The Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of 20 January 1998 laying down the regulatory basis for the award of grants for the implementation of vocational guidance for employment and assistance for self-employment, as amended by the Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of 4 February 2000, indicates in Article 4.1.c that the maximum amounts of the grants referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that Article, shall be updated each calendar year in accordance with the evolution of the price index to the consumption.

The data produced by the National Statistics Institute indicate that the Consumer Price Index for the year 2012 has been 2.9%.

In its virtue, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.1.c) of the Order of 20 January 1998, this Directorate-General of the State Public Employment Service has resolved:

First.

The maximum amounts with which the State Employment Public Service will subsidize the total remuneration and the business contribution to the Social Security for all the concepts of the personnel necessary for the execution of the actions on the basis of the laws and regulations of the applicable collective agreement, or in accordance with the rules of application in public administrations for civil servants, and for the year 2013 the following shall be:

(a) For technicians, those established in the respective implementing regulations for each category, level or professional group, up to 34,807.69 euros per year.

(b) For support staff, the remuneration laid down in the respective implementing rules for each category, level or professional group, up to EUR 24,365.40 per year.

Final.

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

Madrid, March 14, 2013. -Director General of the State Employment Public Service, Reyes Zatarain del Valle.