Royal Decree 758/1996, of 5 May, of restructuring of ministerial departments, dictated by the authorization granted to the President of the Government by Article 75 of Law 42/1994, of December 30, establishes a new structure of the General Administration of the State, through various deletions and modifications in the field of those, with the objectives of rationalizing the ministerial organization, making possible the maximum effectiveness in the action of the Government and, primarily, reduce public spending.

Following these criteria, by Royal Decree 839/1996 of 10 May, the basic organization of the Ministry of Defense was established, among others, to enable it to initiate, as soon as possible, the development of functions which it has attributed, applying as a general rule the suppression of all those unnecessary organs or which, by the nature of their functions, are susceptible to be integrated into other organic structures.

Of this kind, the higher organs and the resulting management centers assume, within a broad sector of the administrative activity, a set of homogeneous functions or afin character. This solution, in addition to generating an appreciable reduction in expenditure, will allow for greater coordination of the services concerned.

In short, the Secretary of State for Military Administration, the Directorates-General for Information and Social Relations of the Defense, the Teaching, the Military Service, and the Services, as well as the organic levels of general direction of the General Intervention of the Defense and the General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

In parallel, by Royal Decree 1396/1996 of 7 June, an organic restructuring of the Superior Defense Information Center was carried out, as a result of which, the General Secretariat of the Center is with a range of of general sub-direction, compared to the previous general direction.

The second final provision of Royal Decree 839/1996 states that the Minister of Public Administration, within three months and on the initiative of the Ministries concerned, will raise to the Council of Ministers the Royal Decrees by which the organic structure of the different ministerial departments is adapted to the forecasts contained in that.

By this Royal Decree, a new basic organic structure of the Department is adopted, which maintains, in essence, the competencies of the higher organs, grouping them by areas and introducing a higher criterion rationality and efficiency in its operation.

Thus, the Secretary of State of Defense, the chief executive of the Minister in the preparation, direction and development of economic policy, arms and equipment and infrastructure, maintains the functions that have been assigned the general directions dependent on it, while increasing the corresponding to the area of the infrastructure, in the face of the needs to promote the disposal of the real estate of defense unnecessary for the life and operation of the Armed Forces and to enhance the environmental policy of the Department . It also simplifies and rationalizes its structure, grouping the tasks, according to the complementarity of the same, in a smaller number of sub-directorates general, so that the resulting organization allows a better use of the available resources and the release of the non-necessary ones.

According to these guidelines, the Advisory Commissions on Armament and Material and Infrastructure have been abolished, in order to be able to take on the advisory functions and other tasks that they had developed by the Directors. The General Assembly of the General Assembly of the General Assembly of the Defense General, whose powers are assumed by the General Financial Controller, are the general sub-directorates of Armament and Material and Infrastructure, respectively.

On the other hand, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, defined as a higher body of assistance and technical support to the authorities of the Department and principal collaborator of the Minister in the preparation, direction and development of the policy of personnel, recruitment and military education, assumes the responsibilities of the former Secretary of State for Military Administration.

Depending on the Sub-Secretariat, the Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching, as the body responsible for planning and developing the recruitment, teaching and general conditions of provision of the Service in the Armed Forces, assumes the powers of the suppressed Directorates General of Teaching and Military Service.

In this same area, the Secretariat and the Technical General Secretariat assume the functions that the suppressed General Services Directorate has been developing.

Depending directly on the Minister, he is integrated, with a rank of general sub-directorate, the Office of Information and Social Relations of the Defense and the functions of coordination to the protection, conservation and dissemination of the Historical military, furniture and documentary heritage, through the Subdirectorate General of Cultural Action and Historical Heritage.

Likewise, the need to promote a defense policy, in line with the social and economic reality of Spain and its international commitments, makes it necessary to promote actions aimed at interest in society so that participate in the issues of defence and security. To this end, the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies is integrated with the organic level of Subdirección General, in the Directorate General of Defense Policy.

On the other hand, and in line with what was established in Royal Decree 839/1996, the basic structures of the General Staff of the Defense, the Army of the Earth, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Army's Operational Command are maintained. The Armed Forces, as well as the functional relations established between the organs of the General and Mandos Barracks and Staff Headquarters and the Logistics Support of the Armies, and the corresponding management centers of the Central Organ of the Department, these aspects that will be the subject of later normative regulation.

Likewise, the organic structures of the autonomous organisms are maintained, although in the aforementioned Royal Decree the intention is announced to restructure them, following the same criteria of rationality, efficiency and decrease of the public expenditure.

Within this same process of restructuring, the Ministry of Defense will promote the necessary regulatory changes to the Chief of the Defense Staff to assume certain powers with respect to the Corps. Common to the Armed Forces, Law 17/1989, of July 19, attributes the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Finally, this Royal Decree brings together the various changes in the basic organic structure of the Department since the publication of Royal Decree 1/1987 of 1 January, which has caused a regulatory dispersion He advised his reunification.

In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Defense and on the proposal of the Minister of Public Administration, after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of August 2, 1996,

D I S P O N G O:

Article 1. General organization of the Department.

1. The Ministry of Defence is the body of the General Administration of the State responsible for the management, coordination and implementation of the Government's general guidelines as regards defence policy.

2. The Ministry of Defense is structured in:

a) General Staff of the Defense.

b) Secretary of State of Defense.

c) Deputy Secretary of Defense.

d) Army of Earth.

e) Armada.

f) Air Force.

3. The following management centres are directly dependent on the Minister of Defence:

a) Senior Defense Information Center.

b) General Directorate of Defence Policy.

4. The Civil Guard depends on the Minister of Defense in the terms provided for in the Organic Law 6/1980, of July 1, which regulates the basic criteria of national defense and military organization, and in Organic Law 2/1986, of 13 of March, of Forces and Security Corps.

5. They are advisory and advisory bodies to the Minister of Defence:

a) Board of Chiefs of Staff.

b) Higher Council of the Army of the Earth.

c) Superior Council of the Navy.

d) Superior Council of the Air Force.

e) Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces ' Common Corps.

6. It is also the advisory and advisory body of the Minister of Defense, the Board of Directors of the Ministry.

Article 2. Minister of Defense.

1. The Minister of Defense has the powers conferred on him by the Organic Law 6/1980 of 1 July, as amended by the Organic Law 1/1984 of 5 January, which regulates the basic criteria of national defense and the military organization, the Law of the Legal Regime of the State Administration; Law 10/1983 of 16 August of the Organization of the Central Administration of the State, and other provisions of a general nature.

2. In accordance with what is determined by Royal Decree 839/1996 of 10 May, the Minister of Defence has, as organs of support, advice and immediate assistance, of a Cabinet, consisting of a Director, with the rank of Director-General, and a maximum of seven advisors, with the rank of Subdirector-General, and a Technical Cabinet, whose Director will be a general officer or senior officer, with an organic level of Director-General.

3. For the preparation, planning and development of the information and cultural policy, the protocol and the public relations of the Department, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution, the Minister of Defense will count, under his direct dependency, with the following units with general sub-direction organic level:

(a) Office for the Information and Social Relations of the Defense, which develops the functions of promoting, directing and maintaining relations with the media, disseminating general information in the field of Department and organise the acts of the department, as well as coordinate other activities in which the Minister of Defence is involved.

b) Subdirectorate General of Cultural Action and Historical Heritage, which develops the functions of coordinating, promoting and disseminating the cultural action of the Department, as well as coordinating the protection, conservation and dissemination of the historical military, furniture and documentary heritage.

Article 3. Cabinet of the Minister of Defense.

In addition to the functions referred to in Article 2 (2), it is up to the Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense to be the official spokesperson of the Department and to maintain appropriate links with the information services of the Presidency of the Government, which may delegate these functions.

Article 4. Technical Cabinet of the Minister of Defense.

In addition to the functions set out in Article 2 (2) of this Royal Decree, the Technical Cabinet of the Minister of Defence, a technical-military body, is responsible, in particular, for advice on aspects related to the study, planning and development of the activities of the Armed Forces.

Article 5. Superior Defense Information Center.

1. The Higher Defense Information Center is the information organ of the President of the Government, for the exercise of its functions as the direction of the defense policy and the coordination of the government's action in the defense of the State, and of the Minister of Defense, in the exercise of the functions that correspond to him in matters of defense and military policy.

2. The Higher Defense Information Center has the relations, missions and competences established in Royal Decree 2632/1985 of 27 December, and in Order 135/1982 of September 30, of the Minister of Defense, and the internal structure that determine the Royal Decrees 1169/1995, 7 July, 266/1996, 16 February, and 1396/1996, of 7 June.

3. It also has to coordinate the action of the various bodies using means or procedures for encrypts, to guarantee cryptographic security, to promote the coordinated acquisition of material and to train specialist personnel.

4. Its holder has the category of Director-General.

Article 6. Directorate-General for Defence Policy.

1. The Directorate-General for Defence Policy is the chief executive officer of the Minister in the preparation, planning and direction of the defence policy.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Constituir the working organ of the National Defense Board.

b) To prepare the directives on defence policy and military policy, as well as to coordinate their activities.

(c) Coordinate the General Plan of National Defense and promote and coordinate the work related to it.

d) Coordinate the participation of the different Departments in civil defense and direct their development in the field of the Ministry of Defense.

e) Constituir the permanent body of work for the coordination of civil defense planning, as well as of the Spanish participation in similar international organizations of collective defense or alliances to which Spain belongs.

f) Schedule, propose, prepare and, where appropriate, conduct, the development of exercises that permit the evaluation of the state of civil defense preparation.

g) Propose the regulations and, where appropriate, manage the collaboration of the Armed Forces with the civil authorities in extraordinary situations, at national level and, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the level " (h) Coordinate mobilization at the inter-ministerial level and direct its development in the field of the Department.

i) Plan and manage the international aspects of the defence policy, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and without prejudice to the principle of the State's external action unit.

j) Prepare international treaties, agreements, conventions and conferences of interest to national defense, in coordination with the Department's higher bodies in the field of their respective competencies, and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. The Director General of Defense Policy acts as Secretary of the National Defense Board.

4. The Directorate-General for Defence Policy is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) Subdirectorate General for Coordination, Plans and Civil Defence, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2. (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of this Article.

(b) Deputy Director-General for International Defence Affairs, who develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2. (i) and (j) of this Article.

5. The Spanish Section of the Spanish-American Permanent Committee, an organ of the Ministry of Defense whose organization and operation is governed by the provisions of Royal Decree 916/1989, is attached to the General Directorate of Defense Policy. July 14.

6. He is integrated in the Directorate General of Defense Policy, with the organic level of Subdirección General, the Spanish Institute of Strategic Studies, which develops the functions attributed to him by Article 7 of Decree 1237/1970, of April 30, in addition to the generals of preparing, planning and developing the policy of promotion, dissemination and promotion of National Defense.

Article 7. Defense Staff.

1. The Chief of the Defense Staff is the principal contributor to the Minister in the approach and implementation of the operational aspects of the military policy and has the powers and powers granted to him by the Organic Law 6/1980, of July 1, modified by the Organic Law 1/1984 of 5 January, which regulates the basic criteria of national defense and military organization.

2. The Chief of Defense Staff is the military authority through which the Minister of Defense exercises his authority to order, coordinate and direct the actions of the Armed Forces in the implementation of the operational missions derived from the Armed Forces. the Joint Strategic Plan and those other that may arise in crisis situations or that the Government entrusts to the Armed Forces.

3. The Chief of the Defence Staff exercises the operational command of the assigned forces for the performance of the missions referred to in the preceding paragraph.

4. The Chief of Staff of the Defence Staff, for the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 above, may establish the necessary operational structures from the operational controls and from those of the existing forces. If necessary, it may propose the creation of other operational controls.

5. The Chief of the Defense Staff shall assign to the operational controls missions and, singularized, the force for the performance of each of them, establishing, where appropriate, the corresponding priorities.

6. In particular, the Chief of the Defence Staff is responsible for the following tasks:

(a) To elaborate, with the advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the proposal of the Joint Strategic Plan, which will be submitted to the Minister for its formulation.

b) Propose operational priorities for the elaboration of the Joint Force Goal and report on the adequacy of the Department's programming of resources to those priorities.

c) Develop, in accordance with the Minister's guidelines, the joint operational and logistical documents and directives for the planning of military operations.

d) Monitor, by delegation of the Minister, the state of training and operational effectiveness of the Armed Forces.

e) To program and conduct exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of the operational plans and joint training of the Armed Forces.

f) To establish, within the framework of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the doctrine for joint action.

g) To propose to the Minister, after deliberation of the Board of Chiefs of Staff, the unification of the services whose mission is not exclusive of a single Army, provided that its joint operation represents greater efficiency and Media economy.

h) To direct the implementation, operation and operation of the joint command and control, intelligence, telecommunications and electronic warfare systems, coordinating, and integrating as necessary, the corresponding Armies, in order to obtain the necessary interoperability and overall efficiency.

i) Determine the resource needs for mobilization arising from operations plans.

j) Coordinate the Spanish military participation in the system of planning of the organizations or alliances of military character to which Spain belongs.

k) Coordinate with military commanders of allied nations or international organizations the planning and execution of military operations and exercises to be carried out in the framework of international agreements in matters of defence in which Spain is a party.

7. The Chief of Defense Staff will be represented by the Department, by delegation of the Minister, in cases where the Department is entrusted with it and, in particular, that of the Armed Forces in international military organizations.

8. For the performance of his duties, the Chief of Defense Staff will have the Headquarters of the General Staff of Defense, consisting of a set of auxiliary command and advisory bodies and assistance.

Furthermore, in addition to the Technical Cabinet of a military nature, the Chief of the Defense Staff has, as an immediate support body, a Cabinet constituted in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.3 of Royal Decree 839/1996, of 10 May.

9. The Joint Chiefs of Defense is the main auxiliary organ of the Chief of Defense Staff and is part of the General Staff Headquarters of the Defense General Staff.

10. The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff acts as Secretary of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with a voice, but without a vote.

11. It is directly up to the Chief of the Defense Staff of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies.

Article 8. Secretary of State for Defence.

1. The Secretary of State of Defense is the principal partner of the Minister in the preparation, direction and development of the economic policy, the armament and the material and the infrastructure of the Department, being able to dictate, to such purpose, the general and specific guidelines and instructions required.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Directing and coordinating the procurement and management of economic resources, in accordance with the Joint Strategic Plan and the Joint Force Goal, as well as promoting and coordinating scientific and technical research in matters affecting the national defence.

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.

c) Establish the provision of economic availabilities for the formulation of long, medium or short term programs to support the Joint Strategic Plan and propose the Minister, together with the Head of State Greater than the defense, the equipment and the military infrastructure.

3. 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.

4. As organs of support, advice and immediate assistance, the Secretary of State of Defense has a Cabinet, regulated by Royal Decree 839/1996 of 10 May, consisting of a Director and a maximum of three advisors, and a Technical Cabinet, whose Director shall be a general officer or senior officer, all with the rank of Deputy Director-General.

5. The following management centres are dependent on the Secretary of State for Defence:

a) General Directorate of Armament and Material.

b) Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

c) General Infrastructure Management.

6. The National Aerospace Technical Institute "Esteban Terradas" is attached to the Secretary of State of Defense.

7. The Ministry of Defense's Economic Advisory Office is also attached to the Ministry of Defense.

Article 9. General Directorate of Armament and Material.

1. The General Directorate of Armament and Material is the executive center 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 autonomous bodies shall be responsible for this Directorate-General.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

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.

b) Propose programs for the procurement and modernization of armaments and equipment, as well as 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. Maintain the appropriate liaison with the Department's Directorates-General, with the General Staff of the Defense and with the Mandos and Chief of the Logistics Support of the Armies, for the purpose of due coordination of the operational, technical aspects, Industrial, training and economic-financial of such programmes.

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 obtained as a result 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 and Energy and other relevant bodies.

e) To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the capabilities offered by the national industry in relation to the defense, classifying the supply companies 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 defence, and to intervene as a technical organ in the assurance of the quality of the armaments and defence material.

g) Collaborate with the Directorate-General for Defence Policy in the planning of civil defence, and coordinate, where appropriate, the implementation of the industry-related plans.

h) Standardize, catalog, and approve weapons systems, equipment, and products of interest to the Armed Forces, as well as the systematic management of materials and spare parts, promoting their unification and interoperability.

i) To be in compliance with the regulations on industrial safety in the field of their competence.

j) To exercise the powers that the respective regulations on manufacture, marketing and transport of arms and explosives entrust to the Ministry of Defense.

k) Relating, in coordination with the Directorate General of Defense Policy, with international and foreign agencies on issues of armaments and material. To negotiate, manage and promote cooperation programmes with other countries in the area of armaments policy.

l) 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.

m) Propose, promote and manage the plans and programs of research and development of weapons systems and equipment of interest to the national defense.

3. The General Directorate of Armament and Material is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) General Planning and Programs Subdirectorate, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2.a), b) and c) of this Article.

(b) Subdirectorate-General for Inspection and Technical Services, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) of this Article.

(c) Subdirectorate General for International Relations, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (k) and (l) of this Article.

(d) General Subdirectorate of Technology and Centers, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (m) of this Article.

4. It is attached to the General Directorate of Armament and Material the Canal of Hydrodynamic Experiences of El Pardo.

Article 10. Directorate-General for Economic Affairs.

1. The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs is the executive centre 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 autonomous bodies shall be responsible for this Directorate-General.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Develop, direct and keep the Department's accounting, in its budgetary, financial and analytical aspects.

b) Exercise control over all Department expenses and report on them.

c) Develop and coordinate rules on procurement procedures at the Department's level, as well as control their compliance.

d) To exercise the powers and functions related to the elaboration, implementation and monitoring of the budget established in the Royal Legislative Decree 1091/1988 of 23 September, approving the recast of the Law 11/1977, of 4 January, General Budget, and other provisions governing these matters.

e) to exercise the powers and functions set out in Royal Decree 2855/1979 of 21 December 1979 for the creation of the Budgetary Offices.

f) Direct the Department's economic programming in the long, medium and short term, and control its development.

g) Manage the resources assigned to you and those not expressly attributed to other organs of the Ministry.

h) Manage all economic resources destined for acquisitions abroad, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 2122/1993 of 3 December, and exercise its economic and financial control.

i) Carry out studies, reports and proposals in the field of your competence.

j) Carry out the cost analysis in the Department and costs and prices of the supply companies or participate in defense programs.

3. The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) General Accounting Subdirectorate, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (a) and (b) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (d) of this Article.

b) the budgetary office, which carries out the tasks referred to in paragraph 2, (e), (f), (i) and (i) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (d) of this Article.

(c) Deputy Director-General for Economic Management, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (g) and (h) of this Article.

(d) Subdirectorate General of Contracting, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (c) and (j) of this Article.

4. The Directorate-General for Economic Affairs is attached to the Ministry of Defence's Central General Attention Fund.

5. It is up to the Directorate General of Economic Affairs to the General Board of Directors and Material Liquidator.

Article 11. Directorate-General for Infrastructure.

1. The Directorate-General for Infrastructure is the leading management centre for the preparation, planning and development of the Department's infrastructure and environmental policies, as well as the supervision and management of its implementation. For these purposes, the competent bodies of the three armies and autonomous bodies shall be responsible for this Directorate-General.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

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 programmes and, where appropriate, manage those entrusted to it, as well as follow up the implementation thereof in such a way as to enable the Analysis of costs.

c) Relating, 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) Conduct 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) Exercise ministerial powers in relation to areas of interest for national defence, security of facilities and restricted access to property by foreigners.

i) Making acquisitions and expropriations of goods and rights, as well as leases.

j) Develop the classification of facilities and materials in the field of their competence, as well as carry out the supervision of projects and works.

3. The General Directorate of Infrastructure is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) Subdirectorate-General for Planning and Control, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) and those corresponding to it in paragraph 2 (d) of this Article.

(b) a Deputy Director General of Heritage, who develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (g), (h) and (i) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (d) of this Article.

(c) General Sub-Directorate for Tiification and Supervision, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (j) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (d) of this Article.

4. It is attached to the General Directorate of Infrastructure the Management of Infrastructure of Defense.

5. It directly depends on the General Directorate of Infrastructure for the Military Construction Service.

6. It also depends on the General Infrastructure Directorate of the Army Engineer Laboratory.

Article 12. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

1. The Deputy Secretary of Defense is the top senior partner of the Minister in the preparation, management and development of personnel, recruitment, teaching and health policies of the Department, as well as in the organization and general administration of the same, and may dictate to this end the general and specific guidelines and instructions necessary.

It also corresponds to the management of the common services, the inspection of the services and the support and technical assistance to the higher organs of the Department.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) Develop or propose provisions on personnel and military education.

b) To direct the general management of all military personnel and the specific management of those who are not in any of the Army.

(c) To direct, coordinate and control the policy of remuneration and social action 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 service delivery in the Armed Forces of the troops and marineria.

e) To promote and coordinate the legislative and regulatory development of the Department.

f) Maintain appropriate relations with the organs of the Military Jurisdiction in order to provide the necessary means and the execution of the judicial decisions.

g) Agree, in accordance with current legislation, 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.

h) To direct the organisms that constitute the peripheral structure of the central organs of the Department.

i) To exercise the powers that expressly attributes to the Undersecretaries Article 15 of the Law of Legal Regime of the State Administration.

3. The Assistant Secretary of Defense will hold the Department's representation, by delegation of the Minister, in cases where he is entrusted.

4. The Assistant Secretary of Defense has a Technical Cabinet, as an organ of support, advice and immediate assistance. Its Director will be a general officer or senior officer, with an organic level of Deputy Director General.

5. They rely directly on the Assistant Secretary of Defense:

(a) Subdirectorate-General of the Interior Regime, which is responsible for the government, security, internal regime, operation, maintenance and general services of the central organs of the Ministry, as well as the registration and general file.

(b) Subdirectorate-General for Economic Services and Pagadurias, which is responsible for exercising the powers conferred on it by the budget, the control of appropriations, the economic management and the accountability of the budget. In this respect, it is necessary to direct and manage the payments of the central bodies.

It will also be the coordinating body with the Directorate General for Economic Affairs for the monitoring and information of the Department's budget.

6. The following management centres depend on the Under-Secretary of Defense:

(a) Technical General Secretariat.

b) General Directorate of Personnel.

c) Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.

7. They also rely on the Under-Secretary of Defense:

a) General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

b) General Defense Intervention.

c) General Inspection of Defense Health.

8. They are attached to the Assistant Secretary of Defense:

a) Social Institute of the Armed Forces.

b) Institute for Housing of the Armed Forces.

9. The Defense Delegates, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Royal Decree 2206/1993 of 17 December, for which the Defense Delegations are created, depend on the Ministry of Defense through the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Article 13. Technical General Secretariat.

1. The Technical General Secretariat is the management center to which the technical-administrative assistance to the Ministry's authorities corresponds; the preparation, planning and development of the policy of the Department in the field of organization, procedures, working methods, technical and telecommunications services of interest to the defence 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 in the three Armies and autonomous bodies will be functionally dependent on this management centre.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Report the general provisions of the Department, in accordance with the rules of administrative procedure; process the consultations to the Council of State 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 organisational reforms, procedures and working methods.

d) Lead, coordinate and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to psychology and social studies.

(e) Coordinate and manage the bodies constituting the peripheral structure of the central organs of the Department, without prejudice to the dependence of the Undersecretary referred to in Article 12 (9) of this Royal Decree.

f) Lead the planning and monitor the execution or, where appropriate, execute the actions related to computer science, statistics, operational research and mapping.

g) Directing and managing telecommunications systems and networks of interest to the defense, intended to cover the needs of the higher organs of national defense, and also those of other organs that are (a) provide, and plan and coordinate, the establishment and operation of the fixed or permanent systems and networks of the Department, excluding telecommunications specific to the conduct of military operations.

(h) Ensure the link, under the conditions and with the extent to which it is determined, between the authorities and the management centres of the Department, and of the Department with the external networks that are available, and ensure compliance with the regulatory procedures in the telecommunications systems that are responsible for it.

i) To deal with the conflicts of privileges that may be resolved to the Minister, the Assistant Secretary or other senior department of the Department.

(j) to deal with and formulate proposals for the resolution of administrative resources, prior to judicial, civil or employment claims, claims for compensation and requests made under the the right of petition, as well as the procedures for the ex officio review of administrative acts.

k) To comply with the actions that correspond to the Ministry of Defense derived from the administrative-administrative resources, and to process and propose the orders for the execution of the sentences that are issued in the same ones.

l) To direct the services of administrative information and attention to the citizen of the Department, central and peripheral, in accordance with the current regulations.

m) Manage, edit and publish the "Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defense" and other official publications of the Ministry, in accordance with the privileges conferred by the current legislation on the management of publications officers; lead and, where appropriate, execute the actions related to documentation, and promote publications of interest to the Department.

3. The Technical General Secretariat is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) Deputy General Technical Secretary, who develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Article.

(b) Subdirectorate-General for Technical Services and Telecommunications, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (f), (g) and (h) of this Article.

(c) Subdirectorate-General for Resources and Administrative Information, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (i), (j), (k) and (l) of this Article.

d) Publications Centre, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (m) of this Article.

4. The Technical General Secretariat is attached to the "Fund for the exploitation of the Cría Caballar and Traces Services".

Article 14. Directorate-General for Personnel.

1. The Directorate-General for Personnel is the leading management centre for the preparation, planning and development of the policy of military personnel for career and employment and civilian personnel at the service of the Ministry of Defence, as well as the monitoring and management of its implementation. To this end, the competent bodies in the three exercises and autonomous bodies will be functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

It also corresponds to the management, inspection, and coordination of personnel management of the Armed Forces 'Common Corps and the Armed Forces' Religious Assistance Service.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) With regard to career and employment military personnel, develop and propose provisions and coordinate their implementation, as well as develop and propose plans and programmes on their entity and qualifications.

b) Manage the competencies that, with respect to the military personnel and staff of the Armed Forces Religious Assistance Service, have been attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those other that are attributed to it by the current regulations.

c) Develop, propose and direct the policy of social action for military personnel, as well as manage the plans and programmes derived from it, without prejudice to the management powers that correspond to other bodies.

d) Direct the registration of career and employment military personnel.

e) With respect to the official and labor personnel of the Department, in the framework of the regulations for the civil service and for the labor personnel in the service of the State Administration, to elaborate and propose its specific regulations and to coordinate their implementation, as well as to develop and propose plans and programmes on their organisation, training and qualifications.

f) Manage the competencies that, with respect to the Department's civilian personnel, have been attributed to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as well as to manage and exercise those that are attributed to him by the regulations in force.

g) Develop and propose the provisions on remuneration that, with respect to civilian 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.

h) Develop, propose and direct the policy of social action for civilian personnel, in accordance with the regulations and agreements in force in the framework of the General Administration of the State.

i) Coordinate and control the information system for the management of the Department's military and civilian personnel.

j) Coordinate, process and report the revision and updating of the templates, positions, numerical tables and job catalogues of the Department.

k) Processing, recognizing passive rights, and granting the benefits of passive classes caused by military personnel, in accordance with current legislation on passive classes.

l) Develop and propose provisions on military remuneration, as well as inform and formulate proposals on those issues that have an impact on them. To manage and deal with matters related to this subject, the resolution of which corresponds to the Minister and the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

m) Report the proposals of the department's management centres on the number of military and civilian personnel and the appropriations in Chapter I to be included in the preliminary draft budget of the Department.

3. The Directorate-General for Personnel is composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) Deputy Director-General of Military Personnel, who develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (a), (b), (c) and (d) and those referred to in paragraph 2 (i) and (j) of this Article.

(b) Subdirectorate-General of Civil Personnel, which carries out the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (e), (f), (g), (h) and (h) of paragraph 2 (i) and (j) of this Article.

(c) General Subdirectorate of Military Personnel and Pensions Costs, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (k), (l) and (m) of this Article.

4. They depend on the Directorate-General for Personnel:

a) Archbishopric Castrense.

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

c) Superior Medical Tribunal of the Armed Forces.

d) Military Psychiatric Court.

Article 15. Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching.

1. The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching is the leading management centre for the preparation, planning and development of the policy for the procurement of military personnel, training and education, and general government service in the Armed Forces of the military replacement, as well as the supervision and direction of its execution. For these purposes, the bodies of the three Armies with powers in the above areas will be functionally dependent on this Directorate-General.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) Develop, direct and, where appropriate, manage the procurement of military personnel resources for the three Armed Forces ' Common Forces and Corps.

(b) To direct and supervise the execution of the tasks assigned to the recruitment centres, without prejudice to the direct dependence of such centres on the defence delegates, and to the other bodies, centres and dependencies are intended to obtain the resources of military personnel.

c) Develop the design and management of the military education system, and establish the general guidelines for curricula and the general statutory regime for military teaching centres, teachers and teachers. students, as well as propose for their approval the teaching activities to be carried out in the field of the Department.

d) Propose, after report of the General Barracks of the Armed Forces, the creation, transfer, coordination, unification or suppression of military teaching centers.

e) To direct the teachings of the staff of the Common Corps of the Armed Forces, the teachings of a joint nature, and the functioning of the teaching centers directly dependent on this Directorate General.

f) Maintain, promote and direct relations in the field of military education with other national agencies and, in coordination with the Directorate General of Defense Policy, with international and foreign agencies.

g) Develop and propose the design and management of the general regime of service delivery in the Armed Forces of the military replacement.

(h) to develop and direct the system of benefits and allowances for troops and marineria, except for passive classes, education and training programmes for their professional promotion in the field of the Ministry of Education, Defence and its incorporation into the civil labour sector.

3. The Directorate-General for Military Recruitment and Teaching shall be composed of the following units, with an organic level of general sub-direction:

(a) Subdirectorate General of Recruitment, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (a) and (b) of this Article.

(b) General Subdirectorate for Military Education and Training, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2, (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Article.

(c) General Subdirectorate of Prstations and Professional Promotion, which develops the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (g) and (h) of this Article.

Article 16. General Legal Counsel of the Defense.

1. The General Legal Counsel of the Defense will issue the legal reports, according to the

provisions in force, and will evacuate those requested by the Ministry's higher bodies and management centers. 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 within the Department, will be carried out under the direction of the General Legal Counsel of the Defence, who may for this purpose instruct the legal counsel of the General Staff of the the Armies and any other in the Department's field, and will 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 shall be in charge of the relations of the Department with the governing bodies of the Military Jurisdiction, the Togolese Prosecutor's Office and the Directorate-General of the State Legal Service. Likewise, he will assist the Assistant Secretary of Defense in the study, preparation and execution of all the issues related to the Military Penitentiary Administration.

4. The functions referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall be carried out by personnel belonging to the Military Legal Body.

5. The position of General Legal Counsel will be performed by a general counsel, in active duty.

Article 17. General Intervention of the Defense.

1. The General Intervention of the Defense has as its task, in the field of the Ministry of Defense and the autonomous agencies attached to it, by delegation of the Comptroller General of the State Administration and as established in the General Budget Law, the internal control of financial economic management, by the exercise of the financial function and, in the terms, conditions and scope to be determined in each case by the General Intervention of the Administration of the State, of financial control. Likewise, it is up to him 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 his competence, by the higher authorities of the Ministry of Defense.

2. The functions referred to in the previous paragraph shall be exercised by personnel belonging to the Military Intervention Corps under the direction of the General Controller of Defence, who may, for this purpose, instruct the intervention central delegates to the General Staff Regulations, to the territorial delegated interventions and to any other of the Department, in respect of the interpretation and application of the general rules, and will evacuate the consultations which They will be asked to ensure proper coordination and unit of discretion.

3. The General Controller of Defense will assume all the powers mentioned in article 3 of Royal Decree 351/1989, of 7 April, for which the basic organic structure of the General Intervention of Defense is determined.

4. The position of the General Controller shall be carried out by a general of the financial controller, in active service.

Article 18. General Inspection of Defence Health.

1. The General Inspection of Defence Health is the body responsible for the advice of the Department's higher bodies in the field of military health and the preparation, planning and development of health policy aspects. The chief of defense staff is entrusted to him by the Assistant Secretary of Defense and, in the logistic-operative area, the Chief of Defense Staff.

2. The General Inspectorate of Defence Health may instruct the Health Directorates of the Armies for the best use of the available resources and will evacuate the consultations which the latter will make to ensure the due coordination and unit of criterion.

3. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) Develop studies and proposals on the rationalization of the healthcare, pharmaceutical and veterinary care system, as well as on the logistic-operative structure of military health.

b) Study and prepare conventions and concerts in the field of health.

c) Relating, 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 Health shall be carried out by a general of health division, in active service situation.

5. The Inspector General of Defense Health will preside over the Armed Forces Superior Medical Tribunal.

Article 19. Army of Earth, Navy and Air Force.

1. The Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force have as their mission the development of the joint strategy in the field determined by their means and their own forms of action.

2. The Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Army of the Air are constituted by the Headquarters, the Force and the Support to the Force.

3. The Heads of the Major States of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force, under the authority and direct dependence of the Minister of Defense, exercise the command of their respective Armies, having the functions conferred upon them by the Law. Organic 6/1980, July 1, as amended by Organic Law 1/1984 of 5 January, which regulates the basic criteria of national defense and military organization.

4. The Chiefs of the Army of the Earth, Navy, and Army of the Air Force, when the Chief of the Defense Staff so decides, exercise the operational command of the forces determined by the Chief of the Army of Defense. tasks assigned to them by, among those referred to in Article 7 (2) of this Royal Decree.

5. The Heads of the Major States of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force exercise the operational command of the forces of their Army, in compliance with those other missions not included in Article 7 (2) of the present Royal Decree, which, in time of peace, are carried out on a permanent basis and on a specific basis.

6. In particular, the Heads of the Major States of the Armies have the following functions:

a) Organize, equip, instruct, train, administer, provide logistical support and ensure the moral, discipline and well-being of their Armies, to maintain at all times the maximum effectiveness, according to the resources allocated. These functions shall also be developed in support of their forces when assigned to an operational command.

(b) Advise and inform the Chief of the Defence Staff of the creation and composition of the operational controls deemed to be accurate, and the establishment of the operational structures referred to in Article 7, paragraph 4, of this Royal Decree.

c) To collaborate with the Chief of the Defense Staff in the elaboration of the proposal of the Joint Strategic Plan and of the joint operational and logistic planning directives derived from that, especially as regards refers to the use of their Armies in the framework of their own forms of action.

d) Schedule and conduct specific exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of your Army.

e) To inform the Chief of the Defense Staff about the operation of the Armies.

f) To collaborate, within the framework of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the establishment of the doctrine for joint action and to define and implement the specific military doctrine of its Army.

g) Define the military specifications of the weapons and support systems required for their Armies and technically inspect the execution of the corresponding military equipment and infrastructure programs.

h) To advise the Chief of the Defense Staff on the coordination of the Spanish military participation in the system of planning the military organizations or alliances to which Spain belongs.

i) Coordinate with the military commanders of allied nations or international organizations, by delegation and when determined by the Chief of the Defense Staff, the planning and execution of military operations and exercises.

j) Advise the Chief of the Defense Staff to achieve the necessary interoperability and efficiency in the field of mobilization, unification of common services, and exploitation of the means of command and control, intelligence, telecommunications and electronic warfare.

k) Advise the Secretary of State of Defense in the preparation, direction and development of the economic policy, the armament and material and the infrastructure of his Armies and inform him of the aspects of the execution of the "

l) Advise the Deputy Secretary of Defense in the preparation, direction and development of personnel policy, teaching and service delivery in the Armed Forces and the organization and administration of their Armies and inform you of the implementation aspects of the measures.

Article 20. Board of Chiefs of Staff.

The Board of Chiefs of Staff, organically and functionally in the Ministry of Defense, is the collegiate body of military advice of the President of the Government and the Minister of Defense and has the powers and This is a function that the Organic Law 6/1980, of July 1, as amended by the Organic Law 1/1984 of 5 January, which regulates the basic criteria of national defense and the military organization, points out.

Article 21. Top Councils of the Army of the Earth, the Navy and the Air Force.

The Superior Councils of the Army of the Earth, the Navy, and the Air Force are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Minister of Defense, with the powers and duties assigned to them by Law 17/1989, of 19 (a) July, and any other regulatory provisions resulting from application.

Article 22. Senior Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces Joint Corps.

the Superior Boards of the Military Legal Corps, Military of Intervention, Military of Health and Military Musicians, are the advisory and advisory bodies of the Minister of Defense in those matters that he attributes to them. Royal Decree 832/1991 of 17 May.

Article 23. Board of Directors of the Ministry.

1. The Board of Directors of the Ministry is the advisory and advisory body of the Minister in the direction and administration of the Department.

2. The Chief of the Defence Staff, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Deputy Secretary of the Department and the heads of the management centres with direct dependence on the Minister are part of the Governing Board. The other Directors-General, the General Legal Adviser, the General Financial Controller and the Inspector General of Health shall be called upon to be deemed appropriate by the Minister.

The Minister will also be able to convene the Chiefs of the Army of Land, Navy, and Air Force.

3. The Governing Board shall report on those matters which the Minister of Defence submits to his consideration.

4. He will serve as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Director of the Minister's Technical Cabinet.

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

The order of precedence of the higher authorities of the Department in the acts of special character referred to in paragraph (b) of the third article of Royal Decree 2099/1983, of August 4, and in the internal regime of the Ministry, will be as follows:

a) Minister of Defense.

b) Chief of Defense Staff.

c) Secretary of State for Defense.

d) Deputy Secretary of Defense.

e) Chief of Staff of the Army of the Earth.

f) Chief of Staff of the Navy.

g) Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

Additional provision second. Collegiate bodies.

Collegiate organs of the Ministry of Defense, whose composition and functions are strictly ministerial, may be regulated, modified or suppressed by the Order of the Minister of Defense, although their regulations creation or modification has a range of Royal Decree.

Additional provision third. Telecommunications systems and networks.

1. The networks and systems referred to in Article 13 (2) (g) and (h) of this Royal Decree, to be addressed and managed by the General Technical Services Subdirectorate, shall be determined by the Council of Ministers. and Telecommunications.

2. Prior to agreement with the General Subdirectorate of Technical Services and Telecommunications, the Directorate General of Civil Protection of the Ministry of the Interior may make use, in emergency situations, of the networks run and managed by the aforementioned General sub-direction.

Additional provision fourth. Delegations of Defence.

The powers and functioning of the defence delegations will be governed by the provisions of Royal Decree 2206/1993 of 17 December 1993.

Additional provision fifth. Competencies of the Chief of Defense Staff and Senior Center for National Defense Studies.

The Ministry of Defense will promote the necessary regulatory changes, in order to attribute to the Chief of the Defense General Staff certain powers that, in relation to the Common Corps of the Armed Forces, correspond to the Assistant Secretary of Defense, as established in Law 17/1989, of July 19.

addition, within six months, the Ministry of Defense will promote the necessary regulatory changes to adapt the organization of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN) to the provisions of the Royal Decree.

Additional provision sixth. Removal of organs.

1. The following units are deleted:

a) Subdirectorate General of Studies and Plans of the Directorate General of Defense Policy.

b) Deputy General Directorate of Civil Defense.

c) Subdirectorate General for Social Communication.

d) General Subdirection of Action and Cultural Broadcast.

e) General Planning and Strategic Analysis Subdirection.

f) General Subdirection of Systems and Programs.

g) General Subdirection of Technology and Research.

h) General Programming and Tracking Subdirection.

i) General Subdirection of Tiification and Works.

j) Subdirectorate General for Intervention and Taxation.

k) General Financial Control Subdirectorate.

l) Subdirectorate General for Studies and Coordination.

m) General Technical Services Subdirectorate.

n) Subdirectorate-General for Health Care and Social Action. n) Subdirectorate-General for Educational Management.

o) Subdirectorate General of Educational Management.

p) General Directorate of Studies and Plans of the General Directorate of the Military Service

q) Military Service Provision Subdirection General.

r) General Subdirection of Centers and Services.

s) Head of Defense Telecommunications.

2. The Advisory Committee on Armament and Material and the Infrastructure Advisory Committee, whose functions will be assumed by the Directors-General of Armament and Material and Infrastructure, are also deleted.

Additional provision seventh. Superior Defense Information Center.

Article 2 (2) of Royal Decree 266/1996 of 16 February 1996 amending the basic organic structure of the Higher Defence Information Centre is amended as follows:

" 2. The Centre shall also have units of support to the intelligence units, which shall address the needs of human, material and economic means, as well as special means, procedures or techniques. '

Additional disposition octave. Senior Joint Chiefs of the Armed Forces Joint Corps.

Article 2 (2) (c) of Royal Decree 832/1991 of 17 May, for which the Joint Chiefs of the Common Corps of the Armed Forces and the relevant assessment bodies are constituted, is amended in the Sense of including among the Nato Vocals:

"Inspector General of Defense Health."

First transient disposition. Deconcentration and delegation of powers.

The disconcentrations and delegations granted to the various authorities of the Department until the publication of this Royal Decree, will remain in force for those who have assumed the powers of the organs deleted, as long as the contrary is not available in the relevant provisions.

Second transient disposition. Units and jobs with an organic level lower than Subdirección General.

The units and jobs with the lower organic level to the Subdirectorate General will continue to remain and will be paid from the same budget credits until the corresponding relations are approved or catalogues of jobs of the Department adapted to the organic structure of this Royal Decree. Such adaptation, in no case, will be able to generate an increase in public expenditure and, even, the possible decrease in costs that the application of this Royal Decree can entail will not be compensated in future restructurings or to finance changes in the relationship between jobs.

The units and posts in the organs deleted by this Royal Decree shall be provisionally attached, by means of a resolution of the Deputy Secretary, to the relevant relations or to the corresponding catalogues of jobs, to the bodies regulated in this Royal Decree according to the powers assigned to them.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

1. The following provisions are repealed:

a) Royal Decree 394/1986, of 21 February, for which the Head of Telecommunications of Defense is created and its dependence and functions are determined.

b) Royal Decree 1/1987, of January 1, determining the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense.

c) Royal Decree 408/1988, of 29 April, of partial modification of Royal Decree 1/1987, of 1 January, determining the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence.

d) Royal Decree 619/1990, of 18 May, amending Royal Decree 1/1987, of January 1, which determines the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense.

e) Royal Decree 392/1992, of 15 April, for which certain functions are attributed to the General Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Defense.

(f) Royal Decree 764/1992 of 26 June 1992 partially amending Royal Decree 1/1987 of 1 January determining the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence.

g) Royal Decree 265/1996, of 16 February, which partially modifies Royal Decree 1/1987, of 1 January, which determines the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence.

2. Royal Decree 351/1989 of 7 April 1989 determining the basic organic structure of the General Intervention of the Defense, as provided for in Article 3 (6) of Royal Decree 839/1996 of 10 May, and in the Article 17 (3) and additional provision, sixth, of this Royal Decree.

3. Decree 1237/1970 of 30 April 1970 on the reorganization of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (CESEDEN) is amended as soon as it is opposed to the provisions of this Royal Decree.

4. Similarly, any provisions of equal or lower rank shall be contrary to the provisions of this Royal Decree.

Final disposition first. Powers of development.

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

Final disposition second. Budgetary changes.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance will carry out the necessary budgetary changes for the fulfillment of the provisions of this Royal Decree.

Final disposition third. Entry into force.

This Royal Decree will enter into force on 2 September 1996.

Given in Palma de Mallorca to 2 August 1996.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Public Administration,

MARIANO RAJOY BREY