The Royal Decree 432/2008 of 12 April, which restructured the ministerial departments, dictated by the jurisdiction granted to the President of the Government by Article 2.2.j of Law 50/1997, of 27 of November, the Government has established a new organization of the General Administration of the State, with the aim of developing the political program of the Government, achieving maximum efficiency in its action and the greatest rationality in the operation of the General Administration of the State. In this new structure, the Ministry of Defense is maintained as a body responsible for the ordination, coordination and implementation of the Government's general guidelines on defense policy, which, as a higher body, has the Secretariat of State of Defence, as well as the other bodies provided for in the legal system and, specifically, in the legislation on military organisation. Next, Royal Decree 438/2008, of 14 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments, has detailed the reorganization initiated with the Royal Decree 432/2008, of April 12, under cover of the Article 10.1 of Law 6/1997, of 14 April, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, without prejudice to its subsequent development for each department by means of the appropriate royal decrees. This basic structure of the Ministry of Defense has maintained, in essence, the organization and competencies of the higher and managerial departments of the department, has introduced, as the main novelty, the change of dependence of the Directorate General of Institutional Relations of the Defense, which happens to be direct from the head of the department. The adoption of Law 39/2007 of 19 November of the military career substantially modifies the teaching of the Armed Forces since, together with the military training required for the professional exercise, it will be a requirement to access the (a) a degree of university degree and for the scales of noncommissioned officers, a degree of higher-grade vocational training. To address the need to adapt military education and create the necessary structure for civil education, maintaining education in the Armed Forces as a unitary system integrated into the education system as a whole In general, it is necessary to modify the current General Subdirectorate of Military Education, freeing the new General Administration of Education Management and Management. With regard to the current General Subdirectorate of Troop and Marineria, with the name of Subdirección General de Gestión de Enseñación y Desarrollo Professional, she will be responsible for the functions related to the management of the teaching of the Common, of the lessons of a joint nature, and of the functioning of the centers directly dependent of the Directorate General of Military Teaching. This restructuring of the Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching allows the Directorate-General for Personnel to take full responsibility for the management of professional military personnel, including those belonging to the category of troops and marineria. In addition, within the Directorate-General for Personnel and with the aim of strengthening social policies to support military personnel, the Division of the Personnel Support Service is created. In the field of the General Secretariat of Defense Policy it is necessary to strengthen the bodies responsible for the study and evaluation of all matters related to security and defense policy and strategic thinking, creates the Strategic Affairs and Security Division. This division will contribute to the design of a new security and defence strategy, in which the external and internal approach is built into a central idea: to have a joint vision on the challenges of security and defence to respond to the needs of our society. This implies stepping up inter-ministerial coordination in particular with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Ministry of the Interior, in the field of the General Administration of the State, and with the competent bodies of the other Public Administrations. On the other hand, the increase in the mutual dependence resulting from globalization requires a greater presence and capacity of action in the international organizations of Security and Defense, and especially in the field of the Union European and the Atlantic Alliance. With regard to information systems and technologies and telecommunications, they are reorganized within the Directorate-General for Infrastructure in order to improve their coordination and integration. In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Defence, on a proposal from the Minister of Public Administrations and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 4 July 2008,

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Article 1. General organization of the department.

1. The Ministry of Defense is the department of the General Administration of the State to which the preparation, development and implementation of the defense policy determined by the Government and the management of the military administration are concerned.

2. The powers conferred on this royal decree will be understood in coordination and without prejudice to those corresponding to other ministerial departments. 3. The Ministry of Defense, under the direction of the head of the department, is structured in:

(a) The Secretary of State of Defense.

b) The Deputy Secretary of Defense. c) The General Secretariat of Defense Policy. (d) The Armed Forces.

4. It is organically attached to the Ministry of Defense, with direct dependence on the Minister, the National Intelligence Center.

5. The Civil Guard depends on the Minister of Defense in the terms provided for in the Organic Law 2/1986 of March 13, of the State Security Forces and Corps, in Law 42/1999, of 25 November, of the Staff Regulations of the Guard Corps Civil, in Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of National Defense, and in Organic Law 12/2007, of October 22, of the disciplinary regime of the Civil Guard. 6. The Defense Ministry's Directorate General for Communication and the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations of Defense are directly dependent on the Defense Minister. 7. They are advisory and advisory bodies to the Minister of Defence:

a) The Higher Council of the Army of the Earth.

b) The Superior Council of the Navy. c) The Superior Council of the Air Force. d) The Higher Boards of the common bodies of the Armed Forces.

8. As an immediate assistance organ to the Minister, there is a Cabinet, with an organic level of general direction, with the structure established in Article 18.2 of Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April, approving the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

9. The Minister of Defense also has an advisory and immediate assistance from a Technical Cabinet, whose Director will be a general officer, with an organic level of director general.

Article 2. Armed Forces.

1. The Armed Forces, integrated in the Ministry of Defense, are the fundamental element of the defense and constitute a unique entity, which is conceived as an integrative set of the specific forms of action of each of its components: the Army of Earth, Navy and Air Force.

2. The Armed Forces are organized in two structures: an organic one, for the preparation of the force, and another operative, for their use in the missions assigned to it, regulated in a specific way in Royal Decree 787/2007, of June 15. The organic structure will enable the generation of the operating structure. 3. The operational structure, configured as a chain of military authorities located at three levels: strategic, operational and tactical, as established by Royal Decree 787/2007 of 15 June, which regulates the the operational structure of the Armed Forces, is concrete in the General Staff of the Defense that, according to the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of the National Defense, constitutes the auxiliary organ of command and support to the Chief of Staff of the Defense and will feature:

(a) A Headquarters, in which they are grouped: 1. The Joint Chiefs of Defense, the auxiliary command of the Chief of Defense Staff, to which he supports in the definition and development of the military strategy, the planning and strategic driving of operations and in the rest of their competences.

2. The Intelligence Center of the Armed Forces, a body responsible for facilitating military intelligence to alert situations of military interest with potential risk of crisis, from abroad, and to provide the necessary support for operations. 3. The other auxiliary bodies, of assistance and advice necessary to support the Chief of Staff of the Defense in the performance of his duties.

b) The Operations Command, as the body of the operational structure, subordinate to the JEMAD, responsible for planning and operational management, as well as the monitoring of operational plans and military operations to be assigned and with the tasks assigned to it in the specific regulation concerning the operational structure of the Armed Forces, in which it is permanently integrated.

c) Unified services that are created.

4. The organic structure, in accordance with the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of the National Defense, is composed of the Army of Land, the Navy and the Army of the Air, which provide the basic capabilities for the operating structure. Each of them consists of: a) The Headquarters, constituted by the set of organs that cover the human and material resources necessary to assist the Chief of Staff in the exercise of command over their respective army.

b) The Force, established as the set of human and material means that are grouped and organized with the main task of preparing for the realization of military operations. In its field, the training, preparation and evaluation of its units shall be carried out and the specific permanent missions assigned to it shall be carried out in time of peace. c) Support for the Force, understood as the set of organs responsible for the management, management, administration and control of human, material and financial resources, assigned to each of the armies. In its field, the maintenance of the Force will be directed and controlled and the activities of the logistic support will be carried out that enable the life and functioning of the units, centers and organisms.

5. It is up to the Chief of Staff of the Defense, with the rank of Secretary of State, under the authority of the Minister of Defense, to exercise command of the General Staff of Defense and the functions established in Royal Decree 787/2007, of June 15, and other applicable rules.

6. The military representations in international organizations depend on the Chief of Defense Staff. 7. In addition to the Technical Cabinet of a military nature, the Chief of Defence Staff has a Cabinet with an organic level of sub-directorate general, with the structure set out in Article 18.3 of the Royal Decree-to 438/2008 of 14 April. 8. The Chief of Defence Staff shall be represented by the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in cases where the Minister is assigned, and the national military representation to the international Security and Security Organizations. Defense. 9. The Chiefs of Staff of the Army of Land, Navy and Air Force, with rank of undersecretaries, under the authority of the Minister of Defense, exercise command of their respective armies and in particular it is up to them:

a) Develop the organization, in accordance with the provisions of the Minister of Defense, as well as instruct, train, administer, provide logistical support and ensure the motivation, discipline and well-being of their respective army to maintain maximum efficiency at all times, in accordance with the resources allocated.

b) Develop and execute missions that, in peacetime, are permanently assigned to them. c) Ensure the proper preparation of the Force of its respective army for its making available to the operational structure of the Armed Forces. d) To advise the Chief of Staff of the Defense in the employment of the units of his army, as well as in the elaboration and formulation of the specific aspects of their respective capacities. (e) Define the military specifications of the weapons and support systems necessary for their armies and technically inspect the execution of the corresponding military equipment and infrastructure programs. (f) Advise the Secretary of State of Defense in the preparation, direction and development of the economic policy, arms and equipment and infrastructure of his armies and inform him of his execution. (g) Advising and informing the Minister of Defence of the needs in terms of personnel and teaching. h) To advise the Chief of Staff of the Defense on the aspects of the military personnel regime that affect the operation. i) To advise the Assistant Secretary of Defense on the planning, direction and inspection of personnel and teaching policy, to collaborate with him in his development and to inform him of its implementation. j) Plan and direct instruction and training. (k) Define the skills and design of the profiles required for the professional exercise to which they must attend the teaching and direct the general and specific military training. (l) Address the management of personnel. (m) Deciding, proposing or reporting in accordance with the provisions of the legislation in force in relation to the basic aspects of the military career. (n) The general interest of military personnel under his command, in particular by protecting the rights and freedoms regime arising from the constitutional rule and its legal development. of life on ships, bases and waterings.

10. The Military Emergency Unit, which is organically dependent on the Minister of Defense, operationally of the Chief of Staff of the Defense and functionally of the higher and managerial organs that his specific regulations determine, is a force (a) to contribute to the security and welfare of citizens in cases of serious risk, disaster, calamity or other public needs, in accordance with the provisions of the national law, in order to contribute to the security and welfare of citizens; The provisions of Royal Decree 416/2006 of 11 April establishing the organisation and the The deployment of the Army of Land, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Military Emergency Unit, in Royal Decree 399/2007 of 23 March, approving the protocol of intervention of the Military Unit of Emergencies (UME) and the regulations that develop them.

Article 3. Secretary of State for Defence.

1. The Secretary of State of Defense is the top organ of the department to which the general coordination of the department's higher and managerial bodies, under the superior authority of the Minister, corresponds. It is also responsible for the management, promotion and management of economic policy, arms and equipment, infrastructure and information systems and technologies in the field of defence.

2. In addition to the powers conferred upon it by 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) To direct and coordinate the procurement and administration of economic resources, as well as to promote and coordinate scientific and technical research in matters affecting national defense.

b) To direct the policy of armaments, material and infrastructure in its relations with international and foreign agencies, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. (c) to provide for the provision of economic resources for the formulation of programmes in the long, medium or short term. (d) Support the Minister in coordinating the activities of the various higher bodies and managers of the department. (e) To direct and coordinate the planning, procurement and management of information and telecommunications systems, as well as the information security policy.

3. The following management bodies are dependent on the Secretary of State for Defence: (a) The General Directorate of Armament and Material.

(b) The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs. (c) The Directorate-General for Infrastructure.

4. As organs of support, advice and immediate assistance to the Secretary of State for Defence, there is a Cabinet, with an organic level of sub-directorate general, with the structure set out in Article 18.3 of Royal Decree 438/2008 of 14 April, and a Technical Cabinet, whose Director will be a general or official officer, also with a rank of deputy director-general.

5. The Secretary of State of Defense shall hold the representation of the department, by delegation of the Minister, in the cases in which he is entrusted. 6. The National Institute of Aerospace Technique "Esteban Terradas" is assigned to the Secretary of State of Defense.

Article 4. General Directorate of Armament and Material.

1. The General Directorate of Armament and Material is the management body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the department's armaments and material policy, as well as the supervision and management of its execution. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous bodies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the General Directorate of Armament and Material:

a) Plan, program and direct the development of the policy of armaments and material, managing and processing, where appropriate, the dossiers for the acquisition of the necessary systems and equipment for the Armed Forces.

Harmonize and rationalize the staging of armies, for which it will determine and approve the Concept of Logistics Support of the new weapons systems, and adapt the existing ones by applying principles of rationality. (b) Propose programs for the procurement and modernization of armaments and equipment, as well as for maintenance and logistical support. Direct, coordinate and monitor the implementation of the programmes. Develop and, where appropriate, manage the specific programs that the Secretary of State of Defense assigns to you. (c) Negotiating and managing industrial cooperation and compensation arising from overseas acquisitions and controlling the transfer of national technology to third countries, as well as assessing, controlling and coordinating the the consequences of international programmes, agreements or conventions. d) To collaborate in the formulation and implementation of the defense industrial policy, coordinating its actions with the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade and other relevant bodies. e) Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the capabilities offered by the national industry in relation to the defense, classifying the companies supplying them by technological and industrial sectors. (f) To direct and, where appropriate, to carry out the technical and economic inspection of industrial activity related to the goods and services for the defence, and to intervene as a technical organ in the assurance of the quality of the armaments and defense equipment. g) Collaborate with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy in civil emergency planning, and coordinate, where appropriate, the implementation of the industry-related plans. (h) Standardize, catalog and approve the systems of arms, equipment and products of interest to the Armed Forces, as well as the systematic management of material and spare parts, promoting their unification and interoperability. (i) to ensure compliance with the rules on industrial safety in the field of competition. (j) To exercise the powers that the respective regulations on manufacture, placing on the market and transport of weapons and explosives entrust to the Ministry of Defense. (k) exercise the powers of airworthiness as set out in the rules in force and monitor compliance with it by the various bodies involved. (l) To promote and develop, in coordination with the Directorate General of Defence Policy, the guidelines of the arms and material policy of the department in its relations with international and foreign bodies, exercising representation national committees and decision-making bodies on matters relating to arms and equipment. To negotiate, manage and promote cooperation programmes with international organizations and other countries in the area of armaments policy. (m) Participate in the control of foreign trade in defense and dual-use material and technologies, both in import and export and transit, in accordance with current legislation. (n) Propose, promote and manage the plans and programs of research and development of weapons systems and equipment of interest to the national defense, in coordination with the national and international agencies competent in this field.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Armament and Material: (a) The General Planning and Programmes Subdirectorate, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.a), b) and c).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Inspection and Technical Services, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2.d), e), f), g), h), i), j) and k). (c) The Subdirectorate-General for International Relations, which develops the (d) The General Secretariat for Technology and the Centres, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.n.

4. It is attached to the General Directorate of Armament and Material the autonomous agency Canal de Experiences Hydrodynamics of El Pardo.

It is attached to the General Subdirectorate of Technology and Centers the Technological Institute "La Maranosa".

Article 5. Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

1. The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs is the executive body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the department's economic and financial policy, as well as the supervision and direction of its implementation. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous bodies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs:

a) Plan, program and direct the development of economic and financial policy, managing and processing the necessary contractual and spending processes to address the needs of the defense.

b) Prepare and propose unified economic and financial management procedures at the department level. c) Develop, direct and keep the department's accounting, in its budgetary, financial and analytical aspects. (d) to exercise control over all the department's expenses and to report on them. (e) exercising the powers and functions relating to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the budget laid down in the General Budget Law and other general provisions governing these matters. (f) exercising the powers and functions which are regulated by the Budgetary Offices. g) To direct the economic programming of the department in the long, medium and short term, and to control its development. (h) conduct studies, reports and proposals in the field of their competence. (i) Manage the resources assigned to it and those not expressly attributed to other organs of the ministry. (j) to manage all economic resources destined for acquisitions abroad, in accordance with the rules laid down in this field and to exercise its economic and financial control. (k) Manage the appropriations of the department to finance the Spanish participation in international bodies, exercising the national representation in the committees of resources and decision-making bodies in financial matters, in coordination with the General Staff of the Defense and the Directorate General of Defense Policy, as the case may be. (l) Manage the financial resources for the operation of the Defence Councils and military representations abroad. m) Manage resources to finance the participation of the Armed Forces in situations of crisis and national emergency, coordinating with the General Staff of Defense and the Directorate General for Defense Policy, according to the cases, relationship with the competent civil authorities. (n) Manage and control the financial resources to finance the participation of the Armed Forces in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid operations, in coordination with the General Staff of Defense. the department and the costs and prices of the supply companies or participating in defence programmes. (o) Develop and coordinate the rules on procurement procedures in the field of the department, as well as monitor their compliance.

3. From the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs, the following management bodies are dependent, with a rank of sub-directorate-general: (a) The General Accounting Subdirectorate, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 (c) and (d) and correspond to paragraph 2.a), b), e) and h).

(b) The Budget Office, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2. (f) and (g) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (a), (b), (e) and (h). (c) The General Secretariat for Economic Management, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b) and (h). Sub-Directorate-General for Procurement, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 (n) and (o) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (a), (b) and (h).

4. It is up to the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs to decide on the General Board of Directors and Liquidator of Material.

Article 6. Directorate-General for Infrastructure.

1. The Directorate-General for Infrastructure is the management body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of infrastructure, environmental and systems policies, technologies and security policies. department, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous bodies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions correspond to the General Infrastructure Directorate:

a) Develop necessary studies leading to the definition of the department's infrastructure and environmental policies.

b) Propose for approval the department's infrastructure plans and programs and, where appropriate, manage those entrusted to it, as well as follow up its execution in a way that allows for the analysis of the costs. (c) to be involved, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, with international bodies in the field of infrastructure and the environment. It is also responsible for the monitoring and control of international programmes and projects, in the field of their competence, in which the department participates. (d) to carry out studies, inspections, opinions, reports and projects of any kind, in the field of infrastructure and the environment. (e) To direct the territorial management of the Ministry of Defense's infrastructure. (f) Collaborate in the formulation and implementation of the State's environmental policy by coordinating its action with the Ministry of the Environment and other relevant bodies, and develop and propose the corresponding legislation. g) Direct the management of the goods and rights affected to the Ministry of Defense and take their inventory. (h) To exercise the ministerial powers in relation to aeronautical easements and areas of interest for national defence, security of facilities and restricted access to property by foreigners. i) Initiate the processes of acquisition of goods and rights integrated in the plans and programs of infrastructure of the department. (j) Carry out the expropriations of goods and rights, as well as the relevant leases. (k) Develop the classification of facilities and materials in the field of their competence, as well as carry out project and work supervision. (l) Directing and managing, in a complete and integrated manner, the infrastructures, services and life cycle of the corporate-wide information and telecommunications systems for General Purpose, as well as the information systems that are of specific interest to the Central Authority. m) To collaborate with the General Staff of the Defense in the tasks of designing, obtaining and maintaining the information and telecommunications systems of corporate scope for Command and Control. (n) Coordinate the actions of the armies and the Military Emergency Unit, as well as the Autonomous Bodies that require it, in the field of information systems that are specific to each of them. corporate as a single platform for the provision of all general purpose information and telecommunications services, ensuring their availability. (o) Plan and monitor the implementation or, where appropriate, implement the mapping actions. p) Define and manage service level agreements, providing users with the assistance and support defined for each of the services offered.

3. The following management bodies are dependent on the Directorate-General for Infrastructure: (a) the General Planning and Control Subdirectorate, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) and those corresponding to it; paragraph 2.d).

(b) The General Sub-Directorate of Heritage, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.g), (h), (i) and (j) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (d). (c) the General Subdirectorate for Tiification and Supervision, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2.k) and those referred to in paragraph 2.d. (d) The General Subdirectorate for Technical Services and Telecommunications, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraphs 2.l), m), n), n), or) and p).

4. It is assigned to the Directorate General of Infrastructure the autonomous agency Management of Infrastructure and Equipment of Defense.

5. They are directly dependent on the General Infrastructure Directorate:

(a) The autonomous body Military Service of Constructions.

b) The Army Engineer Laboratory. c) The General Inspection of the Plan Director of Information and Telecommunications Systems, which will exercise the functions of defining policies and corporate strategies in the field of the Electronic Administration, the technologies of the information, telecommunications and information security of the Ministry of Defence, as well as the planning and coordination of actions in these areas.

Article 7. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

1. The Deputy Secretary of Defense is the executive branch of the department, under the authority of the Minister, the management, promotion and management of the department's personnel, recruitment, teaching and health policy. as the ordinary representation of the ministry, the management of its common services and the exercise of the powers referred to in Article 15 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of State, and in particular the performance of the following functions: (a) Develop or propose provisions on personnel and military education.

b) To direct the general management of all military personnel and the specific of the Common Corps of the Armed Forces and of the military personnel who are not framed in one of the armies. (c) To direct, coordinate and control the remuneration policy in the field of the department and its autonomous bodies. d) To direct the planning and development of the recruitment policy and general regime of the military personnel. (e) To direct, coordinate and control social policy in the field of the department and its autonomous bodies. f) Promote and coordinate the legislative and regulatory development of the department. (g) Maintain appropriate relations with the organs of military jurisdiction in order to provide the necessary means and to implement the judicial decisions. (h) agree, in accordance with current regulations, and prior to the reports it deems necessary, to insert into the "Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defense" of the general provisions, resolutions and administrative acts. i) To direct the bodies that constitute the peripheral structure of the central organs of the department. (j) To direct, coordinate and control the actions related to the inspection of the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces, as well as the conditions of life on ships, bases and waterings. k) Coordinate and promote the policy of equality and the incorporation and integration of women in the Armed Forces.

2. The Assistant Secretary of Defense will hold the representation of the department, by delegation of the minister, in the cases in which he is entrusted.

3. The Assistant Secretary of Defense has a Technical Cabinet, as an organ of support, advice and immediate assistance. Its Director shall be an official or official officer, with an organic level of deputy director-general. 4. The following management bodies, with an organic level of general direction, depend on the Deputy Secretary of Defense:

(a) The Technical General Secretariat.

b) The General Directorate of Personnel. (c) The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.

5. With the organic level of general subdirection, the following management bodies depend on the Department's Secretariat: (a) The General Subdirectorate of the Internal Regime, the body to which the government is responsible, security, internal regime, operation, maintenance and general services of the central organs of the ministry, as well as the general register and file.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Economic Services and Pagadurias, the body to which it is responsible to exercise the powers that, in matters of budget implementation, credit control, economic management and accountability, attribute the rules in this respect, as well as direct and manage the payments of the central bodies, except those allocated to the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs. It is also the coordinating body with the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs for the monitoring and information of the department's budget.

6. The following bodies also depend on the Under-Secretary of Defense: a) The General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

b) The General Intervention of Defense. (c) The General Inspection of Defence Health.

7. They are attached to the Undersecretary of Defense: a) The autonomous agency Institute for Housing of the Armed Forces.

b) The autonomous agency Social Institute of the Armed Forces.

8. The Defence Delegations in the Autonomous Communities and in the cities of Ceuta and Melilla are organically dependent on the Department's Secretariat, as set out in Royal Decree 308/2007 of 2 March on organization and operation of the Defence Delegations.

9. The inspection of the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces and of the conditions of life on ships, bases and aquartelings may be carried out by the Subdirectorates General of Military Personnel, of Ordination and Education and Vocational Development and Vocational Development Policy and through the General Inspection of Defence Health, which will act as inspection bodies in the field of their respective competences, or through the control of the personnel of the armies.

Article 8. Technical General Secretariat.

1. The Technical General Secretariat is the management body responsible for technical and administrative assistance to the Ministry's authorities; the preparation and development of the department's policy on organization, procedures, and methods work, technical services and publications, as well as the supervision and management of their implementation, and the coordination of the bodies constituting the peripheral structure of the central organs of the ministry. To this end, the competent bodies of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the department are functionally dependent on this management centre.

2. It is for the Technical General Secretariat to exercise the functions attributed to it by Law 50/1997 of 27 November of the Government and Article 17 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, and in particular the performance of the following functions:

a) Report the general provisions of the department, in accordance with the rules of administrative procedure; process the consultations to the State Council, prepare the compilations of the existing provisions and propose the revision and recasting of legal texts.

b) Develop studies and reports on how many matters will be submitted to the Council of Ministers, the Government's Delegate Commissions and the General Secretariat of State Secretaries. c) Propose and develop rules on organizational reforms, procedures and working methods, for the rationalization, simplification and modernization of the military administration and facilitate their access to citizens by electronic means. (d) to direct, coordinate and, where appropriate, implement the actions relating to social studies. e) Coordinate, manage and inspect the Defense Delegations and the military residences under the Defense Secretariat. (f) Plan and supervise the implementation or, where appropriate, implement the actions in statistical matters and operational research. (g) to deal with the conflicts of jurisdiction that may be resolved by the Minister, the Assistant Secretary or other senior department authority. (h) to process and formulate proposals for the resolution of administrative resources, prior to judicial, civil or employment claims, claims for compensation and requests made under the right of petition, as well as how to deal with the procedures for the ex officio review of administrative acts. (i) To comply with the actions that correspond to the Ministry of Defense arising from the administrative-administrative resources, and to process and propose the orders for the execution of the sentences that are issued in those cases. (j) To direct the services of administrative information and attention to the citizen of the department, central and peripheral, in accordance with the current regulations. k) Manage, edit and publish the "Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defense" and other official publications of the department, in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by the current legislation on the ordination of official publications; and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to documentation, and promote the publications of interest to the department. l) Coordinate the department's libraries.

3. They are dependent on the Technical General Secretariat, with a rank of general sub-directorate, the following management bodies: (a) The Technical General Secretariat, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Resources and Administrative Information, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.g), (h), (i) and (j). (c) The General Secretariat for Documentation and Publications, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (k) and (l).

4. The autonomous agency is attached to the Technical General Secretariat of the Fund for the Operation of the Services of Cría Caballar and Traces.

Article 9. Directorate-General for Personnel.

1. The Directorate-General for Personnel is the management body responsible for the planning of the department's personnel policy and the programming and development of this policy in relation to the military personnel, the military complement and civilian, civil and labor personnel serving the Ministry of Defense, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution in the framework of the Defense Planning. For these purposes, the competent bodies in the aforementioned subjects of the armies and the autonomous agencies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Personnel:

a) Develop and propose the general criteria that should govern the integral planning of personnel in the department.

b) To direct and coordinate the planning of military personnel, as well as volunteer reservists, in accordance with the provisions to be established, and to draw up proposals for provisions for the positions of the Forces Armed. c) Coordinate and control the revision and updating of all the templates, the relations of military positions and the relations of the department's working positions, as well as the elaboration and processing of those whose determination is attributed to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. (d) to establish the general criteria for the management of the military personnel, and to exercise the inspection function of the personnel regime of the members of the Armed Forces in the field of their competences. (e) Manage, with respect to the military personnel of the career and complement and the staff of the service of religious assistance, the competences attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and to exercise those others that are allocated by the existing legislation. f) Develop, propose and coordinate the implementation of the specific regulations affecting the civil personnel of the department, as well as directing and coordinating the planning of personnel and personnel personnel. (g) Manage the competencies that, with respect to the civilian personnel, have been attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those others that are attributed to it by the current regulations. (h) Develop and propose the provisions on remuneration which, in respect of civil personnel, are the responsibility of the department. To manage and deal with matters related to this subject, the resolution of which corresponds to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, and to manage and exercise the powers conferred upon it by the current regulations. (i) Develop, propose and direct the policy of social action for civilian personnel, training and prevention in occupational hazards applicable to the civil personnel of the department, in accordance with the regulations and agreements in force in the framework of the General Administration of the State. (j) Develop and propose the arrangements for adapting the remuneration system of the members of the Armed Forces, as well as informing and formulating proposals on those matters that have an impact on the Armed Forces. Manage and deal with matters related to this subject, the resolution of which corresponds to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those other matters that are attributed to it by the current regulations. (k) Quantify and propose the personnel and personnel costs to be included in the multi-annual scenarios and in the preliminary draft budget, as well as to control and assess the expenditure of personnel of the department. l) Plan, control and coordinate the information system for the management of department personnel. (m) to process the files, to recognise the passive rights and to grant the benefits of passive classes caused by the military personnel. n) Coordinate and promote women's equality policies in the Armed Forces.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Personnel: (a) The General Secretariat for Military Personnel, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

(b) The General Secretariat for Civil Personnel, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2.f), (g), (h) and (i). (c) The General Subdirectorate for Human Resources Costs, which develops the functions identified in the paragraph 2.j), k), l) and m).

4. It is up to this Directorate-General, the Division of the Personnel Support Service, to develop, propose and direct social policy for military personnel, as well as to manage the plans and programmes derived from it, to establish and coordinate the implementation of the overall quality of life plan of military personnel and provide, where appropriate, assistance to their families.

5. The study centre on the situation of women in the Armed Forces (Women's Observatory in the FAS) is also dependent on this Directorate-General. 6. They also depend on the Directorate-General for Personnel:

a) The Arzobishopric Castrense.

b) The Administrative Unit of the Royal and Military Orders of San Fernando and San Hermenegildo.

Article 10. Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.

1. The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching is the leading organ, in the framework of comprehensive planning, preparation, planning and development of the recruitment, training and teaching policy of personnel. military personnel and the reincorporation of military personnel, as well as the management, supervision and evaluation of their execution. For these purposes, the competent bodies in the aforementioned subjects of the armies and the autonomous agencies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching:

a) Plan, direct and support the recruitment of career military, complement military, troop and marine soldiers and volunteer reservists, as well as manage their incorporation into the Armed Forces for their training.

b) Plan, direct, support and, where appropriate, schedule the recruitment, appointment and incorporation of volunteer reservists. c) To direct and supervise the execution of the recruitment functions by means of those agencies, centers and agencies that have as their object the recruitment and selection of military personnel for the Armed Forces. (d) Designing and ordering the system of military education, as a unitary system integrated in the general education system as a whole, in the field of military training, military training and specific military courses that they are regulated as high studies of national defense, taking into account their own needs and peculiarities, and taking as a reference their integration into the general education system. (e) to monitor the functioning of the university system of defence institutions and to establish the annual timetables which coordinate military training and those leading to the achievement of degree certificates. Likewise, to design, coordinate and supervise the actions to obtain the other civil degrees, establishing the necessary relations with the General Administration of the State, Autonomous Administrations, Universities and other organizations affected. (f) Develop and propose the general guidelines of the curricula for military training for the training of the career military, the complement military and the military personnel of troops and marineria, as well as coordinating the drafting of the corresponding plans of studies. It is also up to him to coordinate the training plans for reservists. (g) Develop and propose the general system of military, student and teacher educational institutions. h) Propose the creation, transfer, coordination, unification or suppression of military teaching centers. i) Plan, direct and coordinate the integrated system of virtual education in the Armed Forces. (j) Develop, direct and coordinate the evaluation system for the improvement of teaching in the Armed Forces. k) To direct the teaching of the staff of the Armed Forces ' Common Corps, the teachings of a joint nature, and the functioning of the teaching centers directly dependent on this Directorate General. (l) Develop, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, the international cooperation programmes in the field of education and exercise its management, management and monitoring. It will also promote the collaboration of the General Administration of the State, of the autonomous and local institutions and of the cultural, social and business entities with the military teaching centers. (m) Develop and propose the model of professional development of the troops and mariners and coordinate their implementation. (n) Develop and implement the mechanisms for the military and marine personnel to access educational modules and training programs that enable them to return to work. the different public administrations as in the private sector, at the end of the temporary commitment to the Armed Forces.

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Recruitment and Military Education: (a) The General Subdirectorate for Recruitment, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2.a), (b) and (c).

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Management and Education Policy, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j). (c) The Subdirectorate-General for Teaching and Professional Development, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.k), l, m), n) and n).

Article 11. General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

1. The General Legal Counsel of the Defense issues the statutory legal reports, in accordance with the provisions in force, and evacuates those requested by the higher organs and directors of the ministry. The report of the General Legal Counsel of the Defense, when required, shall always be issued in the last place and immediately before the resolution that comes, except in cases where otherwise, by standard of equal or higher rank.

2. The role of legal advice, which is a unique function in the department's field, is exercised under the direction of the General Legal Adviser of the Defence, who can, for this purpose, instruct the Legal Assessor of the General Staff of the the armies and any other in the department's field, and to evacuate the consultations which it gives them to ensure the proper coordination and unity of criteria. 3. Without prejudice to the specific powers of the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, the General Legal Counsel is the one in charge of the department's relations with the governing bodies of the military jurisdiction, the Togolese Prosecutor's Office and the Advocate General of the State-Directorate of the State Legal Service. Likewise, she assists the Assistant Secretary of Defense in the study, preparation and execution of all the issues related to the military prison administration. 4. The functions referred to in the preceding paragraphs are developed by personnel belonging to the Military Legal Body. 5. The position of General Legal Counsel is performed by a general counsel, in active service situation. 6. The position of the General Legal Counsel of the Defense has precedence over the other positions of the Military Legal Body.

Article 12. General Intervention of the Defense.

1. The General Intervention of the Defense, functionally dependent on the General Intervention of the State Administration, has the task of exercising, in the field of the Ministry of Defense and the autonomous agencies attached to it, the control of the internal financial management, through the exercise of the intervention function and, in the terms, conditions and scope to be determined in each case by the General Intervention of the State Administration, the financial control and the public audit.

Likewise, it is up to you to exercise the military notary in the form and conditions established by the laws and to issue as many reports as requested, in matters of your competence, by the higher bodies and managers of the 2. The functions referred to in the previous paragraph are exercised, by personnel belonging to the Military Intervention Corps, under the direction of the General Controller of the Defense, who, to this end, may issue instructions to the Central Delegate interventions in the General Headquarters of the Armies and any other (a) the department, in respect of the interpretation and application of the general rules, and to evacuate the consultations which the department has asked to ensure proper coordination and unit of discretion. 3. The General Controller of the Defense assumes all the powers conferred on him by the norm that regulates the basic organic structure of the General Intervention of Defense. 4. The position of the General Controller of the Defense is carried out by a general of financial division, in active service situation. 5. The position of the General Controller of the Defense has precedence over the other charges of the Military Intervention Corps.

Article 13. General Inspection of Defence Health.

1. The General Inspection of Defence Health is the body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of health policy. In the framework of the general planning and management plans of resources derived from the planning of the military defense, it corresponds to the specific planning of the material and financial resources assigned to it, as well as the integration of the general needs of human resources. It is also the advice of the department's higher bodies in the field of military health.

2. Without prejudice to their nature and organic membership, the Health Directorates of the armies are functionally dependent on this inspection. Therefore, the General Inspection of Defense Health will dictate technical instructions and service orders addressed to these Directorates to ensure the best use and integration of the available resources and to achieve the maximum degree of health coverage and effectiveness in the Armed Forces. 3. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Develop studies and proposals on military health in all aspects related to the specific competencies of each of the specialties that make up the Military Corps of Health. In the logistic-operational field, it will be done in accordance with the requirements and operational requirements established in the planning of the military defense.

b) Coordinate the health support, logistic-operational according to the guidelines received from the Chief of Staff of the Defense and the Chiefs of Staff of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Army of the Air. c) To manage the management of the military health network, as well as to direct and coordinate the health-care and health prevention activities in the field of defense. (d) Manage pharmaceutical management and production of pharmaceutical products. (e) Coordinate with the armies and, where appropriate, provide the pharmaceutical support. f) Propose, direct, coordinate with the armies, and in their case contribute, the veterinary support in the field of defense. g) To direct, coordinate and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to psychology in the Armed Forces. (h) Develop and propose the health conventions. (i) to be involved, in coordination with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy, with international bodies in the field of its competence.

4. The position of Inspector General of Defense Health is performed by a division general of the Military Corps of Health in active duty.

5. The position of Inspector General of Health of the Defense has precedence over the other charges of the Military Corps of Health.

Article 14. General Secretary for Defence Policy.

1. The General Secretariat of Defense Policy is the executive board of the department to which the development and implementation of the department's defense policy, under the authority of the Minister, is the responsibility of the department, Military policy, excluding those related to the preparation of the Force. In particular, it performs the following functions: (a) Coordinate with other departments the overall planning of the defence.

b) To direct the elaboration of the guidelines in the field of defense policy, both in the field of bilateral relations with other States and in that of the international organizations of security and defense to which Spain (a) it belongs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action outside the State. (c) To promote and develop defence policy actions in the field of international organisations, especially in the Atlantic Alliance and in the European Union, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action outside the State. (d) To promote and develop defence policy actions in the field of bilateral relations, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action outside the State. e) Encourage the development of the international aspects of the defense policy through the Defense Attachés in the Permanent Diplomatic Missions of Spain and the Defense Directors in the Permanent Representations in the International Organisations. f) To direct Spanish participation in the planning systems of the organizations or alliances to which Spain belongs. (g) Direct the drawing up of international treaties, agreements, conventions and conferences of interest to the national defence, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and without prejudice to the principle of unity of action outside the State. h) Coordinate the department in collaboration with other departments in the response and resolution of crisis and conflict situations in the field of security and defense policy, in the framework of the National System of Situation Driving crisis. i) To direct the permanent body of work of the national authority for civil defense planning and to hold the national representation in this field in international organizations of collective defense or alliances to which Spain belongs. (j) Coordinate the collaboration of the Ministry of Defense with the agencies responsible for emergency situations at national level, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation at international level. k) Plan the preparation and availability of resources not properly military to meet the needs of national defense in the department's field. (l) To promote and develop strategic thinking in the field of the Ministry of Defense and in collaboration with other public or private institutions.

2. The Secretary General of Defense Policy will hold the representation of the department, by delegation of the Minister, in the cases in which it is entrusted and, in particular, to the international organizations of security and collective defense of which Spain is a party.

3. The Secretary General of Defense Policy acts as secretary of the National Defense Council and as Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Defense Commission. 4. The Secretary General of Defense Policy has a Technical Cabinet, as an organ of support, advice and immediate assistance. 5. The General Secretariat of Defense Policy depends on the General Directorate of Defense Policy. 6. It also depends on the Secretary-General for Defence Policy, the Division of Strategic Affairs and Security, which is responsible for the study and assessment of issues related to security and defence policy and the promotion and development of the actions necessary to strengthen strategic thinking in the field of the Ministry of Defense and in collaboration with other public or private institutions. 7. They will work under the Ministry of Defense, through the General Secretariat of Defense Policy, as collegiate bodies:

(a) The Inter-Ministerial Defense Committee, with the composition and functions provided for in its corresponding organic provisions.

b) The Spanish Section of the Spanish-American Permanent Committee with the composition and functions provided for in its corresponding organic provisions.

8. They depend on the General Secretariat of Defense Policy for the Defense Attachments in the Spanish Diplomatic Missions abroad and the Defense Directors in the Permanent Representations to the international organizations in which are accredited, in the terms covered by their specific rules.

Article 15. Directorate-General for Defence Policy.

1. The Directorate-General for Defence Policy is the steering body to which the planning and development of defence policy is concerned. To this end, the competent bodies in the aforementioned areas of the Armed Forces and the autonomous agencies of the department are functionally dependent on this Directorate General.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Defence Policy:

(a) Develop and propose the general lines of action and the precise guidelines on defense policy for the Planning of Defense and the non-operational aspects of military policy, as well as control and coordinate their development and implementation.

b) Plan and develop defense policy actions in the international arena. (c) to prepare, negotiate and propose international treaties, agreements, conventions and conferences of interest to the national defense, in coordination with the higher bodies and directors of the department in the field of their respective competences and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. (d) to monitor and evaluate the international situation in the field of security and defence policy. (e) To contribute to the monitoring, response and resolution of crisis and conflict situations in the field of security and defence policy in the framework of the national crisis management system. (f) Act as a permanent body of work of the national authority for civil emergency planning. g) Propose the regulations, plan and manage the collaboration of the Ministry of Defense with the competent agencies in emergency situations. h) Plan the preparation and availability of resources not properly military to meet the needs of national defense in the department's field. (i) to monitor and channel participation in international bodies and forums related to the proliferation and control of armaments, from the perspective of the defence policy. (j) To exercise the powers deriving from the functional dependence that the General Secretariat of Defense Policy has on the Military Emergency Unit.

3. The Directorate-General for Defence Policy is responsible for the following management bodies: (a) The General Secretariat for Plans and International Relations, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.b), (c), (d) and (i) and correspond to paragraph 2.a) and (j).

(b) The General Secretariat for Civil Cooperation and Defence, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.e), (f), (g) and (h) and those referred to in paragraph 2.a) and (j).

Article 16. Directorate-General for Communication of the Defence.

1. The Directorate General of Defense Communication, directly dependent on the Minister of Defense, is the executive body responsible for the preparation, planning and development of the department's information policy, as well as the relations with the society as a whole and with the media, including the corresponding campaigns for public disclosure and institutional advertising.

For these purposes, the competent bodies in this field of the three armies and the autonomous bodies will be functionally dependent on this Directorate-General. In the light of the specific characteristics of this Directorate General, its holder, in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, shall not be I have to say that I have an official status. 2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) To promote, direct and maintain information and institutional advertising relations with the social media and society as a whole.

b) Spread the general character information of the department. c) Manage the ministry's website. d) Coordinate the offices of communication of the General Headquarters, commanders and units of the armies. e) The functional and editorial direction of the Revista Española de Defensa and all non-specifically technical-administrative publications belonging to the ministry.

3. It is up to the Directorate-General for Defence Communication to be the General Subdirectorate of the Communication, which will manage the development of paragraph 2.

4. It is up to the Director General of Defence Communication to act as the department's official spokesperson. For the purpose of this task, it will have a Social Communication Office and another Office of Institutional Advertising, the holders of which will have the organic level to be determined in the employment relationship.

Article 17. Directorate-General for Institutional Relations of the Defense.

1. The Directorate General of Institutional Relations of the Defense is the executive body responsible for the planning and development of the cultural policy of the department and the institutional relations of the defense. To this end, the bodies responsible for the aforementioned subjects of the three armies and the autonomous agencies of the department are functionally dependent on this management body.

2. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations:

(a) To promote and coordinate the policy of promotion, dissemination and promotion of national defense awareness.

b) Coordinate, promote and disseminate the cultural action of the department. c) Manage the protection, conservation and dissemination of the historical military, furniture and documentary heritage. d) Schedule the policy of military museums. e) Catalogar the military castles and establishments of historical-artistic character and program their utilities. f) Cataloging military files and scheduling their operation

3. The following management bodies are responsible for the Directorate-General for Institutional Relations: (a) The Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (a) and (b); to this end, it will enhance the joint with the Ministries of Education and Science and Culture, universities and educational institutions.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Historical-Artistic Heritage, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.c), (d), (e) and (f).

Article 18. Top Councils of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force.

The Higher Councils of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff of the respective army, with the powers and (a) the functions conferred on them by Law 39/2007 of 19 November of the military career, and other regulatory standards which are applicable.

Article 19. Senior Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces Joint Corps.

the Superior Boards of the Military, Military, Military and Military Legal Corps are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Defense Minister in those matters that he attributes to them. Law 39/2007 of 19 November of the military career, and other regulatory standards which are applicable.

Additional disposition first. Order of precedence of the authorities of the department.

The order of precedence of the superior authorities of the department in the acts of special character referred to by the General Order of Precedence of the State, approved by Royal Decree 2099/1983 of 4 August, and in the internal regime of the ministry, is as follows: a) Minister of Defence.

b) Chief of Defense Staff. c) Secretary of State for Defence. (d) Deputy Secretary of Defense. (e) Secretary-General for Defence Policy. f) Chief of Staff of the Army of the Earth. g) Chief of Staff of the Navy. h) Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

Additional provision second. Information and telecommunications networks and systems.

1. The Council of Ministers will determine the networks and systems to be managed and managed by the General Administration of Technical Services and Telecommunications.

2. Following agreement with the General Subdirectorate of Technical Services and Telecommunications, the Directorate General for Civil Protection and Emergencies of the Ministry of the Interior will be able to use, in emergency situations, the managed and managed networks by the aforementioned Subdirectorate General.

Additional provision third. Alcala de Henares Military Prison Establishment.

The Alcalá de Henares Military Prison Establishment is assigned to the Undersecretary of Defense, with its organic and functional dependence, without prejudice to the logistical support that cannot be provided by the Deputy secretary, who will be facilitated by the logistics chain of each army.

Additional provision fourth. Removal of organs.

The following department organs are deleted: (a) The General Subdirectorate of Human Resources Planning and Costs.

b) The General Subdirectorate of Military Education. c) The General Subdirectorate of Troop and Marineria. d) The Office for the Modernization of Military Administration. e) The General Office of Reserves.

Additional provision fifth. Collegiate bodies.

Collegiate organs of the department, whose composition and functions are of a purely ministerial level, may be regulated, modified or suppressed by the order of the Minister of Defense, even if their rules of creation or modification has range of royal decree.

Additional provision sixth. No increase in public spending.

The application of this royal decree, including the creation and modification of the units without organic level of general subdirection provided for in their articles, will be done without increase of the operating costs of the respective organs management and will not increase public expenditure.

Single transient arrangement. Units and jobs with lower organic level than general sub-direction.

The units and jobs with the lower organic level to the general sub-directorate will continue to remain and will be paid from the same budget appropriations until the corresponding relations are approved. or catalogues of jobs of the department adapted to the organic structure of this royal decree.

The units and posts of work in the deleted organs, or whose organic dependence has been modified by this royal decree, shall be provisionally assigned, by means of a resolution of the Undersecretary, and after agreement, If appropriate, the Secretary of State, until the corresponding relations or catalogues of jobs enter into force, to the bodies regulated in this royal decree according to the attributions assigned to them.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

1. Royal Decree 1551/2004 of 25 June 2004, for which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence is developed, is repealed.

2. Likewise, the provisions of equal or lower rank shall be repealed as opposed to the provisions of this royal decree.

Final disposition first. Powers of development.

The Minister of Defense is empowered to adopt the necessary measures for the development and execution of this royal decree, prior to the implementation of the appropriate legal procedures.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

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

Given in Madrid, on July 4, 2008.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Public Administration, ELENA SALGADO MENDEZ