoral planning.

n) Tracking the Department's transportation infrastructure plans and programs.

n) The coordination of actions for the improvement of the integration of environmental aspects in the planning of transport infrastructures and the realization of environmental studies of a strategic nature.

o) The coordination and monitoring of reports prior to spatial and urban planning instruments affecting infrastructure.

p) The preparation of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of the appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body, without prejudice to the powers of other higher bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them.

q) The participation and coordination of the management centres of the Secretariat of State, in the High Level groups or appropriate instruments, in the field of cross-border connections, without prejudice to the powers that correspond to other management centers of the Department.

3. The General Secretariat of Infrastructures depends on the Secretariat of State for Planning and Infrastructure, under the top management of its holder.

4. It depends on the Ministry of Public Works, through the Secretariat of State Planning and Infrastructures, the Autonomous Agency Center for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX).

5. As an organ of political and technical support of the Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructures there is a Cabinet, with organic level of general subdirection, with the structure established in article 18 of Royal Decree 495/2010, of 30 of April.

6. It is directly dependent on the Secretariat of State, with an organic level of general sub-management, the General Sub-Directorate for Infrastructure and Transport Planning, to which the following functions are carried out:

a) The elaboration and review of the strategic planning of transport infrastructures.

b) Strategic planning in intermodality and healthy modes.

c) The formulation of the sectoral planning and programming, according to the forecasts of the department's management centers.

d) Participation in the planning of trans-European transport networks and their monitoring.

e) The conduct of studies of a prospective, economic-financial and territorial nature.

f) Tracking the Department's transportation infrastructure plans and programs.

g) The coordination and monitoring of reports prior to spatial and urban planning instruments affecting infrastructure.

(h) The preparation of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body, without prejudice to the powers of other higher bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them.

i) the participation and coordination of the management centres of the Secretariat of State, in the High Level groups or appropriate instruments, in the field of cross-border connections, without prejudice to the powers conferred on them; correspond to other management centers of the Department.

7. It also depends directly on the Secretariat of State, with the organic level to be determined in the relation of jobs, the Division of Studies and Environmental Integration of Transport, to which the exercise of the The following functions:

a) Programming of infrastructure investments in the field of strategic and sectoral planning.

b) The coordination of actions for the improvement of the integration of environmental aspects in the planning of transport infrastructures and the performance of environmental studies of a strategic nature.

Article 3. General Secretariat for Infrastructure.

1. It is up to the General Secretariat for Infrastructure, with the rank of sub-secretariat, under the top management of the Secretary of State, to promote the realization of investments in road and rail transport infrastructure and, in particular, the following:

(a) The direction and coordination of the exercise of the responsibilities of the Directorates-General dependent on the General Secretariat and the proposal and formulation of their objectives and action plans.

(b) The monitoring of the implementation of the investment projects of the Directorates-General dependent on the General Secretariat in order to achieve the objectives set.

c) The strategic direction, evaluation and control of the results of the activities of the public bodies attached to the General Secretariat, as well as the supervision of the multiannual and the management.

d) The coordination of the actions agreed by the Administration in relation to the Road Concessions, and the surveillance, inspection and technical and economic control of the concessionary companies, without prejudice to the powers of other management bodies of the Ministry of Public Works.

e) The impetus of the procurement and management procedures, seeking their greater agility and effectiveness.

2. The following management bodies depend on the General Secretariat:

a) The Directorate General of Roads.

b) The Directorate General of Railway Infrastructure.

3. Directly dependent on the Secretary-General, there is a Technical Cabinet as an organ of coordination, support and immediate assistance to the Secretary General, with an organic level of general subdirection.

4. The Secretary-General of Infrastructures is at the same time the Government's Delegate in the concessionary companies of national toll highways and, as such, exercises the functions that this organ attributes the current order, without prejudice to the powers which the Secretariat is responsible for in the field of economic and financial control. It is directly up to the Government Delegate to the Government Subdelegation in the concessionary companies of national toll motorways, with the organic level to be determined in the employment relationship.

5. The General Secretariat of Infrastructures is attached to the public entities of the Business Administration of Railway Infrastructures (ADIF) and the Railways of Via Narrow (FEVE), corresponding to that organ the strategic direction, the assessment and control of the results of the activity of those entities.

6. The Department, through the General Secretariat of Infrastructures, exercises the protection of the state society of Infrastructures of the Land Transport, S.A. (SEITTSA), as provided for in Law 33/2003 of 3 November of the Heritage of Public Administrations.

Article 4. General Directorate of Roads.

1. It is for the Directorate-General for Roads to exercise the following functions in the field of the State Highway Network:

(a) The updating, monitoring and control of the situation and functioning of the State Highway Network, as well as the analysis, diagnosis and prognosis of the road supply and the demand for transport.

b) The elaboration, monitoring and control of road planning, as well as planning studies and previous studies, information and environmental impact, including those of arterial networks, in the field of competence.

c) The elaboration and updating of the inventory of geometrical characteristics of the State Highway Network, as well as the management, for its disposal, of the sections of roads of the network that are replaced by new ones infrastructure.

d) The elaboration and proposal of the regulations in the field of roads and, in particular, the reference to the signaling and the beacon, as well as the elaboration of studies and reports of a technical nature.

e) The development, monitoring, monitoring and control of state road projects and projects.

f) The management and control of the construction and quality of the new infrastructure and the works of conditioning and rehabilitation of the road network, as well as the technical monitoring and the economic control of the works and their incidents.

g) The conservation, maintenance and rehabilitation of road heritage, the exploitation and signalling of roads and their complementary services, as well as the inventory of road safety, the analysis of accidents, development of road safety plans and programmes in the field of the Ministry's competence, the winter road and the rules for action in public domain, easement and road condition areas.

h) The development of studies and reports and the coordination, inspection and control of roads under indirect management.

i) The drafting of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body, as well as the management of matters relating to procurement, procurement and expropriations, without prejudice to the powers of other senior bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them.

j) Participation in the field of the Directorates General of Europe and Latin America and the World Road Associations.

2. The Directorate-General for Roads is structured in the following bodies, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) The General Planning Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.a), b), and c).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General of Projects, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (e) corresponds.

(c) The General Construction Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.f.).

(d) The General Subdirectorate for Conservation and Exploitation, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (g) and (h), and those described in paragraph 1 (e) in its respective field.

(e) The General Secretariat, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (i) is carried out.

Article 5. Directorate-General for Railway Infrastructure.

1. The Directorate General of Railway Infrastructures exercises all those functions that Law 39/2003, of 17 November, of the Railway Sector attributes to the Ministry of Development in relation to the railway infrastructures whose exercise is not it is expressly attributed to another organ of the Department and, in particular, the following:

(a) The development, monitoring, monitoring and control of railway infrastructure planning in the General Interest Railway Network and the corresponding railway plans.

b) The development, monitoring, monitoring and control of information studies, pre-projects and railway projects, and the development of projects for the delimitation and use of railway spaces.

(c) The management and control of the execution of the railway infrastructure works of its competence, as well as the management and supervision of its quality, the technical monitoring and the economic control of the works and their incidents.

(d) Expropriatory actions in the field of railway infrastructure.

e) The development of projects of general provisions relating to railway infrastructure, to the conditions of movement, to the safety and interoperability of the railway system, to the conditions and requirements for rolling stock and railway personnel related to safety.

(f) The exercise of the powers that correspond to the Ministry of Development in the field of interoperability and safety in the railway traffic in all matters relating to infrastructure, safety systems, rolling stock, maintenance centres of the same, railway staff related to safety in the railway movement and training and medical recognition centres for such staff.

g) The exercise of the powers that correspond to the Ministry of Public Works in relation to the defense of the public railway domain and with the modification with the limit of the building, without prejudice to the competences that correspond to the Railway Infrastructure Manager.

(h) The representation of the Ministry of Public Works in international and European Union bodies related to railway infrastructure, interoperability and safety in the railway and road traffic participation in the coordination and management bodies of the European rail corridors.

i) The preparation and follow-up of protocols, agreements and conventions on concerted actions with other public administrations in the field of railway infrastructure, as well as coordination and cooperation with other bodies administrative, public entities and administrations in the field of safety in the railway movement.

(j) the preparation of the preliminary draft budget in relation to the railway investments of its competence, as well as its monitoring and monitoring of the implementation of the budget and the programme contracts with the entities Railway public dependent on the State Secretariat for Planning and Infrastructure.

(k) The management of matters relating to the procurement, procurement and processing of the relevant expenditure and expropriations files, the management and promotion of the IT systems of the Directorate-General, the processing the Secretariat for human resources-related matters and the technical organization of the archives and records.

2. In accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April, the head of the Directorate-General for Railway Infrastructures shall not be required to be an official, in the light of special characteristics. of this body and in accordance with Royal Decree 100/2006 of 3 February, amending Royal Decree 562/2004 of 19 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

3. The Directorate-General for Railway Infrastructures is composed of the following bodies with a general sub-directorate level:

(a) The General Sub-Directorate of Planning and Projects, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.a) and b).

(b) The General Construction Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.c) and d).

Article 6. Secretary of State for Transport.

1. The Secretary of State for Transport is the body directly responsible, under the direction of the head of the Department, of the definition, proposal and execution of the policies of the Ministry concerning the general management of the transports land, sea and air of state competition, as well as those relating to the realization of infrastructures of harbour and airport transports through the organs and public entities of it dependent.

It is also up to the Secretariat of State for Transport to make proposals in relation to the planning processes referred to in Article 2.2, in accordance with the criteria for improving efficiency, efficiency and quality of land transport service.

2. The Secretariat of State for Transport exercises, in respect of the units dependent on it, the powers provided for in Article 14 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State.

In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) The general management of land, sea and air transport of state competence.

b) The definition of the objectives in terms of port and airport planning and investments in ports and airports of general interest, in the framework of the guidelines outlined in the general planning.

(c) The definition of the objectives in the field of land transport management and the formulation of proposals for infrastructure planning in relation to the content of Article 2.2.

(d) The determination of minimum mandatory services to ensure the provision of essential services in the various modes of transport services, in cases of conflict of work or absenteeism business.

e) The supervision of the programmes of multi-annual action and the management of public bodies attached to the Secretariat of State.

f) The rating of civil airports.

g) The proposal for authorisation by the Minister of Development for the establishment and structural modifications of airports of general interest.

(h) The prior report on the establishment, modification and opening of air traffic of the airports and airports of competence of the Autonomous Communities, and on the approval of plans or instruments of management and delimitation of their respective service area.

i) The proposal for the approval or modification of airport management plans of general interest.

(j) the programming, direction and coordination of the necessary sectoral studies, reports on the conjuncture and analysis of the operation of the transport services and the relevant management bodies, with a view to Detect dysfunctions and social needs and demands in different modes of transport.

k) The impetus of policies aimed at combating climate change, energy saving and improving the efficiency of transport services.

l) Cooperation with Territorial Administrations for the impetus of the Metropolitan Plans for Sustainable Mobility, in coordination with the Secretariat of State for Planning and Infrastructure, without prejudice to the powers conferred on other management bodies of the Department.

m) The management of intermodality in the different modes of transport and the formulation of proposals in accordance with Article 2.2.

n) The monitoring and implementation of the European Union's transport policy, without prejudice to the powers conferred on other management bodies of the Department.

n) The management of aid to promote sustainable mobility.

3. The following management bodies are dependent on the Secretariat of State for Transport, under the top management of its holder:

(a) The General Secretariat for Transport.

b) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

4. It is attached to the Ministry of Public Works, through the Secretariat of State of Transport the business public entity Airports Spanish and Air Navigation (AENA), corresponding to that organ the strategic direction, the evaluation and the control of the results of your activity.

5. As a political and technical support body of the Secretary of State for Transport, there is a Cabinet, with an organic level of general sub-direction, with the structure set out in Article 18 of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April.

6. It depends directly on the Secretariat of State, with the organic level to be determined in the relation of jobs, the Division of Prospective and Technology of the Transport, to which the study and development of mobility programs correspond. The European Union's transport policy will be sustainable in the services of the various modes of transport, as well as monitoring, permanent information and monitoring on the implementation of the European Union's transport policy, in coordination with the competent management centres. It is also for the promotion of intelligent transport systems and new technologies applicable to the different modes of transport.

From the Secretariat of State of Transport, through this Division of Prospective and Technology of the Transport, the Commission for the coordination of the transport of dangerous goods and the Commission for the coordination of the transport of perishable goods.

7. It is attached to the Ministry of Public Works, through the Secretariat of State for Transport, the Commission for the investigation of accidents and incidents of civil aviation.

Article 7. General Secretariat for Transport.

1. It is for the General Secretariat of Transport, with a rank of under-secretary, under the top management of the Secretary of State, the general management of land transport and maritime transport of state competence, and in particular the The following functions:

(a) The direction and coordination of the exercise of the responsibilities of the Directorates-General dependent on the General Secretariat and the proposal and formulation of their objectives and action plans.

(b) The supervision of programmes for multi-annual action and the management of public bodies attached to the General Secretariat.

(c) Monitoring the implementation of the investment programmes of the Directorates-General and public bodies that are dependent on the General Secretariat in order to achieve the objectives set, ensuring agility and effectiveness of the procurement and management procedures.

d) The lifting of proposals to the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to the setting of criteria in the planning processes referred to in Article 7.1.

e) The elevation of proposals to the Secretary of State for Transport in relation to the metropolitan plans for sustainable mobility.

f) The monitoring of investments in transport infrastructure for the adequacy of the services performed on them.

g) The proposal of measures for the management and promotion of intermodality in transport services.

the cooperation, in coordination with the General Secretariat of Institutional Relations, with the territorial administrations for the efficient operational integration of services in the intermodal logistic platforms land traffic.

i) The coordination of the participation of the management centres belonging to the General Secretariat of Transport in the development and implementation of the Community regulations in the field of land and sea transport.

j) The implementation of the necessary sectoral studies, in order to detect dysfunctions and social needs and demands in land and sea transport.

(k) The proposal for minimum mandatory services to ensure the provision of essential land and sea transport services and in the port area, in the case of a conflict of employment or absenteeism business.

2. The following management bodies are responsible for the General Secretariat for Transport:

a) The General Directorate of Land Transport.

b) The General Direction of the Merchant Navy.

3. Directly dependent on the Secretary-General, there is a Technical Cabinet as an organ of coordination, support and immediate assistance to the Secretary General, with an organic level of general subdirection.

4. They are attached to the General Secretariat of Transport, the following public bodies and bodies, corresponding to the public authorities, the strategic direction, the evaluation and the control of the results. of the activity:

a) The public entities Ports of the State and Port Authorities.

b) The business public entity RENFE-Operator.

c) The business public entity Company of Salvage and Maritime Safety (SASEMAR), through the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.

d) The National Marine Salvage Commission, through the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.

e) The Commission for the investigation of rail accidents.

f) The permanent Commission for the investigation of accidents and maritime incidents.

Article 8. General Direction of Land Transport.

1. It is for the Directorate-General for Land Transport to be responsible for general management, in the field of State competence, in the field of road transport, rail transport services and cable transport, and in particular: following:

(a) The general management and regulation of the land transport system, which includes the elaboration of the regulatory projects through which the basic rules of the rail and transport market are established road, as well as the rest of the rules that are necessary for the proper development of these markets.

b) the drawing up of coordination rules for the exercise of powers delegated by the State in the autonomous communities in the field of rail and road transport services, without prejudice to functions which may correspond to the General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination pursuant to Article 12 (1) (a).

c) The ordinary relationship with the collegiate bodies integrated in the Ministry of Development and with all those entities representing the business sector in the field of rail and road transport services.

(d) The granting of licences, authorizations and other enabling securities to carry out the activities which are necessary for the provision of rail transport services or for the exercise of transport by road that is required under the internal or European Union legislation or the international conventions entered into by Spain.

e) The granting of authorisations for the provision of railway services declared of general interest and the establishment of compensation for public service obligations imposed on undertakings the award of public service contracts for the management of public services for the permanent regular carriage of passengers by road and for general use.

(f) The preparation of studies for the analysis of rail and road transport services and the drawing up of administrative action plans on these matters, as well as the support and promotion of the development of the intermodal transport and the development of criteria and proposals in relation to the planning processes referred to in Article 8 (1) (d), with particular attention to the achievement of the functional and economic efficiency of transport nodes.

g) Inspection and control of compliance with the regulatory standards for rail and road transport services and their ancillary and complementary activities, and the opening, instruction and resolution of the (a) the Commission shall, in accordance with Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EU) No thereof, provide for the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EU) No No 1 and of the European Parliament and of the Council. in collaboration, where appropriate, with the autonomous communities with competence in the field.

h) The drive to implement and implement new technologies in rail and road transport.

i) The granting of aid for the improvement of rail and road transport.

j) Control and monitoring of budget and contract implementation with RENFE-Operator.

k) The management and handling of the budget and expenditure, without prejudice to the powers of other senior bodies or managers of the Ministry of Public Works and in coordination with them, as well as, in general, services horizontal support for the administrative action of all units of the Directorate-General.

l) All those functions that Law 39/2003, of 17 November, of the Railway Sector attributes to the Ministry of Development in relation to the services of railway transport whose exercise is not expressly attributed to another organ of the Department.

2. In accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April, the holder of the Directorate-General for Land Transport shall not be required to be an official, in the light of the special characteristics of the latter. In accordance with Royal Decree 640/2009 of 17 April 2009, for which Royal Decree 542/2009 of 7 April 2009 is being carried out, the ministerial departments are restructured and Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April is amended by the the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments is approved.

3. The following bodies with a general sub-directorate level depend on the General Directorate for Land Transport:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for Land Transport Management and Regulations, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.a) and b).

(b) The General Subdirectorate for Land Transport Management, Analysis and Innovation, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1 (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) is carried out, as well as support to the Director General in the promotion of the implementation and application of new technologies and other sectoral policies of promotion and strategic development.

(c) The General Subdirectorate for the Inspection of Land Transport, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.g.)

Article 9. General Direction of the Merchant Navy.

1. The General Direction of the Merchant Navy is the body responsible for the general management of maritime navigation and the Spanish civil fleet, in the terms established in Law 27/1992, of 24 November, of Ports of the State and of the Navy merchant, and correspond to the following functions:

(a) The management and control of maritime traffic, including the establishment and implementation of the tariff regime and the provision of maritime services and the proposal for the establishment of public service obligations; development of maritime transport studies; the dispatch, registration and flag-bearer of civil vessels; rescue, rescue, towing, maritime findings and extractions and the enforcement and control of maritime security regulations; the navigation and rescue of human life in the sea; the promotion of the nautical activity of recreation, participation in the Faros Commission or other instruments of institutional collaboration in the field of maritime signage, coordination of maritime emergencies and the activation of emergency assessment teams and the monitoring and control of their activity, as well as their training and training.

(b) The registration and control of civil maritime personnel and the minimum composition of the envelopes of civil vessels, as well as the determination of the general conditions of suitability, professionalism and qualifications to form Part of the crews of Spanish civil vessels, without prejudice to the powers of the Ministry of the Environment and the Rural and Marine Environment.

c) Prevention and control of marine pollution from ships, vessels and fixed platforms, as well as the cleaning of marine waters.

(d) The determination of the minimum equipment to be provided by vessels and vessels on the basis of the SOLAS, MARPOL and other international, supranational or national standards derived from those; the planning and implementation of the inspections and technical, structural and equipment checks of Spanish civil vessels, of which are under construction in Spain or abroad and of foreign nationals when authorised by agreement In compliance with the aforementioned regulations, the international inspection of the port, and the supervision of maritime communications systems in accordance with international conventions, as well as the carrying out of audits of recognised and authorised organisations as collaborating entities in the field of inspection maritime.

e) The elaboration and proposal of the sectoral regulations, in particular the derivative of community regulations or international organizations, the internal legal advice and the processing of sanctioning files. Coordination of the international activity of the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy, especially with regard to the European Community and the International Maritime Organization.

(f) The preparation of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body and the management of matters relating to recruitment, as well as management, coordination and control of maritime capitanies, without prejudice to the powers of other higher bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them; the implementation of the IT applications for the management of central and peripheral services of the Directorate-General.

2. The General Direction of the Merchant Navy is structured in the following organs with the rank of general sub-direction:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for Safety, Pollution and Maritime Inspection, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1 (a), (b), (c) and (d) corresponds.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Maritime Regulations and International Cooperation, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (e) corresponds.

(c) The General Secretariat for Coordination and Administrative Management, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.f).

Article 10. Directorate-General for Civil Aviation.

1. The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation is the body by which the Ministry of Public Works defines aviation policy in the field of civil aviation, within the competence of the General Administration of the State, corresponding to that body. directive the following functions:

(a) The approval of aeronautical circulars and representation to national and international civil aviation bodies, without prejudice to the powers of other bodies of the Department in the field of civil aviation international relations.

b) The coordination of the actions that correspond to the Ministries of Defense and Development in the field of their respective competences, assuming the Presidency and the Secretariat of the Inter-Ministerial Commission between Defense and Promotion, as set out in its regulatory regulations.

c) The development of studies and the formulation of proposals on strategic policy in the field of air transport and air and airport navigation systems. The elaboration and proposal of regulatory regulations in the field of aviation and the formulation of proposals on aeronautical policy.

(d) The proposal for the qualification of civil airports and the preparation of the proposal for authorisation for the establishment and structural modifications of airports of general interest.

e) The report of its directors ' plans and special plans of airports of general interest and of the instruments of territorial and urban planning that affect airports of general interest and the systems of air navigation and, in particular, its service area and aeronautical easements, as well as the certification of airspace compatibility in the case of heliports of regional competence.

(f) Expropriatory actions in the field of airport and air navigation infrastructure, the management of which is reserved for the State.

(g) the negotiation of international air transport agreements and the allocation of the rights of traffic arising therefrom, without prejudice to the powers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and of the General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination.

h) The drawing up of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body and the management of matters relating to recruitment, without prejudice to the powers of the of other senior bodies or managers of the Ministry of Public Works and in coordination with them, and the proposal for public service obligations in the field of civil aviation.

2. In accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April, the holder of the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation shall not be required to have the status of an official, in the light of the special characteristics of this body. and according to Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

3. The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation is structured in the following bodies with a general sub-directorate:

(a) The General Sub-Directorate of Air Transport, which is responsible for the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (g), as referred to in paragraph 1 (c), falling within the scope of air transport in general and (a) the provisions referred to in paragraph 1 (h) relating to the management of appropriations entered for grants to air transport and the proposal for public service obligations.

(b) The General Sub-Directorate of Airports and Air Navigation, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs (1) (d), (e), (f) of this Article, as well as those referred to in paragraph 1 (c), corresponds to it; They correspond to the area of airports and air navigation in general.

4. It is attached to the Ministry of Public Works, through the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the State Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Article 11. General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination.

1. It is up to the Secretariat General for Institutional Relations and Coordination, with a rank of undersecretary, under the top leadership of the Department's head, coordination among the department's sectoral policies, the impetus of the institutional and collaborative relations with international institutions, bodies and agencies and with the territorial public authorities in the fields of responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and, in particular, the following functions:

(a) The impetus and coordination of collaboration and cooperation arrangements with other public administrations with competence in infrastructure and transport.

b) The monitoring of plans, conventions and other collaboration and cooperation agreements that are developed within the scope of the Department's competencies.

c) Planning and coordination of participation in international organizations and the Department's international relations policy, in collaboration and through the State's external action bodies, without prejudice to the powers of the higher bodies and other management bodies of the Department.

d) The promotion of measures and the dissemination of safety recommendations in the different modes of transport.

e) The functions which, in relation to the funds intended to finance conservation or enrichment work of the Spanish historical heritage or the promotion of artistic creativity, correspond to the Ministry of Public Works.

f) Planning and coordination of communication policy development, including outreach and institutional advertising campaigns, and collaboration in the planning of the Department's editorial policy.

g) The direction and momentum of policy in geography and coordination in mapping, astronomy, geodesy and geophysics.

2. The following management bodies are dependent on the General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination:

a) The General Directorate of Institutional Relations.

b) The Directorate General of the National Geographic Institute.

3. It depends on the Secretary General of Institutional Relations and Coordination, through the Directorate General of the National Geographic Institute, the autonomous agency National Center for Geographic Information (CNIG).

4. The Secretary General of Institutional Relations and Coordination is the President of the Geographic Superior Council and the Spanish Geodesy and Geophysical Commission.

Article 12. Directorate-General for Institutional Relations.

1. It is for the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations to exercise the functions of support to the General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination in the direction and coordination of institutional relations and, in particular:

(a) The coordination and monitoring of cooperation and cooperation plans and instruments with other departments and state bodies, as well as with the territorial administrations in the field of infrastructure and the transport.

(b) The promotion of the subscription of agreements and agreements between the Ministry of Public Works and the Autonomous Communities for the purpose of concluding actions and programmes in the field of transport infrastructure, without prejudice to the competence of other management bodies.

(c) The impetus and coordination of actions in the field of transfers of functions and services to the autonomous communities, without prejudice to the powers of the higher bodies and other management bodies of the Department.

d) The development of the mechanisms provided for in the Strategic Plan for Infrastructure and Transport to stimulate the participation of the administrations, agencies, corporations, entities and social sectors linked to the transport, in collaboration with the other senior bodies and managers of the Department.

e) The development of the coordination of the Department's international relations policy, and in particular the coordination of representation in national and international institutions and forums dealing with matters which directly affect the powers of the Ministry, without prejudice to the powers of the other senior bodies and managers of the Department.

f) The monitoring, study and preparation of proposals for improvement of plans and other safety instruments in the different modes of transport.

g) The dissemination of security measures taken in different modes of transport.

(h) The preparation of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body, without prejudice to the powers of other higher bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them.

i) The actions that correspond to the Ministry of Development for the financing of works of conservation or enrichment of the Spanish historical heritage or to promote artistic creativity, as a result of the works financed by the Department or its agencies, in accordance with Royal Decree 111/1986 of 10 January, for which the Law 16/1985, of 25 June, of the Spanish Historical Heritage is partially developed.

j) The management and development of communication policy, including the dissemination and institutional advertising campaigns, and collaboration in the implementation of the Department's editorial policy.

k) The follow-up, in collaboration with the department's senior management centers on the basis of the matter, on matters related to international institutions.

2. In accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April 1997, the head of the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations shall not be required to be an official, in the light of the special characteristics of the this body and in accordance with Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

3. The Directorate-General for Institutional Relations is structured in the following bodies with a general sub-directorate level:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Communication and International Relations, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.e), g), j) and k).

(b) The General Coordination Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.a), b), c), d), f), and h).

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for the Management of Aid, Grants and Projects, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (i) corresponds.

Article 13. General Directorate of the National Geographic Institute.

1. The Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute performs the following functions:

a) Planning and management of the use of astronomical instrumentation and infrastructures and the performance of radio astronomy works, especially for the development of applications useful in geodesy and geophysics.

b) The planning and management of the national geodesic networks, the high-precision levelling network and the network of mareographers, as well as the development of applications on navigation and positioning systems and their Geodynamic tapping.

c) The planning and management of systems for detecting and communicating seismic movements occurring in national territory and adjacent areas, as well as the performance of work and studies on seismicity and coordination of the sismorresilient regulations.

d) The planning and management of the surveillance and communication systems for volcanic activity in the national territory and the identification of the associated risks, as well as the management of geophysical observation systems and the carrying out work on gravimetry and magnetic mapping.

e) The technological and operational development of the instrumentation and infrastructure of its own for the provision of public services in the fields of astronomy, geodesy and geophysics.

(f) The direction and development of national territory observation plans with geographical and cartographic application, as well as the use of photogrammetry and remote sensing systems, and production, updating and exploitation of digital terrain models from aerospace images.

g) The production, updating and exploitation of National Topographical And Cartographic Bases for integration in geographic information systems, and for the formation of the National Topographic Map and other cartography basic and derived. Also, the management of cartographic laboratories and workshops.

h) The implementation and updating of the National Atlas of Spain and the thematic mapping of support to the specific action programmes of the General Administration of the State, as well as the provision of technical assistance in mapping to public bodies.

i) The technical and operational support of the Geographic Superior Council, the management of the Central Register of Cartography, the formation and conservation of the National Geographic Nomenclature and the official toponymy, and the expert report on jurisdictional boundary lines.

j) The planning and management of the Geographic Information Infrastructure of Spain, as well as the harmonization and standardization, in the framework of the National Cartographic System, of the official geographical information. Similarly, the planning and development of value-added services and new systems and applications in terms of geographical information.

k) The conservation and updating of bibliographic funds, historical mapping, technical documentation, and the georeferenced legal information archive, facilitating their access to the public.

(l) The preparation of the proposal for a preliminary draft budget and the management and processing of appropriations and expenditure allocated to the management body, without prejudice to the powers of other higher bodies or managers of the Ministry of Development and in coordination with them. Similarly, for its own scope and for its own autonomous body, the definition of the joint strategic framework and the functional coordination of central and peripheral services and national and international projects; and, in accordance with the guidelines of the Secretariat, the collaboration in the operational inspection, the development of human resources policies, the management of the internal system and the common computer systems and legal support necessary for the exercise of the functions set out in this Article.

2. The Directorate-General of the National Geographic Institute is composed of the following bodies with a general sub-directorate:

(a) The General Secretariat, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1 (k) and (l). It shall also exercise through the Technical Secretariat of the Geographic Superior Council the functions described in paragraph 1 (i) and those attributed by Royal Decree 1545/2007 of 23 November.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Astronomy, Geodesy and Geophysics, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.a) through the National Astronomical Observatory; 1.b) through the Centre of Observations Geodesicas; 1.c) through the National Seismic Network; 1.d) through the Central Geophysical Observatory; and 1.e) through the Center for Technological Developments.

(c) The General Subdirectorate for Mapping, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraphs 1.f), (g) and (h).

3. The National Geographic Information Centre, as laid down in its Statute, approved by Royal Decree 663/2007 of 25 May 2007, shall carry out the duties which it establishes, as well as those described in paragraph 1 (j), in the framework of the strategic defined by the General Directorate of the National Geographic Institute.

4. Corresponds to the Director General of the National Geographic Institute:

a) The presidency of the autonomous body National Geographic Information Center (CNIG).

b) The Vice Presidency of the Geographic Superior Council and the Vice Presidency of the Spanish Geodesy and Geophysical Commission.

c) The chair of the National Astronomy Commission and the Standing Committee on Seismic Resistant Standards, in the terms set out in their respective regulatory standards.

Article 14. Deputy Secretary for Development.

1. It is up to the Assistant Secretary to Promote the performance of the functions that Article 15 of Law 6/1997, of April 14, of Organization and Operation of the General Administration of the State, attributes to the Undersecretaries, as well as the management, impulse and supervision of organs directly dependent on it.

2. In addition to the tasks listed in the previous paragraph, the Secretariat shall be assigned, without prejudice to the functional powers directly assigned to the Secretaries of State and to the Secretaries-General, the following tasks:

(a) The programming and budgeting of the Department's economic and financial resources, the monitoring of its implementation and the monitoring of the compliance with the investment policy.

(b) The definition of the policies for the development of the universal postal service; the drawing up of the general provisions on postal matters; monitoring and information on Community policies; and development cooperation in the postal sector; participation in national and international postal organizations, without prejudice to those of the National Postal Sector Commission; the proposal for the establishment of minimum services for postal services; mandatory character to ensure the provision of the universal postal service, and the exercise of coordination functions between the National Postal Sector Commission and the Department.

c) The management of aid in the field of competencies of the Ministry of Development not attributed to other organs of the Department.

d) The performance of the duties of the protectorate on foundations subject to the protectorate of the Ministry of Public Works.

3. Directly dependent on the Under-Secretary are the following governing bodies:

(a) The Technical General Secretariat.

b) The Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budgets.

c) The General Inspection Inspection.

4. Directly dependent on the Secretariat there are the following organs, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) The Technical Cabinet, with an organic level of Subdirectorate General, acting as an organ of coordination, support and immediate assistance to the Assistant Secretary.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of the Postal System, which corresponds to the performance of the functions referred to in paragraph 2.b) of this Article.

5. They are attached to the Secretariat, with the functions assigned to them by the provisions in force, and without prejudice to their dependence on the Ministries of Justice and the Economy and Finance, respectively, the following organs with a range of General sub-direction:

a) State Advocate in the Department, organically and functionally dependent on the General Counsel of the State-Directorate of the State Legal Service.

b) The Delegated Intervention of the General Intervention of the State Administration, which is structured in three areas: of Taxation, Audit and Accounting, each one of them in charge of an Interventor, which will act under the address of a Chief Executive Officer.

6. Under the Ministry of Public Works, under the Secretariat:

a) The National Postal Sector Commission.

b) The Railway Regulation Committee.

Article 15. Technical General Secretariat.

1. The Technical General Secretariat exercises the following functions:

a) Assistance to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary in order to coordinate services.

b) The report of the general provisions emanating from the Department, and the elaboration of those entrusted to it, as well as the coordination of the normative activities and the drafting, in collaboration with the other bodies managers of the Department, of the Ministry of Development's normative program.

c) The conduct of studies and reports of a legal/administrative nature in matters of the competence of the Department, both in terms of national law and comparison.

d) The report and proposal of the cases to be submitted to the Government's collegiate bodies, without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budgets in relation to the Government Delegate Committee for Economic Affairs.

e) The preparation of regulatory and technical studies and technical studies in relation to infrastructure and transport.

(f) The processing and proposal for a resolution of the procedures for the recognition of higher education diplomas issued by Member States of the European Union concerning professions related to the Department.

g) The processing and proposal for the resolution of administrative resources, prior complaints to the civil court and the dossiers for the review of administrative acts, for the declaration of invalidity of the administrative and statement of lesivity provisions where they relate to acts of the Department, as well as relations with the courts.

(h) The follow-up of questions for a preliminary ruling and proceedings against the European Union, the monitoring and coordination of the transposition of directives, the exercise, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign and Cooperation, the rest of the powers in relation to the European Union in the matters of the Department and the representation of the Department in the committees and organs of an inter-ministerial nature that are not expressly assigned to other management bodies. It is also responsible for the processing of international agreements and agreements.

i) The processing and proposal for the resolution of claims of patrimonial liability arising from the operation of the services of the Ministry's competence.

j) The follow-up of the acts and provisions of the autonomous communities, and the report of the collaboration agreements signed by the Ministry of Development with the same and the administrative coordination of the actions in the transfer of functions and services to the autonomous communities, in collaboration with the higher bodies and other managers of the Department.

k) Information and assistance to the citizen, the processing of complaints that may arise from the operation of the services of the Ministry's competence, the processing and motion for a resolution of the written documents under the right of petition.

l) The coordination of the editorial and dissemination activity of the Ministry's publications.

2. The Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Collegiate Concrete Commission, Permanent Commission of the Cement and Permanent Commission of Steel Structures correspond to the Technical Secretary General.

3. Directly dependent on the Technical Secretary General, the following organs shall exist with an organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The Technical Vice-Secretary-General, which is responsible for the performance of the tasks assigned to the Technical Secretariat in paragraphs 1.a), d), j) and k).

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Legislation, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions attributed to the Technical Secretariat in paragraphs 1.b), c) and h).

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Regulations and Technical Studies, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions assigned to the Technical Secretariat in paragraphs 1.e) and f).

(d) The Subdirectorate-General for Resources, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions assigned to the General Secretariat of the Technical Secretariat in paragraph 1.g.

(e) The Publications Centre, to which the exercise of the functions assigned to the General Secretariat of the Technical Secretariat is carried out in paragraph 1.l.

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4. It also depends on the Technical General Secretariat, with the organic level to be determined in the relation of jobs, the Division of Claims of Patrimonial Responsibility, to which the exercise of the functions attributed to The Technical General Secretariat in paragraph 1.i).

Article 16. Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budgets.

1. The Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budget exercises the following functions:

a) Programming of economic and financial resources for the development of infrastructure plans.

b) The elaboration of the preliminary draft budget of the Department, the coordination of the elaboration of the budgets of the public agencies dependent on the Department, the monitoring and control of the actions of the Ministry or of its dependent public bodies financed by European Union funds and, in general, those tasks referred to in Royal Decree 2855/1979 of 21 December 1979 establishing the budget offices.

c) Tracking the Department's investment programs.

d) The economic and budgetary evaluation of plans and programs in the Department's scope of action.

(e) monitoring of the budgetary implementation of the Department and of the public bodies, entities and societies linked to the Department, in order to assess their degree of compliance, and the monitoring of the activity of the same.

(f) The development of economic reports in respect of matters falling within the competence of the Department and the coordination and surrender of economic-financial information resulting from budgetary implementation.

g) The report and proposal of the issues to be submitted to the Government's Delegate Committee for Economic Affairs.

2. The Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budget is made up of the following bodies with a general sub-directorate:

(a) The budgetary office, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions referred to in paragraph 1.b).

(b) The General Subdirectorate for Economic Monitoring for Investments, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions referred to in paragraphs 1.c) and (g).

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Programming and Budgetary Analysis, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions in paragraphs 1.a), (d), (e) and (f).

Article 17. General Inspection of Fomento.

1. The General Inspectorate for Public Works, with a general management rank, performs the following functions:

(a) The management of the internal system and the general services of the central and peripheral organs of the Department.

b) Electronic administration, documentation and archiving services, general registration and management of the Ministry's general library.

c) The programming and management of the procurement policy of the Department's material resources.

d) The programming and management of the Department's heritage policy.

e) The management and administration of the human resources policy of the Department, the elaboration of the relations of jobs, the preparation and processing of the offer of public employment and the selective processes for the coverage of the jobs, the training of staff, as well as the handling of complaints prior to the exercise of work actions.

f) Social action, union relations, prevention of occupational risks and representation of the Department to the Ministry of Labour and Immigration in the cases of collective conflict.

g) The Department's financial and treasury management; the drawing up, processing and payment of staff payrolls; the recruitment of the common services and any other non-attributed to other bodies of the Ministry and Management of the Contract Portal.

h) The management of the grant of aid in the field of competencies of the Ministry of Development not attributed to other organs of the Department.

i) Inspection of services through the analysis, evaluation and review of the organization, streamlining and simplification of procedures and working methods and the proposal and impetus of measures for the reduction of administrative burdens; the assessment of the effectiveness, efficiency and quality of services, as well as the coordination, promotion and assessment of the fulfilment of service letters; and the technical inspection of public works by means of analysis and control of the public works of competence of the Department, in its technical aspects, functional and administrative, without prejudice to the competences of the sectoral bodies in the field.

j) The analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of the non-sectoral information systems developed by the Department; the coordination of the Ministry's IT policy, ensuring its compatibility with the corporate infrastructure of information technologies; the programming, coordination and execution of the functions of maintenance, maintenance or repair of computer equipment of the services of the Department; as well as the coordination on the acquisition of such equipment; the establishment of the corporate infrastructure and the coordination and impetus of the implementation of the electronic administration, in the terms of Law 11/2007, of June 22, of electronic access of citizens to public services, including the Secretariat of the Ministry of Public Administration of the Ministry of Public Administration.

k) Programming and compilation of general statistics describing the activity of the Department.

l) The development of the functions related to the principle of effective equality between women and men in the field of competencies of the Ministry of Public Works, in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Law 3/2007, of 22 March, for the effective equality of women and men.

m) The coordination of the Department's peripheral units and services, without prejudice to their functional dependence on the relevant management bodies.

2. The General Inspection Inspection is structured in the following organs with an organic level of Subdirection General:

(a) The General Staff, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.a), (b), (c) and (d) corresponds.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Human Resources, to which the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (e), (f) and (l) corresponds.

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Administration and Financial Management, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1 (g) and (h).

(d) The Subdirectorate-General for Inspection of Services and Works, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions described in paragraph 1.i).

(e) The General Subdirectorate of Information Technologies, Electronic Administration and Statistics, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions referred to in paragraphs 1 (j) and (k).

3. It is up to the Ministry of Public Works, through the General Inspection of Public Works, the Public Works Council.

Additional disposition first. Shared competencies.

The powers of the Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure and the Secretariat of State for Transport in respect of the public sector entities and entities of which they are dependent shall be exercised without prejudice to the which may correspond to other Departments in accordance with the rules in force.

Additional provision second. Removal of organs.

The following organs are deleted:

a) The General Subdirection of Technical and Scientific Programming.

b) The General Subdirection of Land Transportation Management and Analysis.

c) The General Subdirection of Maritime Safety and Pollution.

(d) The General Subdirectorate for Maritime Inspection.

e) The General Subdirection of Territory Observation.

f) The General Statistics Subdirection.

g) The General Inspection.

h) The General Subdirectorate of Electronic Information and Administration Technologies.

i) The Division of Coordination and Support for Rail and Road Transport Innovation.

j) The Budget Information Coordination Division.

Additional provision third. Council of Public Works and Center for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works.

The Board of Public Works and the autonomous body Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas (CEDEX), which are organically attached to the Ministry of Public Works, through the General Inspection of Public Works and the Ministry of Public Works State of Planning and Infrastructures, respectively, will have a double functional dependency of the Ministries of Development and Environment, and Rural and Marine, in the sphere of their respective competences.

Additional provision fourth. Replacements.

In the cases of vacancy, absence or illness of the holder of a management body and, in default of appointment of an alternate as provided for in Article 17 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the legal regime of the public administrations and the common administrative procedure, shall be responsible for the supply to the Directors-General or the Deputy Directors-General for the same order in which they appear in the respective organic structure established in this royal decree.

Additional provision fifth. Delegation of powers.

The delegations of competences, granted by the various organs of the Department and not revoked until the date of entry into force of this royal decree, will continue to be valid and will be able to make use of them the organs competent by reason of the matter that they come to replace the delegates, until they are expressly revoked or again granted to the different organs resulting from the application of this royal decree.

Additional provision sixth. References to the deleted organs.

The references of the legal order to the organs that are deleted by this royal decree will be understood to be those that are created by this rule and replace them or assume their competences.

Additional provision seventh. Exception in the appointments of the Directors-General.

The holders of the general addresses that are currently excluded from the general rule of appointment provided for in Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997, of 14 April, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration the State shall maintain in force the characteristics and reasons justifying the application of that derogation.

First transient disposition. Units and jobs with lower organic level than general sub-direction.

Units and jobs with a lower organic level than a general sub-directorate will continue to remain and will be paid from the same budgetary appropriations until the corresponding relations of the jobs adapted to the organic structure of this royal decree.

The units and posts of work in the suppressed organs, or whose organic dependence has been modified by this royal decree, shall be provisionally assigned, by means of a resolution of the Undersecretary, until such time as approve the new employment relationship, to the bodies regulated in this royal decree, depending on the privileges assigned to them.

Second transient disposition. Continuity of post office in the Ministry of Public Works.

The functions that Law 23/2007, of October 8, of the creation of the National Commission of the Postal Sector, attributes to this Commission will be performed by the Undersecretary of Promotion until the moment in which, according to the Additional provision of Law 23/2007, the entry into operation of that Law is produced.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

The Royal Decree 1037/2009 of 29 June, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Development, has been repealed, with the exception of its final disposition, and any provisions of equal or lower rank are opposed, contradict or are incompatible with the provisions of this royal decree.

Final disposition first. Amendment of Royal Decree 495/2010 of 30 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

Article 6.1 of Royal Decree 495/2010, of 30 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments, is amended, which is worded in the following terms:

" 1. The Ministry of Public Works is structured in the following upper and managerial bodies:

(a) The Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure, on which the General Secretariat of Infrastructure, with a rank of Sub-Secretariat, depends, on which the following management bodies are, in turn, dependent:

1. The General Directorate of Roads.

2. The Directorate General of Railway Infrastructures.

b) The Secretary of State for Transport, on which the following management bodies depend:

1. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation.

2. The General Secretariat of Transport, with the rank of Sub-Secretariat, on which the following management bodies depend:

a. The Directorate General of Land Transport.

b. The General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.

c) The General Secretariat for Institutional Relations and Coordination, on which the following management bodies depend:

1. The General Directorate of Institutional Relations.

2. The Directorate General of the National Geographic Institute.

d) The Assistant Secretary for Development, on which the following management bodies depend:

1. The Technical General Secretariat.

2. The Directorate-General for Economic Programming and Budget.

3. The General Inspection of Fomento. "

Final disposition second. Amendment of the Statute of the Centre for Studies and Experiments of Public Works (CEDEX).

1. Articles 5, 8, 10 and 15 of the Statute of the Centre for Studies and Experiments of Public Works (CEDEX), approved by Royal Decree 1136/2002 of 31 October, are amended as follows:

" Article 5. Governing bodies.

1. The governing bodies of CEDEX are as follows:

a. Collegiate bodies: the Council and the Management Committee.

b. Single-person bodies: the President and the Director.

2. The Council and the Management Committee shall be governed by the provisions of this Statute and by the provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Rules of Procedure Joint Administrative Board and Chapter IV of Title II of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State. "

" Article 8. The Director.

1. The Director of CEDEX, with the rank of deputy director-general, shall be appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Public Works, after consulting the Minister for the Environment, and the Rural and Marine Environment.

2. Corresponds to the Director:

a. Hold the legal representation of the Agency, on behalf of the President, and be its contracting authority.

b. Raise the President, for approval, with the proposal for planning CEDEX.

c. To propose to the President, for approval, the necessary measures for the best management of the Agency that are the responsibility of the Agency.

d. Comply with and enforce the orders of the President.

e. Report to the Council on the agreements and collaboration agreements concluded by CEDEX at international level.

f. Report to the Council on the technical and economic results achieved by the Agency in the development of its activities, as well as any other matter it deems appropriate.

g. Chair the Steering Committee referred to in the following Article.

h. Lead and coordinate the development of CEDEX planning.

i. To promote and monitor activities that are part of the Agency's day-to-day management.

j. To ensure the smooth functioning of the various CEDEX units and the personnel integrated into them.

k. Organize the work, ordering the material and personal means necessary for the execution of the activities of the Agency.

l. Draw up the preliminary draft budget of the CEDEX and direct its implementation.

m. Authorize the drafting and approval of the specifications for the procurement of works, management of services, supplies, consulting and technical assistance.

n. To provide for the costs of the services within the limits of the authorised credits and to order the payments relating to them.

n. Exercise all functions of management, management and control not attributed to the other governing bodies of CEDEX. "

" Article 10. Structure.

1. Under the immediate dependence of its Director, CEDEX is structured in the following organs with an organic level of general sub-direction:

a. The Center for Hydrographic Studies.

b. The Center for Port and Coast Studies.

c. The Center for Transportation Studies.

d. The Center for Applied Techniques Studies.

2. The exercise of the functions attributed to CEDEX in Article 4 (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (11), (12) and (13) in the field of inland waters and their natural or artificial infrastructure is the responsibility of the Centre for Hydrographic Studies.

3. It is for the Centre for the Studies of Ports and Costs to exercise the functions conferred on CEDEX in Article 4 (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (11), (12) and (13), in the field of maritime waters and their natural or artificial infrastructures.

4. It is for the Centre for Transport Studies to exercise the functions conferred on the CEDEX in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 of Article 4, in the field of roads, railway lines and transport planning. general.

6. It is for the Centre for Applied Techniques Studies to exercise the functions conferred on CEDEX in Article 4 (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (10), (11), (12) and (13), in the field of basic technical sciences and technology transfer.

7. The holders of the organs with an organic level of subdirección general referred to in this Article shall be appointed and separated from their position by the Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Planning, on a proposal from the Director of the CEDEX, between officials, in accordance with the provisions of Law 6/1997 of 14 April, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, and the current regulations on the provision of jobs.

8. The Head of the Centre for Hydrographic Studies shall replace the Director-General of CEDEX in cases of absence, vacancy or disease. '

" Article 15. Incompatibilities.

The official and labor personnel who are assigned and who serve in the CEDEX will be subject to the general regime of incompatibilities established in Law 53/1984, of December 26, of incompatibilities for the staff of the the service of the Public Administrations and the collective agreement applicable to it, respectively. "

2. A new single additional provision is added to the Statute of the Centre for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX), approved by Royal Decree 1136/2002 of 31 October, which is worded as follows:

" Single additional disposition. Mentions.

The statements made to the Director General in the Statute of the Center for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works (CEDEX), approved by Royal Decree 1136/2002, of 31 October in Law 23/2007, will be understood as Director. "

3. The Directorate General of the Directorate of the Public Works Documentation and Experimentation Center (CEDEX) is deleted.

Final disposition third. Regulatory development.

The Minister of Public Works is authorized to give, prior to the formalities that are mandatory, to dictate how many provisions are necessary for the development and execution of this royal decree.

Final disposition fourth. Budgetary changes.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance will make the necessary budgetary modifications and credit ratings necessary for the fulfillment of the provisions of this royal decree.

Final disposition fifth. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Barcelona, on May 14, 2010.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The First Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency,

MARIA TERESA FERNANDEZ DE LA VEGA SANZ