9 April 1991, the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies approved a non-law proposal regarding the situation of foreigners in Spain, urging the government, in its paragraph 8, to address reform and modernization. of the administrative structure responsible for managing foreign policy through an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In compliance with this forecast, the Royal Decree 511/1992 of 14 May, for which the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs was established, was approved to coordinate the action of the ministerial departments with powers. on the system of entry, permanence, work and social integration of foreigners in Spain.

The Royal Decree 511/1992 was amended by Royal Decree 2489/1994 of 23 December 1994 and by Royal Decree 2490/1996 of 5 December, in order to bring the composition of the Interministerial Committee of Foreign and its delegated Commissions, to the successive restructurings of the ministerial departments that integrate it.

Royal Decree 557/2000, of 27 April, structure the General Administration of the State in fifteen ministerial departments, whose organic structures have been developed successively by Royal Decrees.

In order to give the organic structure of the General Administration of the State of the resources necessary to deal with the growing phenomenon in our country of immigration, the Royal Decree 683/2000, of May 12, creates the Delegation of the Government for Immigration and Immigration, whose powers are determined in Royal Decree 1449/2000 of 28 July, amending and developing the basic organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior, using the support of the Directorate-General for Immigration and Immigration, established by Royal Decree 807/2000, (a) of 19 May, to which it is appropriate to implement the measures which, in the field of immigration, foreign affairs and asylum, are to be adopted by the said delegation.

The Government's Delegation for Immigration and Immigration aims to formulate government policy in relation to immigration, immigration and the right of asylum, as well as to coordinate and promote all actions to be carried out in this field, and in particular to chair the Interministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs and to report on matters to be submitted to it.

The new regulation of the composition and functioning of the Interministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs is necessary not only to adapt it to the aforementioned ministerial restructurings, but also to the

need to integrate other ministerial departments with competencies that affect the treatment of the situation of foreigners in Spain.

Thus, in the new composition of the Interministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs, representatives of the Ministries of Finance, Education, Culture and Sport, as well as the Presidency, will be included as new members. Public, Health and Consumer and Economic Administrations.

As for the delegated Commissions that are formed within the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs, the composition and functioning of four delegated Commissions are regulated.

Three of the aforementioned delegated commissions were already included in the previous regulations, in particular the Commissions for Visa Policy and International Cooperation, for the Regime of Foreign Trade and for Migration, Promotion and social integration of immigrants and refugees, with the creation of a new Commission delegated for the coordination of peripheral services.

The incorporation of the Ministry of Public Administrations into the Interministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs and the creation of the Commission delegated to the Coordination of Peripheral Services is based on the entry into force of the Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, in conjunction with the rules laid down in its application, which constitutes a new model for the structuring of peripheral services of a general nature, within which the Ministry of Public Administrations is entrusted with the powers The following are the functions of management, management, and coordination that are attended to you today. In this respect, Royal Decree 1330/1997, of 1 August, integrated into the structure of the Government Delegations, among others, the functions of foreign and asylum, and to Royal Decree 2725/1998 of 18 December, is due to the Provincial Labour, Social Security and Social Affairs Directorates.

In its virtue, on the proposal of the First Vice President of the Government and Minister of the Presidency, of the Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economy, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Finance, Interior, of Education, Culture and Sport, Labour and Social Affairs, Public Administrations and Health and Consumer Affairs, and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 1 December 2000,

D I S P O N G O:

CHAPTER I

Interministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs

Article 1. Nature.

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs is an inter-ministerial collegiate body attached to the Ministry of the Interior, which has the function of analyzing, discussing and informing the departments ' proposals and actions. (a) ministerial meetings with a view to the treatment of foreigners, immigration and asylum, and to know the agreements adopted and the development of the actions undertaken within the European Union, as well as in other international bodies and assess their impact and implementation in our country.

Article 2. Composition.

1. The Commission, chaired by the Government Delegate for Immigration and Immigration, will be composed of the following members:

The Undersecretaries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Finance, Education, Culture and Sport, Labor and Social Affairs, the Presidency, Public Administrations, Health and Consumer Affairs and the Economy.

2. The following representatives of ministerial departments will also participate, as members, in the meetings of the Commission:

a) Government Presidency: a representative of the Cabinet of the President of the Government with the rank of Director-General.

(b) Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the Director-General of Consular Affairs and the Protection of Spanish Overseas Countries and a representative of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, to be appointed, with the status of Director general.

(c) Ministry of Justice: the Director-General of the Registers and the Notary.

(d) Ministry of Finance: the representative who is designated as the Director-General.

e) Ministry of the Interior: the Director General of the Civil Guard, the Director General of the Police and the Director General of Immigration and Immigration.

(f) Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport: the General Secretariat for Vocational Education and Training and the Director-General for Territorial Cooperation and High Inspection.

g) Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: the Secretary-General for Social Affairs, the Director-General for Migration and the Director-General of the Migration and Social Services Institute.

h) Ministry of the Presidency: the Technical Secretary-General.

i) Ministry of Public Administrations: the Director-General of the Peripheral State Administration.

j) Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs: the Director-General of Public Health and Consumer Affairs.

k) Ministry of Economy: the Secretary-General for Economic Policy and the Defense of Competition.

3. Commission members may attend meetings of the Commission in person or delegate their participation in a representative of the Department or body, with a minimum rank of Director-General and, in the case of the Director-General of the Police and the Director-General of the Civil Guard, in a Deputy Director-General of each of these management centres.

4. The Secretariat of the Interministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs will be held by the Director General of Immigration and Immigration.

5. Where appropriate, representatives of other ministerial departments or other public administrations may take part in the work of the Interministerial Committee of Foreign Affairs when, for reasons of the cases to be dealt with, the Commission You should consider your presence.

Article 3. Competencies.

The Commission will have the following powers:

(a) The analysis, discussion and follow-up of the proposals and actions of the ministerial departments, integrated in the Commission, that have an impact on the treatment of foreigners, immigration and asylum.

b) To know the adopted agreements and the development of the actions undertaken within the European Union, as well as in other international bodies and to assess their impact and implementation in our country.

c) Issue report, when requested by the competent bodies, in relation to the regulations on immigration, immigration and asylum.

d) How many other actions are deemed necessary in relation to foreign policy, immigration and the right of asylum.

Article 4. Operation.

The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs shall meet at least twice a year and, in any event, when deemed necessary by its President.

CHAPTER II

Delegate Commissions

Article 5. Creation.

Without prejudice to the commissions or working groups that may be deemed necessary to create the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs, the following delegated Commissions are formed within it:

a) Visa policy and international cooperation.

b) Foreign regime.

c) Migration flows, promotion and social integration of immigrants and refugees.

d) Coordination of peripheral services.

Article 6. Composition.

1. The Presidency of the Commissions referred to in the previous Article shall be:

In the case of paragraph (a), the Director-General of Consular Affairs and Protection of Spanish Abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the case of paragraph (b), to the Director-General of Immigration and Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior.

In the case of paragraph (c), to the Director-General of Migration Management of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

In the case of paragraph (d), to the Director-General of the Peripheral Administration of the State of the Ministry of Public Administrations.

2. The delegated committees shall be composed, in addition to those referred to in paragraph 1, by representatives of each of the Ministries of the Interministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs.

Where appropriate, representatives of other ministerial departments or other public administrations may be involved in the work of the delegated committees when, for the purposes of the cases concerned, the The Commission considers that its presence should be appropriate.

3. The Secretariat of the delegated Commissions shall be performed by a Deputy Director-General attached to the Directorate-General to which the respective Presidency has been assigned, which shall have a voice but no vote.

Article 7. Functions.

The delegated Commissions will have the functions of issuing reports, preparing projects, opinions, and how many others are entrusted to them by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Foreign Affairs. They will also be able to raise the Commission's study and analysis with proposals that are considered appropriate.

Article 8. Operation.

Each delegated Commission shall meet at least once a quarter and, in any event, when deemed necessary by its chairman or by any of its members.

Single additional disposition. Application of the general administrative procedure legislation.

As not provided for by this Royal Decree, the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs and the delegated Commissions will adjust their operation to the general rules for the action of the collegiate bodies, which are arranged in the Chapter II of Title II of Law 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

The Royal Decree 511/1992 of 14 May 1992 establishing the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs, Royal Decree 2489/1994 of 23 December 1994 and Royal Decree 2490/1996 of 5 December 1996 amending the Royal Decree 511/1992.

Final disposition first. Internal rules of procedure.

The Inter-Ministerial Committee for Foreign Affairs may approve the rules of internal rules it considers to be necessary for the best development of its work.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

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

Given in Madrid at December 1, 2000.

JOHN CARLOS R.

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

MARIANO RAJOY BREY