The approval of Order DEF/166/2015, of 21 January, for which the basic organisation of the Armed Forces develops, was the partial development of Royal Decree 872/2014 of 10 October, establishing the Basic organization of the Armed Forces. This level of development allowed the repeal of the 10 ministerial orders in which the Armed Forces organization was dispersed, collecting the content of all of them and adapting it in the average of what is necessary according to the legislation in force; in particular, the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November, of the National Defense and the aforementioned royal decree.

However, the units described in that ministerial order do not represent the total of those which, according to Article 3.3, fall within the competence of the department holder, and it is therefore necessary to make this provision complement the previous one and allow the Chief of Defense Staff to develop their own organization.

On the other hand, in the time it has taken since the entry into force of the aforementioned ministerial order and in the constant cycle of planning, execution, evaluation and improvement to which every organization must undergo, it has been It is considered necessary to restructure the General Staff of Defense so that its organic can respond better to the needs of the Chief of Staff of the Defense for the exercise of its competences, eliminating Redundancies detected a posteriori the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Action Support Headquarters and the Operations Command, in the benefit of greater efficiency and effectiveness of this organisation. In this same vein, it has felt the need to bring together all the tasks related to human resources in a single unit, avoiding, again, redundancies and giving a comprehensive treatment to these resources throughout the General Staff of the Defense.

In addition, once the Order DEF/1642/2015 of 30 June 2015, for which the basic organization of the Navy is developed, a default error has been detected in the absence of the Head of the Armed Forces of Cadiz. Facilities in San Fernando so it is necessary to modify such a ministerial order to correct the aforementioned error.

The Explanatory Memorandum of Order DEF/166/2015, dated January 21, details the aspects that have been taken into account for its drafting, which have also been applied for the drafting of this ministerial order.

In its virtue, I have:

Single item. Approval of the organization of the Defense General Staff.

According to what is established in Royal Decree 872/2014 of 10 October, establishing the basic organization of the Armed Forces, and in accordance with Order DEF/166/2015, of 21 January, for which it develops the Basic organization of the Armed Forces, approved the organization of the Defense General Staff that is inserted below.

Single additional disposition. No increase in public spending.

The application of this ministerial order, including the modification of existing units and the creation of those that are necessary, will be done without an increase in the cost of the operation of the General Staff of the Defense and will not entail increase in public expenditure.

Single transient arrangement. Existing units.

1. The units referred to in this ministerial order shall carry out their duties and duties as necessary, producing the necessary organic adaptations and having them transferred to them.

2. The units not referred to in this ministerial order shall be dependent on the units established here, in accordance with the provisions of the Chief of Defence Staff and shall continue to perform their duties and duties until it enters into force. the instruction given by that authority which develops this ministerial order, the necessary organic adaptations are produced and the functions and tasks of the new units are transferred.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

With the entry into force of this ministerial order, the repeal of Royal Decree 1249/1997 of July 24, which regulates the organization of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies, which is required in the A single derogation from Royal Decree 872/2014 of 10 October establishing the basic organisation of the Armed Forces.

Final disposition first. Amendment of Order DEF/166/2015, of 21 January, for which the basic organisation of the Armed Forces is developed.

Order DEF/166/2015, of 21 January, for which the basic organisation of the Armed Forces is developed, is amended as follows:

One. Article 6 is worded as follows:

" Article 6. The Joint Chiefs of Staff.

1. The Joint Chiefs of Defense (EMACON) is articulated in:

a) The Head.

b) The General Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEGEMACON).

c) The Plans Division (DIVPLA)

d) The Strategy Division (DIESVRA).

2. The Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be the Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JEMACON) and his personal support bodies.

3. The SEGEMACON will be the body responsible for assisting the JEMACON directly in the management of the EMACON, as well as the technical-administrative support to the organs of the EMAD Headquarters. It is also up to him to provide advice and support on matters which, being the responsibility of the EMACON, are not specific to the divisions that make up the EMACON.

4. The DIVPLA will be responsible for developing and coordinating the planning of the Force, for developing the tasks related to the process of obtaining material resources in which JEMAD is competent and for guiding the processes of transformation of the operational capabilities of the SAF. It will also be responsible for the development and coordination of the FAS position with international security and defence organisations (OISD) in the logistical field.

5. The DIESVRA will be responsible for developing and developing the military strategy and the concept of employment of the SAF. It will also be responsible for the elaboration and coordination of the FAS's position vis-à-vis the OISD in which the JEMAD has responsibilities, for planning, coordinating and controlling activities arising from bilateral military relations and The Commission is also responsible for the development of the European Union in the field of international cooperation

the development of the European Union.

Two. Article 7 (3) is amended as follows:

" 3. The JCISSFAS will be responsible for drawing up the requirements of the Information and Telecommunications Systems (CIS) of the operational structure of the SAF, including the Electronic Warfare Systems (EW). ) and Earth Observation (SOT). It shall monitor the activities related to the procurement and operation of such Information and Telecommunications Systems, including the fields of Information Security and Cyber-Defense, assessing and monitoring their effectiveness. operational. It shall support the operational structure of the SAF as appropriate to the CIS, EW and SOT media in accordance with the guidelines to be established and the specific agreements to the effect between the JEMAD and the Secretary of State for Defence. It shall advise JEMAD on the CIS aspects of Military Command and Control relating to the functional dependency set out in Article 19.2. It will also be the representative to the OISD in the CIS aspects of the EMAD responsibility field and will support JEMAD in these aspects in the planning and strategic driving of operations. "

Three. In Article 8, paragraphs 1 and 5 are amended and a new paragraph 6 is added, and the following wording shall be added:

" 1. The support bodies for command, assistance and general services are as follows:

(a) The Permanent Secretariat of the Council of Chiefs of Staff.

b) The JEMAD Secretariat.

c) The Head of Economic Affairs (JAE).

d) The Head of Human Resources (JHR)

e) The Head of Security and Services (JESES). "

" 5. The HRHR will be responsible for the planning and management of the resource of military and civilian personnel under the JEMAD, administrative and logistical support for such personnel. It will also provide advice in the field of teaching competence of JEMAD. She will be the representative to the OISD on the human resources aspects of EMAD's sphere of responsibility. "

" 6. The JESESE will be responsible for the maintenance of the facilities, supporting in the life and functioning of the EMAD Headquarters and those units dependent on the JEMAD to be determined and its components. It shall organise and direct the security required by staff at the EMAD Headquarters and its premises. '

Four. Paragraph (f) of Article 9.1 is amended, which is read as follows:

" f) Manage and coordinate the means necessary for the deployment, support, withdrawal and support of the assigned forces, controlling both the estimation of needs and the management of financial resources Provision of the SAF for the financing of operations. '

Final disposition second. Amendment of Order DEF/1642/2015 of June 30, for which the basic organization of the Navy is developed.

A second paragraph is added to Article 14.7 of Order DEF/1642/2015 of June 30, for which the basic organization of the Navy is developed, with the following wording:

"From the Arsenal of Cadiz will depend the Head of the Facilities in San Fernando that will provide logistic support to the units of the Navy in its scope of action."

Final disposition third. Powers of development.

The Chief of Defence Staff is empowered to develop this ministerial order in accordance with the terms set out in Article 3.4 and in Article 4, both of Order DEF/166/2015, of 21 January.

Final disposition fourth. Entry into force.

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

Madrid, September 16, 2015. -Minister of Defense Pedro Morenes Eulate.

ORGANIZATION OF THE LARGEST STATE OF DEFENSE

Article 1. Defense Staff Organization.

1. The Defence Staff is structured as follows:

a) The Headquarters of the General Staff of Defense.

b) The Operations Command.

c) The Intelligence Center of the Armed Forces.

d) The Joint Cyber Defense Command.

e) The Higher Center for National Defense Studies.

2. The General Staff Headquarters of the Defense Staff is composed of:

a) The Joint Chiefs of Defense, which is articulated in:

1. The Head.

2. The General Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Defense.

3. The Plans Division.

4. The Strategy Division.

b) The Support Headquarters for Joint Action, which is articulated in:

1. The Head of Operational Health.

2. The Head of Information Systems and Telecommunications of the Armed Forces.

3. The Spanish Verification Unit.

4. The C-IED National Cell.

c) The Permanent Secretariat of the Council of Chiefs of Staff.

d) The Secretary of the Chief of Defense Staff.

e) The Head of Economic Affairs.

f) The Head of Human Resources.

g) The Head of Security and Services.

h) Legal Advice.

i) The Delegate Intervention.

3. The units mentioned in the General Staff Headquarters of the Defense General Staff, whose chief is not to be appointed by the Minister of Defense, shall have the organic level to be determined, in accordance with what is established in their respective positions. relations of military posts.

4. In addition, in the General Staff of Defense they are integrated:

a) Permanent operating organizations:

1. The Maritime Surveillance and Security Command.

2. The Defense Command and Air Operations.

3. The Military Emergency Unit.

b) Military national bodies related to international or multinational organizations.

5. The General Support Unit of Retamares belongs to the General Staff of the Defense.

Article 2. The Operations Command.

1. The Operations Command is articulated in:

a) The Command.

b) The 2nd Command.

c) The General Staff.

d) The Joint Special Operations Command, which has a General Staff.

2. The General Staff of the Operations Command is articulated in:

(a) The Secretariat, responsible for the administrative technical support to its unit, to assist its Head in the direction and coordination of the activities and to constitute the OTAN/EU control point, as well as a Local Protection Service Classified materials for national documentation. In addition, you will be responsible for managing information in this larger state.

b) The Area of Operations, which is responsible for advising the Chief of Staff of the Operations Command on the coordination and control of planning and conducting operations, monitoring multinational operations on the outside in which Spanish personnel participate, as well as in the planning and execution of the joint exercises that are scheduled and in the elaboration of the guidelines for the training and enlistment of the units assigned to the operational structure, together with the validation of the operational certification of those units carried out by the authorities of the organic structure prior to its designation.

c) The Area of Support, responsible for planning and advising the Chief of Staff of the Operations Command for the aspects of logistical support, movement and transport, environmental protection, information systems and telecommunications, financial and health of operations. It shall be responsible for the procurement inspection group, which shall carry out the necessary inspections for the control of the air means contracted for the deployment of personnel for the purpose of operations or exercises.

3. The Operations Area is articulated in:

a) The Intelligence Section, responsible for advising, planning and assisting in intelligence and counterintelligence.

b) The Operations Section, which is responsible for monitoring and conducting operations, as well as for short-and medium-term planning. In addition, in its field, it will be responsible for Targeting, C-IED, Force Protection and Electronic Warfare.

c) The Plans Section, which is responsible for drawing up plans that are ordered, as well as advising, planning and assisting on methods and guidelines for planning, rules of engagement and generation of forces. It will also contribute to the elaboration of concepts, evaluate the ongoing operations and advise on the participation in operational matters related to international organizations. It will collaborate with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Operational Planning and Force Planning to be concurrent.

d) The Section of Exercises and Assessments, responsible for advising, planning and assisting in the field of joint and joint training, and to develop guidelines for the training and enlistment of the units of the Force Joint. In addition, it will be responsible for the validation of the operational certification of these units carried out by the authorities of the organic structure, prior to their appointment, participation in the process of lessons learned, in coordination with the Concept Development Joint Center and Joint Chiefs of Staff, and validation of operational concepts.

e) The Influence Section, which is responsible for integrating influence actions in the planning, management and monitoring of operations, including the synchronization of the activities of Information Operations, Interaction and Civic-Military Cooperation, Psychological Operations and Public Affairs. In addition, he will be responsible for advising the Commander of the Operations Command on public affairs and communications, and executing the public communication activities of that command. It shall carry out the advisory to Commander of the Operations Command on gender issues in the operations and the cultural aspects of the operations.

4. The Apoyos Area is articulated in:

a) The Personnel and Administration Section, responsible for advising, planning, and assisting in personnel, discipline, and rewards.

b) The Logistics Section, responsible for advising, planning and assisting in the field of logistical support, movement and transport, support and environmental protection. It shall also manage and coordinate the means of transport necessary for the deployment, support, withdrawal and support of assigned forces.

c) The Health Section, responsible for advising, planning and assisting in the field of health in joint and joint-combined operations and exercises. Participate in the supervision of the preparation, evaluation and certification of the health formations assigned to the operational structure, as well as in the process of lessons learned in operations under the direction of the Section of Exercises and Evaluations.

d) The CIS Section, which is responsible for advising, planning and assisting in the field of information and telecommunications systems, as well as for the security of information in CIS systems.

e) The Financial Resources Section, which is responsible for the provision, management and control of the financial resources made available to the Commander of the Operations Command for the performance of his missions and to advise him on economic and financial matters. It will coordinate the determination of financial needs as a result of the participation of the Armed Forces in operations and in the exercises under the leadership of the Operations Command Commander.

Article 3. The Joint Cyber Defense Command.

The Joint Cyber Defense Command is articulated in:

a) The General Staff.

b) The Chief Operating Officer, responsible for directing and executing Cyber Defense operations.

(c) The Head of Administration and Services, responsible for providing the support necessary for the operation of the Command and which shall have the organic level to be determined, in accordance with its corresponding Military posts ratio.

Article 4. The Higher Center for National Defense Studies.

1. The Higher Center for National Defense Studies is articulated in:

a) The General Secretariat.

b) The Head of Support and Services.

c) The Administrative Economic Section.

d) The Higher School of the Armed Forces.

e) The Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies.

f) The Joint Concepts Development Center.

g) The Spanish Military History Commission.

2. The General Secretariat is the organ of support to the Director of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies, responsible for preparing and developing its decisions and for ensuring the coordination of all the units that make up the center.

3. The Head of Support and Services is responsible for providing the necessary support for the operation and maintenance of the centre and its facilities and the administrative support for the staff.

4. The Administrative Economic Section is responsible for carrying out the economic management, administration and accounting of the financial resources allocated to that institution. She technically advises the director of the financial economic centre.

5. The Higher School of the Armed Forces is articulated in:

a) The Head of Studies, who is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and controlling the teaching activities of the Higher School of the Armed Forces. It has a Secretariat of Studies, which will manage the issues related to personnel, programming, support, planning and studies and quality of the teaching, as well as all those of a general nature that affect the Higher School of the Armed Forces.

(b) The following departments, the task of which shall be to direct, coordinate and implement the teaching activities in the field concerned:

1. Department specific to the Army of the Earth.

2. Department Specific Department of the Navy.

3. Specific Department of the Air Force.

4. Specific Department of the Civil Guard.

5. Department of Strategy and International Relations.

6. Department of Intelligence and Security.

7. Department of Logistics.

8. Department of Operations.

9. Department of Organization and Leadership.

10. Department of Defense Culture and Diplomacy.

6. The Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies is articulated in:

a) The Research Area, which is responsible for developing research and research activities related to defense and security.

b) The Area of Culture of Security and Defense, responsible for developing activities that promote the interest of society in issues related to defense and security to contribute to the promotion and dissemination of the culture of defense.

7. The Joint Concepts Development Center is articulated in:

a) The Section for Analysis and Prospective, which collaborates with the Divisions of Plans and Strategy of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the elaboration of the Concept of Military Strategy and is responsible for promoting the necessary studies to guide the analysis and the definition of the possible scenarios of the Joint Force's action.

b) The Concepts and Experimentation Section, responsible for developing the joint program of concepts in support of the process of planning of force and operational planning and contributing to the development of the concepts military of international security and defence organisations or multinationals to be determined.

c) The Doctrine Section, responsible for promoting and coordinating the development of joint and combined doctrine and relating to the Operations Command in the process of obtaining lessons learned and with the General Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the topics of combined doctrine.

Article 5. The Military Emergency Unit.

1. The Military Emergency Unit is articulated in:

(a) The Headquarters, consisting of:

1. The General Staff of the Military Emergency Unit.

2. The Department of Relations and Evaluation.

3. The Section for Economic Affairs.

4. The Legal Counsel.

5. The Delegate Intervention.

b) The Transmissions Battalion.

c) Five Intervention Battles.

d) The Emergency Support and Intervention Regiment.

2. The Department of Relations and Evaluation is responsible for assisting the Head of the Military Emergency Unit in all matters relating to external relations, both national and international, drawing up agreements and technical agreements, institutional and protocol, evaluation and validation of operational procedures, certification of operational capabilities of the units of the Military Emergency Unit and to channel the service of prevention of occupational risks in this unit.

3. The Economic Affairs Section is responsible for carrying out the economic management, administration and accounting of the financial resources and effects assigned to the Military Emergency Unit and those other units assigned to it, technically advising the Head of the Military Emergency Unit, the other organs of the Headquarters and the subordinate units.

4. The Emergency Support and Intervention Regiment is responsible for providing the UME with operational and logistical reinforcement capacity in supply, maintenance, transport, health, material recovery, logistics management and flamethetation. It will also intervene in situations arising from technological risks and environmental pollution.

5. The Transmissions Battalion and the five Intervention Battles shall have the organic level to be determined, in accordance with their respective military position.

Article 6. Military national bodies related to international or multinational organisations.

1. Pursuant to Article 20 of Royal Decree 872/2014 of 10 October 2014 establishing the basic organisation of the Armed Forces, and in accordance with Article 16 of Order DEF/166/2015 of 21 January 2015, develops the basic organization of the Armed Forces, national military organs related to international organizations or multinationals are:

a) Military representations.

b) The national elements.

c) National support elements.

d) National contingents integrated into international and multinational organizations.

2. The military representations constitute the permanent units of representation of the Chief of Defense Staff to international security and defense organizations. They are as follows:

a) The Military Representation to the NATO Military Committee.

(b) The Military Representation to the Military Committee of the European Union.

c) The Military Representation to the Allied Supreme Command in Europe.

d) The Military Representation to the Supreme Allied Transformation Command.

3. The national components are the national components of international organizations located in national territory. In addition to the tasks assigned to them under the provisions governing them, they shall be responsible for those arising from the application of the international regulatory arrangements of the international bodies of which they are a party. They are as follows:

(a) The National Element of the Torrejon Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC TJ), which shall be governed by the provisions of the Ministerial Order 93/2012 of 27 December establishing the National component of the Torrejon Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC TJ).

(b) The National Element of the Centre of Excellence Against Improvised Explosive Devices (CoE C-IED), which shall be governed by the provisions of Order DEF/960/2010 of 15 April 2010, Center of Excellence against improvised explosive devices in the field of the Ministry of Defense and its offer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

4. The national support elements are the bodies that have as fundamental tasks to provide the administrative and general support to the staff assigned or in commission of service in the units of the international scope attached to it.

5. The national contingents integrated in international and multinational organizations are made up of the Spanish personnel dependent on the Chief of Defense Staff assigned or in commission of service in the units, centers or bodies of such organisations and which holds international or multinational positions not specific to military representations, national elements or national support elements.