It is appropriate for the INE to convene annually, by means of a public tender in competitive competition, scholarships for postgraduates who wish to start in the methods and techniques used in the research statistics. To this end, the successful recipients of the scholarships will participate in the research tasks and in the training activities that will be established in the various programs that the INE develops annually.

Therefore, this Ministry has considered it appropriate to draw up an Order establishing the general regulatory bases for the granting of postgraduate scholarships in statistics, in accordance with the system established in the Articles 81 and 82 of the recast text of the General Budget Law and the Rules of Procedure for the granting of Aid and Public Grants approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993.

In its virtue, prior to the report of the Department's State Advocate, I have:

Article 1. Object.

The purpose of the grants awarded in this Order is the promotion and promotion of statistical research, through the training of post-graduates.

Article 2. Requirements for applicants.

May be beneficiaries of the grants provided for in this Order, those natural persons who meet the following conditions:

a) Poseer of Spanish nationality or national of a member country of the European Union, resident in Spain at the time of joining the scholarship, possessing full capacity to act.

b) Be in possession of the degree of licentiate, engineer or architect, which must have been obtained during the last four years from the publication of the call for scholarships. Diplomas awarded abroad or in non-State Spanish centres must be validated or recognised, or it must be documented that such validation and recognition are being processed at the time of applying for the grant, subject to its award, in the latter case, to obtaining such validation or recognition.

c) Find yourself a day in the fulfillment of all your tax obligations and in the face of Social Security.

Article 3. Calls.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 4.3 of Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993 on the Rules of Procedure for the granting of State aid and grants, the call for grants referred to in this Order shall be initiated ex officio by the Resolution of the Presidency of the INE, published in the "Official Gazette of the State" and shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Order, being completed at the following ends:

(a) Indication of the provision establishing the regulatory bases, and of the Official Gazette of the State in which it is published.

b) The purpose, conditions and purpose of the grant of the grant.

(c) Determination that the award is made in a competitive competition regime through the appropriate competition.

(d) Deadline for submission of applications, which shall not be less than 15 days from the date of publication of the decision in question, as well as the date of termination of the proceedings.

e) Requirements, or supplementary documentation and assessment criteria.

(f) The budgetary credit to which the grants and the amount of the grants are charged.

g) Composition of the study and assessment committee.

h) Form and means in which communications and notifications will be made, especially awards.

(i) Indication that the decision to grant or refuse the award of the grants terminates the administrative route and may be brought against it for the purpose of replenishment in accordance with the provisions of Articles 116 and 117 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure in its wording given by Law 4/1999, of 13 January, amending Law 30/1992 or, directly, an appeal administrative disputes within a period of two months from the day following that of the notification or publication of the decision to the Central Courts of the Administrative-Administrative Board, in accordance with Law 29/1998 of July 13, the regulator of that jurisdiction.

Article 4. Commission of study and assessment.

The applications and documentation submitted will be studied and evaluated by a Commission, which will be chaired by the Presidency of the INE or by whom it will be appointed by the latter for each call.

The functioning of the Commission will be in accordance with the Collegiate Organs regime established in the Law of Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure.

This Commission will also act as a manager for all events arising from the call, its development and resolution of incidents that may arise, including the proposal for a resolution of the grants to be awarded.

Article 5. Grant of scholarships.

The scholarships referred to in this Order shall be granted, by administrative decision, by the Presidency of the INE, in accordance with the provisions of Article 81.3 of the recast text of the General Budget Law, in its The text of the Law of 30 December 1991, as amended by Law 31/1991 of 30 December 1991, has been drawn up for this purpose.

The grant of the scholarships will be notified to each of the beneficiaries and the resolution of the call will be published in the "Official State Gazette".

Article 6. Obligations of the beneficiaries and conditions for granting.

1. The enjoyment of the scholarships referred to in this Order shall be incompatible with any other grant of similar characteristics granted by public or private bodies, Spanish or foreign, on a temporary basis with that granted.

2. The beneficiaries shall participate in the statistical programmes established by the National Statistics Institute, attending meetings and activities to be determined. Within a maximum of three months, from the end of the grant, they must present a report on the knowledge acquired and the statistical programmes in which they have participated.

3. The granting and enjoyment of the scholarships does not imply a work or statutory relationship with the institution.

4. The beneficiary will be obliged to provide as much information as requested by the Court of Auditors, the General Intervention of the State Administration or the National Institute of Statistics, on the grant awarded.

Article 7. Realization of the payment.

The payment will be made in 18 natural mensualities for an amount equal to the eighteen-year part of the total grant each monthly, amount to which the discounts and deductions will be applied that proceed according to the Tax provisions in force.

Article 8. Measures to ensure the good end of scholarships.

1. Amendment of the grant resolution of the grant. Any alteration of the conditions taken into account for the grant of the grant, and, in any event, the concurrent obtaining of other scholarships, in the field of statistics, granted by other administrations or entities, public or private, national or (i) the amendment of the award decision shall be amended, and the beneficiary must be reimbursed for the sums received.

2. Refund of the amount of the grant. The reimbursement of the amounts received shall be carried out by the system laid down in Article 8 of the Rules of Procedure for the granting of State aid and grants, approved by Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993.

The recovery of the amounts received in respect of grants or public aid and, consequently, the decision to grant and the requirement of interest for late payment from the time of payment of the grant will proceed. the amount fixed in Article 36 of the recast text of the General Budget Law, where one of the circumstances laid down in Article 81 (9) of that Law is present.

3. Incorporation of alternates. The assessment committee shall submit to the proposal for the award a supplementary list of alternates, in order of priority, in the case of resignations or revocations among the successful recipients of the grants in the first six months of the year. training.

Article 9. Responsibility and sanctioning regime.

The beneficiaries of the grants provided for in this Order are subject to the regime of administrative infringements and penalties provided for in Article 82 of the recast text of the General Budget Law, in its wording given by Law 31/1990, of 27 December, of the General Budget of the State for 1992.

Final disposition first. Powers of development.

The INE Presidency is empowered to dictate how many resolutions it deems necessary in the development and implementation of this Order.

Final provision Second Supplementary Rules.

For all those extremes not provided for in this Order, it will be applied, with an extra character, as provided for in Articles 81 and 82 of the General Budget Law and in Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993.

Final disposition third. Entry into force.

This Order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, 22 February 2002.

HANGING OUT AND FIGAREDO

Ilma. President of the National Statistics Institute.