Article 1 of Law 16/1999, of 4 May, creates the College of Geographers, as a corporation governed by public law, which will have legal personality and full capacity to fulfill its aims.

The second transitional provision of the Law provides that the Ministry of Public Works, after hearing the "Gestora of the College of Geographers", shall approve the provisional Statutes of the College, which must regulate the requirements for the acquisition of the status of the collegiate that allows participation in the elections of the governing bodies, the procedure and the deadline for convening the aforementioned elections, as well as the constitution of the elected governing bodies.

In its virtue, produced by the cited Commission Gestora the Provisional Statutes, in order to collect according to the legality the norms to which reference has been made, according to the Council of State, I have:

Single item. Approval of the provisional Statutes.

The provisional Statutes of the College of Geographers listed in the Annex to this Order are approved.

Additional disposition. Application of the statutory rules.

The statutory rules approved by this Order will apply as long as they are not constituted by the Autonomous Communities of Geographers in their respective territories.

First transient disposition. Provisional management of the college.

The Gestora Commission of the College of Geographers will provisionally take over the College of Geographers until the celebration of the Constituent Assembly and the election and constitution of the first Governing Board.

Second transient disposition. Final statutes.

Constituted the governing bodies of the College of Geographers, shall forward to the Ministry of Public Works, within six months, the Statutes referred to in Article 6 of Law 2/1974, of 13 February, of Professional Colleges, to be submitted for approval by the Government to replace the provisional Statutes.

Final disposition. Entry into force.

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

Madrid, 30 May 2001.

ALVEZ-HELMETS FERNANDEZ

ANNEX

Provisional Statutes of the College of Geographers

Article 1. Legal nature.

1. The College of Geographers is a corporation governed by public law which is constituted under Article 36 of the Spanish Constitution; Law 2/1974, of 13 February, regulating the professional associations, as amended by Law 7/1997, of 14 April, of liberalizing measures in the field of land and professional schools, and of Law 16/1999, of 4 May, of the creation of the College of Geographers.

2. The College of Geographers has its own legal personality and full capacity to fulfill its aims.

3. According to the second transitional provision of Law 16/1999 of the creation of the College of Geographers, the latter shall be governed by the present provisional Statutes until the entry into force of the definitive Statutes.

Article 2. Territorial scope and location.

1. The territorial scope of the College of Geographers is that of the Spanish State, organized in a decentralized way through Territorial Delegations in the autonomous areas that proceed.

2. However, they may constitute, by segregation of the existing College of Geographers, Territorial Colleges of an area equal to or lower than that of an Autonomous Community, in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding autonomic legislation. The process of segregation shall be initiated at the request of the members of the autonomous community in question, when the majority of the members meeting in assembly so decide.

3. The College of Geographers will be based in Madrid.

Article 3. Finnish.

The purposes of the College of Geographers are as follows:

1. Promote and promote the progress of geography, scientific and technical development of the profession, as well as professional solidarity and the service of the profession to society.

2. Contribute to the improvement of the professional exercise.

3. To ensure the dignity and prestige of the profession.

4. Defend the professional interests of the geographers.

5. How many other purposes are in the interest of the professional interests of the collegiate.

Article 4. Members of the college.

1. The College of Geographers will group the Licensors in Geography.

The graduates in Geography and History (Geography Section), and in Philosophy and Letters with the limit referred to in the following paragraph, may also be integrated into the College of Geographers.

In the case of the graduates in Philosophy and Letters, the date referred to in Article 2 of Law 18/1999, of the creation of the College of Geographers, shall be for each of the issuing Universities of the enabling titles, where the calls for the total extinction of the relevant curriculum in accordance with Article 11.3 of Royal Decree 1497/1987 of 27 November 1987 of common general guidelines have been exhausted. of the plans for the study of official titles and validity throughout the national territory.

In addition, those higher graduates who demonstrate to their Governing Board the fulfilment of any of the following requirements may be integrated into the College of Geographers:

The exercise of secondary or higher level geographic teaching in official or officially recognized educational institutions for a minimum period of two years full time or its total equivalent in time in both cases within the last ten years preceding the application for membership; obtaining the title of Doctor in Geography; official recognition of at least one tranche of research activity in Geography; or of professional work which includes substantial content of Geography and the deadlines for implementation sum of a total of at least two years within the last ten years preceding the application for membership.

2. Collegiation will have the effects established by the general legislation on Professional Colleges.

3. The requests for membership will be resolved by the Governing Board after taking the steps and receiving the reports which, if any, it deems appropriate. The approval or refusal of applications shall be made at the next meeting of the Governing Board which is held once the request is made. The procedure for cursing the applications for membership shall be laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the College.

Article 5. Rights and duties of the collegiate.

1. They are the rights of the collegiate:

(a) To be assisted, advised and defended by the college, under the conditions which are regulated, in all matters arising from the professional practice. As well as use the services and means of the College.

b) Attend and participate with voice and vote in the General Assembly.

c) Be electors and eligible to be part of the Governing Board.

d) Be informed of the progress and activities of the college, the state of accounts and the agenda of the General Assembly.

2. They are the duties of the schoolboys:

a) Collaborate with the purposes of the College of Geographers and in the development of its activities.

b) Contribute to the maintenance of the college's expenses with the payment of fees and other financial contributions approved in accordance with the Statutes.

(c) To comply with the agreements validly adopted by the General Assembly and the Governing Board.

d) Any other included in these Statutes or in the legislation in force.

Article 6. Representative bodies.

The organs of representation, government and administration of the College of Geographers are the General Assembly and the Governing Board.

Article 7. General assembly.

1. The General Assembly is the supreme organ of the college. The General Assembly shall be composed of all members with equal votes, and shall adopt its agreements by a majority and in accordance with these Statutes. The General Assembly may meet in regular and extraordinary sessions.

2. The ordinary General Assembly shall meet at least once a year. Corresponds to the ordinary General Assembly:

a) Approve the definitive Statutes of the College of Geographers, as well as the proposals of the modifications thereof, for its elevation to the Government, through the Ministry of Development.

b) Approve the Regulations of the Internal Regime and the modifications thereof.

c) Appoint and remove from office members of the Governing Board.

d) Approve the annual revenue and expenditure budgets for each financial year as well as the clearance of the accounts for the previous financial year.

e) To know, to discuss and, if necessary, to approve as many proposals as they are submitted by initiative of the Board of Government or of any collegiate.

In the latter case, the proposals must be submitted in sufficient time to be included on the agenda, as specific points of the day. When these proposals are submitted, at least 10 per 100 of the members, their inclusion on the agenda will be required.

(f) All other privileges which have not been expressly conferred on the Governing Board or the Extraordinary General Assembly.

3. The Extraordinary General Assembly shall meet on the initiative of the Governing Board or at the request of a number of members of the Board of Governors of more than 15 per 100 of them, and shall specify in the application document the order of the day of the same. Corresponds to the Extraordinary General Assembly:

(a) Promote the dissolution of the college, or the change of its name, in accordance with the provisions of these Statutes.

b) Solve all those issues which, at the request of 15 per 100 of the collegiates, have justified the convocation of the extraordinary General Assembly of the College.

4. The General Assembly, whether ordinary or extraordinary, shall be convened at least twenty-one days before the date of its conclusion, by means of written communication to all the collegiates; the notice shall include the place, the date and the hour of the meeting, as well as the agenda. The General Assembly shall be validly constituted on the first call when at least 25 per 100 of the members are present at the time. If the limit is not reached, the second call shall be fixed half an hour later than the first call, and shall be validly constituted, whichever is the number of the collegiate assistants.

5. The agreements shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast. However, the agreements shall require a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in the case of the approval or amendment of the Statutes, motion of censure against the Governing Board and dissolution or change of denomination of the college.

Article 8. Powers of the Governing Board.

1. The Governing Board is the executive and representative body of the College.

2. They are the competencies of the Governing Board: to represent the College; to implement the agreements of the General Assembly, to comply with and enforce the Statutes and Regulations of the College, as well as its own agreements, to direct the management and administration of the College for the fulfilment of its purposes, regulating the procedures of collegiation, collecting the fees and drawing up the annual budget and balance sheet; agreeing on the convening of the General Assembly and convening the election of posts for the Governing Board.

3. The Governing Board shall meet at least twice a year and whenever the President calls it or a third of its components.

The agreements of the Governing Board will be taken by a simple majority, in case of a tie the vote of the President will be of quality.

4. The Governing Board may set up Work Commissions for the development of its objectives and activities.

Article 9. Composition of the Governing Board.

1. The Governing Board consists of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and nine Vocals.

2. The President convenes and chairs the sessions of the General Assembly and the Governing Board; he holds the representation of the College; and he forms and authorizes the necessary documents and the payment orders.

3. The Vice-President shall have the same powers as the President when he is replaced by absence, vacancy, illness or delegation.

4. The Secretary writes and attests to the minutes of the General Assembly and the Governing Board, as well as to the elections to the Governing Board; he holds the school's documentation; he issues and deals with certifications and documents; and writes the report annual management for approval in the General Assembly.

5. The Treasurer collects and guards the College's funds; makes payments; drafts the preliminary draft budget and balance of accounts; and carries the College's books and inventory of goods.

6. The Vowels will be able to chair work commissions created by the Governing Board; they will perform the tasks entrusted to them by the Board; they will collaborate with the holders of the other Board positions and will be able to replace them in case of absence, vacancy or disease.

Article 10. Election of the members of the Governing Board.

1. The College of Geographers will hold ordinary elections to cover the Government Board's charges every four years. The call for ordinary or extraordinary elections shall be held at least two months before the date of such elections.

2. Members of the Governing Board shall be elected by all collegians through free, direct and secret universal suffrage, attributing a vote equal to each collegiate.

3. The vote shall be taken in the General Assembly upon identification of the collegial. Members who are unable to attend the General Assembly may exercise their right to vote by mail in closed.

4. The Governing Board shall proclaim the nominations submitted up to 30 days before the elections. These nominations shall be communicated in writing to all the members of the college at least 15 days before the date of the vote.

5. For the election of the Governing Board of the Constituent Assembly, all thirteen members of the Board may be presented with full membership, with the specification of the candidates for President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer; either partial nominations for all of these four posts; or individual nominations to the nine vowel posts without direct assignment of function.

6. Among these candidates, the members of the group will have to vote as a single candidate for the four positions with direct assignment of functions (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer), and up to a maximum of nine vowels from any one of the complete or individual applications submitted.

7. The vote will be published, according to the Secretary, in which the votes obtained by each of the candidates block the four posts with direct assignment of functions, and for each of the candidates for the vowel. The members of the candidacy will be elected President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who will obtain the highest number of votes. The nine candidates for this position will be elected, from among any of the complete or individual candidates, who will obtain a higher number of votes.

8. Once the members of the Governing Board have been appointed, they shall appoint, from among the members without direct assignment of function, the chairmen of the Working Committees to be established.

First transient disposition.

Until the celebration of the Constituent Assembly, the Gestora Commission, formed by the association of the Association of Spanish Geographers, the Royal Geographical Society, the Association of Professional Geographers of Andalusia, the Associació de Geografs Professionals de Catalunya, la Associació de Geografs de les Illes Balears, GAIA Asociación Canaria de Geographers, GEA Asociación de Geografía de Asturias, the Association of Professional Geographers of Galicia, the Sociedade Galega de Xeography and the Association of Geographers of Castile and Leon, will be constituted in Commission of Accreditations and Enablement for the purpose of resolving the applications for membership.

The applications for membership must be directed in writing to the headquarters of the associations grouped in the Gestora Commission. The secretaries of those associations shall forward the applications to the Commission for Accreditation and Enablement for their resolution. The Accreditation and Enabling Committee may require applicants, where appropriate, to provide the supporting documentation necessary to demonstrate the concurrency of the conditions laid down in Article 4 (1) of the Treaty. present provisional statutes for the acquisition of the status of collegiate.

The Committee on Accreditation and Enablement shall, before the Constituent Assembly, resolve all requests for membership received at least one week in advance of the date of its conclusion.

Second transient disposition.

The Constituent Assembly of the College of Geographers shall be held within four months of the adoption of these provisional Statutes.

The Constituent Assembly shall consist of all the collegians whose application for membership is approved by the Commission of Accreditation and Enablement an hour before the day and time for which the Assembly is convened.

The functions of the Constituent Assembly are:

(a) Approve, if appropriate, the management of the Gestora Commission and ratify its members to take charge of the management of the Assembly or to appoint a new bureau.

b) Approve the definitive Statutes of the College of Geographers.

(c) To elect the persons to form the Governing Board, in accordance with the procedure described in Article 10 of these Provisional Statutes.

Transitional provision third.

The Constituent Assembly shall be convened at least two months before the date of its conclusion. The advertising of the call must be guaranteed. The notice shall include the place, date and time of its conclusion, the order of the day, the procedure for the acquisition of the status of collegiate that permits participation in the Assembly, and the electoral calendar.

The Gestora Commission will proclaim the candidacies submitted up to thirty days before the Assembly's celebration. These nominations shall be communicated in writing at least 15 days before the date of the vote to all persons who have made their application for registration in the College. Together with the nominations, the procedure for exercising the right to vote by mail will also be communicated and the proposal for a definitive Statute will be publicly reported.