THE DECREE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, OF 20 JULY, FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR DEDICATED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE DECLARATION OF PREFERENTIAL INTEREST FOR THE SUB-SECTORS OF PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS (EXCEPT FOR NON-ELECTRONIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, AS SET OUT IN ARTICLE 14 OF THE NEW INSTALLATIONS OR MODERNISATION OR ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXISTING ONES BY THE COMPANIES THAT REMAIN IN FAVOUR OF THE BENEFITS OF THE THE LAW OF INDUSTRIES OF PREFERENTIAL INTEREST SHOULD BE FINALIZED BEFORE THIRTY-ONE OF DECEMBER OF A THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, EXCEPT IN THE ACTIVITY OF INFORMATICS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8.

THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARISING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IN PARTICULAR THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RECESSION, AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE SECTOR, WHICH MAKES THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS MARKET EVOLVE. TOWARDS PRODUCTS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THEY CONDITIONED THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS PRESENTED BY THE COMPANIES MENTIONED, SO IT IS ADVISABLE TO SET A NEW DEADLINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THEIR PROJECTS

MOREOVER, GIVEN THAT THE ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SECTOR, MADE BY THE AFOREMENTIONED DECREE, TO THE REPAIR, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ACQUIRERS ARE ADEQUATELY PROVIDED WITH THE USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT

MOREOVER, THE COMPETENCES ATTRIBUTED IN THAT DECREE TO THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF STEEL AND NAVAL INDUSTRIES, OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND ENERGY, MUST BE REFERRED TO THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, ACCORDING TO THE REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT, CARRIED OUT BY THE ROYAL DECREE TWO MIL/MIL NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, OF THREE OF OCTOBER

IN ITS VIRTUE, ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND ENERGY AND AFTER DELIBERATION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AT ITS MEETING OF THE DAY THREE OF JULY OF A THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, I HAVE:

ARTICLE FIRST. -IT IS EXTENDED THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR DEDICATED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT AND OF ITS COMPONENTS, REGULATED BY THE DECREE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR, FROM 20 JULY, TO THE ACTIVITIES OF REPAIR, TECHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE SAME

ARTICLE SECOND.-THE DATE THAT ESTABLISHED ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE DECREE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, OF 20 JULY, FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN IT FIXED IN THE THIRTIES AND ONE OF DECEMBER OF A THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, A PERIOD THAT WILL ALSO BE APPLICABLE TO THE COMPANIES THAT CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE EIGHTH ARTICLE OF THE SAID DECREE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR

ARTICLE THIRD.-THE POWERS CONFERRED IN DECREE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, FROM 20 JULY, TO THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF STEEL AND NAVAL INDUSTRIES, OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND ENERGY, CURRENTLY CORRESPOND TO THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTING

ARTICLE FOURTH. -POWER TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND ENERGY TO DICTATE THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND FULFILLMENT OF THIS ROYAL DECREE

GIVEN IN MADRID TO THREE OF JULY OF A THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE. -JUAN CARLOS R.-THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND ENERGY, IGNACIO BAYON MARINE