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Royal Decree 377/2015, 14 May, Laying Down The Statutes Of The Association Of Geographers.

Original Language Title: Real Decreto 377/2015, de 14 de mayo, por el que se aprueban los Estatutos del Colegio de Geógrafos.

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Law 16/1999, of 4 May, of creation of the College of Geographers, is the legal instrument of its creation as a corporation of public law with legal personality and full capacity for the fulfillment of its aims. Its transitional provision first provided that the Management Committee of the College of Geographers would temporarily take over from the College of Geographers until its final regulation and the constitution of the governing bodies of the College.

According to the second transitional provision of Law 16/1999, of 4 May, of the creation of the College of Geographers, by Order of the Ministry of Public Works of 30 May 2001, the provisional statutes of the (i) Thus, in Article 6 of the Provisional Statutes, it is available that the organs of representation, government and administration of the College of Geographers are the General Assembly and the Governing Board, dedicating Article 7 of the aforementioned Statutes. The Council of the European Union is a member of the European Parliament. The Ordinary General Assembly of the College, at the meeting held on March 6, 2010, approved its definitive Statutes and agreed to raise them to the Government for approval, through the Ministry of Public Works, with which it relates to the Article 3 of Law 16/1999, of 4 May, of the creation of the College of Geographers.

Law 17/2009, of 23 November, on the free access to the activities of services and their exercise and Law 25/2009, of 22 December, amending various laws for their adaptation to the law on free access to services and their exercise, transpose Directive 2006 /123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2008 on services in the internal market and incorporate it into our internal legal order. Both laws apply in the three territorial administrative levels, the General Administration of the State, Autonomous Communities and other local authorities, as well as the so-called corporate public administration. Such is the case of the Professional Colleges which is why they must adapt their statutory rules to the provisions of those laws and, in particular, to the provisions of Article 5 of Law 25/2009 which are introduced by the law of the European Union. amendments to Law 2/1974 of 13 February of Professional Colleges, with a view to simplifying procedures, reducing administrative burdens, strengthening the guarantees of consumers and users and extending measures to extend the transparency in the performance of these public corporations and their collegians.

The normative project is adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 149.1.18. of the Constitution, because it is the exclusive competence of the State to lay the foundations of the legal system of public administrations. The new Statutes are in accordance with the requirements of Law 2/1974 of 13 February of Professional Colleges, in particular those established by Law 25/2009 of 22 December, cited above.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 6 (2) and (5) of Law 2/1974 of 13 February, of Professional Colleges, as well as with the provisions of Article 24 of Law 50/1997 of 27 November 1997, of the Government, the New Statutes are subject to government approval. In its handling of the project, it appears from several ministerial departments, the consideration of other related professional associations connected with the Ministry of Public Works, as well as with the favorable opinion of the State Council. For your report, it has also been referred to communities and autonomous cities.

In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Development, in agreement with the Council of State and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting on May 14,

DISPONGO:

Single item. Approval of the Statutes.

The Statutes of the College of Geographers are approved and inserted below.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

The Order of the Ministry of Public Works of 30 May 2001 was repealed and the provisional statutes of the College of Geographers were approved.

Final disposition first. Competence title.

This royal decree is dictated by the provisions of Article 149.1.18. of the Constitution, which gives the State exclusive competence to lay down the basis of the legal system of public administrations.

Final disposition second. Safeguarding autonomic competencies.

The regulation contained in the Statutes approved by this royal decree, is established, without prejudice to the one that results in the case of the autonomous communities, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by the Professional Colleges, constitute Colleges of Geographers in their respective territories or Autonomous Councils.

Final disposition third. Entry into force.

This royal decree will enter into force on the day following its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Given in Madrid, on May 14, 2015.

FELIPE R.

The Minister of Development,

ANA MARIA PASTOR JULIAN

GEOGRAPH COLLEGE STATUTES

CHAPTER I

General provisions

Article 1. Constitution and definition.

1. The College of Geographers is a corporation of public law that is constituted under the protection of article 36 of the Spanish Constitution, and is governed by the provisions of the legislation in force on professional schools and by any legal regulations that by law 16/1999 of 4 May of the creation of the College of Geographers, and by the present statutes and other collective rules.

2. The College of Geographers has its own legal personality and full capacity to fulfill its aims.

3. The College of Geographers will liaise with the General Administration of the State through the Ministry of Public Works.

Article 2. Territorial scope and location.

1. The territorial scope of the College of Geographers is that of the Spanish State, compatible with the autonomy of its organs in the different territorial delegations and the solidarity between all of them.

2. The headquarters of the College is located in Madrid, without prejudice to the establishment of other venues in the delegations that may be constituted, with respect to the competences of the Territorial Administrations.

3. The use of the official languages in the organs and communications of the College is regulated by the provisions of the current legal regulations on linguistic uses in the State and in the Autonomous Communities.

Article 3. Purpose and functions of the College.

1. The organization of the exercise of the profession of Geograph, the institutional representation of the same and the defense of the professional interests of the collegiate, as well as the protection of the interests of the consumers and users of the services of their members, all without prejudice to the powers of the public administration for the purpose of the civil service, where appropriate.

2. They constitute the functions of the College, for the legitimate fulfillment of its purposes:

a) Ostend the collegiate representation of the profession of Geographer to the public authorities, authorities, companies and individuals, with legitimization to be part in how many disputes, files and administrative procedures affect professional interests and exercise the right of petition, in accordance with the Law.

b) To order, in the field of their competence, the professional activity of the collegians, ensuring the ethics and professional dignity and respect due to the rights of the collegial and the individuals, as well as to exercise the disciplinary measures relating to its members, in accordance with the provisions of the Statute.

c) To see for the moral, social and technical prestige of their collegians, promoting the corporate feelings of every order, aiming for the mutual good, and adopting measures conducive to avoiding the unfair competition between the same.

d) Defend the decorum, rights and interests of the profession in all areas.

e) to exercise as many functions as are entrusted to them by the public authorities and to collaborate with them, as well as with entities and individuals, through the carrying out of studies, the issuance of reports, the solution of consultations, the compilation of statistics and other activities related to their purposes which may be requested or agreed upon by the initiative.

f) To promote and contribute to the progress of the methods and techniques of the profession and to the dissemination of the same, helping to scientific research and the establishment of how many standards tend to increase the effectiveness of graduates in the development of their activities.

g) Maintain contact with the Teaching Centers and facilitate access to the professional life of new graduates.

(h) Propose to the competent bodies the adoption of any measures deemed appropriate for the development and improvement of the profession, suggesting to the corresponding bodies the improvements in the drafting of the legal provisions necessary for such purposes.

i) Manage the collection and collect the professional fees accrued by the collegiates, in legal substitution, when they request it freely and expressly, as well as to elaborate a form of note of order that the Members may submit to their clients where they are required, with the precise description of the subject matter of the benefit, together with the details of the fees to be paid or the method agreed between the two parties for the determination of the same.

j) Visar the professional works of the collegiate, in the terms established by article 13 of Law 2/1974, of 13 February, on Professional Colleges and Royal Decree 1000/2010, of 5 August, on a collegiate visa mandatory.

k) Adopt measures conducive to avoiding professional intrusive.

l) Co-operate with the corresponding official bodies in the form of the designation of the Geographers for the issuance of reports, opinions, appraisals, assessments, etc., in professional affairs judicial.

m) Participate in the Advisory Councils or Agencies of the Administration in respect of their professional competence, in accordance with the regulatory standards of these.

(n) to resolve, at the request of the parties concerned, any discrepancies which may arise as regards the fulfilment of the obligations arising out of the work carried out by the members in the exercise of their profession.

o) Report on judicial or administrative proceedings in which professional fees are discussed, at the request of the corresponding judicial or administrative authorities.

p) To tender requests for information on their collegiates and on the firm sanctions imposed on them, as well as requests for inspection or investigation by any competent authority of a Member State of the European Union.

q) All other activities that may be legally developed to assist in the management and improvement of the profession and the collegiate.

3. In accordance with Article 14 of Law 2/1974 of 13 February on Professional Colleges, the College of Geographers will not be able to provide guidance or any other guidance, recommendation, guideline, rule or rule on professional fees, except for the exclusive effects of the valuation of costs and the swearing-in of lawyers ' accounts. Those criteria shall be equally valid for the calculation of fees and duties corresponding to the costs of costs in legal aid.

CHAPTER II

Of the members of the College of Geographers and the professional exercise

Article 4. Members of the College.

1. They may be part of the Geography College of Geography. The graduates in Geography and History (Geography Section) may also be integrated into the College of Geographers.

2. The persons licensed in Philosophy and Letters, in branches or specialties of Geography, whose qualifications derive from plans of studies included in Article 11.3 of the Royal Treaty, may also be integrated into the College of Geographers. Decree 1497/1987 of 27 November 1987 of general guidelines common to the plans for the study of official titles and validity in the national territory.

3. Similarly, it will be possible to integrate into the College of Geographers who hold the official degree in degrees in Geography, whose degrees are derived from curricula according to Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29 October, establishing the ordination of official university teaching.

4. In addition, those who have official or equivalent university degrees who demonstrate to the governing bodies of the College of Geographers a continuous dedication to Geography may be included in compliance with the requirements to be established. Regulations and their inclusion in the College by the Governing Board, provided that there is no professional college to which such graduates are required to register.

5. Persons holding foreign university degrees who have been declared equivalent to the Spanish undergraduate degrees in Geography, corresponding to the fields of the Humanities and the United States, may also be integrated into the College. Social Sciences set out in Annex II to Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November 2014 laying down the requirements and procedure for the approval and declaration of equivalence to qualifications and at university academic level for the validation of foreign studies of higher education, and the procedure to determine the correspondence to the levels of the Spanish qualifications framework for the higher education of the official titles of Architect, Engineer, Bachelor, Technical Architect, Technical Engineer and Diplomat.

Article 5. Honorary members.

The Governing Board may grant the appointment of members of the College of Geographers to persons who, on their scientific, technical or professional merits, whatever their academic qualifications, have contributed. The development of Geography or the profession of geographer. The appointment will have a strict honorific character, without prejudice to participation in the collegial life and in the services of the College.

Article 6. Exercise of the profession.

1. The members of the College shall be subject to the Statutes of the College, without prejudice to the right of challenge to which they may legally correspond.

2. The exercise of the profession shall be carried out under free competition, in accordance with the provisions of Law 15/2007 of 3 July of the Defence of Competition.

3. The geographer profession can be exercised in a liberal way, either individually or associatively, or in employment relationship with any public or private enterprise. In any case, the exercise of the profession is based on respect for the independence of the professional criterion, without illegitimate or arbitrary limits in the development of the work and in the service of the community.

4. In accordance with the provisions of Article 2.5 of Law 2/1974 of 13 February on professional colleges, the requirements which force the profession of geographer to exercise exclusively or to limit the joint exercise of two or more professions, only those that are established by Law.

5. The professional exercise in a societary form shall be governed by the provisions of the Laws. In no case may the professional associations or their collective organizations, by themselves or through their statutes or the rest of the collegial regulations, establish restrictions on professional practice in a societarian manner.

6. The professional performance shall be observed in the ethics rules approved by the College, which may not go against the provisions of these Statutes, nor against any of the legal provisions. The ethics rules will be available on line so that all schoolgirls can consult them via telematics.

7. With regard to the recognition of qualifications, both in the case of temporary posting of a Spanish schoolboy to another Member State and of a professional from another Member State of the European Union to Spain, and in accordance with the provisions of the Article 13 of Royal Decree 1837/2008, the communication to the competent authority shall be sufficient, prior to the first posting, to temporarily exercise the profession.

Article 7. Collegial procedure.

1. The decision regarding admission as a collegiate is the responsibility of the Permanent Commission of the Board of Government of the College, or, where appropriate, the corresponding Territorial Board, which once received the appropriate request for collegiation, will agree the collegiation. The procedures may be carried out by telematics. Admission shall be deemed to be firm if within thirty days, from the date of application, the Permanent Commission or the relevant Territorial Board has not agreed to refuse it.

2. Once the application for admission has been resolved, it will be necessary, in order to formalize the admission to the College, to pay the incorporation fee that the General Assembly has indicated at that time, which, in any case, will not exceed the costs of processing. Against the decisions refusals of collegiation may be brought to the Permanent Commission or to the corresponding Territorial Board, as a procedure prior to the Administrative Contentious Jurisdiction, in its case.

Article 8. Loss of the collegiate condition.

Collegiate will lose this condition:

a) On request, notifying in writing its purpose, to the Secretariat of the College.

b) For not satisfying the ordinary and/or extraordinary quotas for a calendar year.

(c) By a final judgment, which carries with it the access to the disqualification for the professional exercise.

d) As a consequence of disciplinary punishment by the commission of a qualified infringement of very serious, within the meaning of Article 40 of these Statutes.

Article 9. Recovery of the collegiate condition.

The collegiate condition is retrieved:

a) When rejoining is requested, if the downgrade was on its own request.

b) When the outstanding fees are paid, if the drop was due to non-payment.

c) When rehabilitation is obtained, whenever admission is requested and accepted by the College Government Board.

Article 10. Services.

1. Visa.

(a) The College of Geographers, in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Law 2/1974 of 13 February on Professional Colleges, will review professional work in its field of competence, in accordance with the Decree 1000/2010 of 5 August on compulsory collegial visa.

(b) In no case shall the College of Geographers, by itself or through its statutory provisions, impose the obligation to monitor professional work.

c) Visa is for object:

1. º Credit the identity of the geographer or geographs responsible and their current enablement for the work in question.

2. Check the formal correctness and completeness of the professional work documentation in accordance with applicable regulations.

3. Make the other findings that are entrusted to you by the laws and general provisions.

(d) When the decision on the visa is denied, it shall be motivated and notified in due form.

e) The College shall establish rules and requirements for the formal submission of work for its visa, which may include the visa by telematic means. In accordance with Article 13 of Law No 2/1974 of 13 February 1974 on Professional Colleges, the visa shall not include any fees or other contractual terms, the determination of which shall be free of the agreement of the parties. Where the collegial visa is mandatory, its cost shall be reasonable, not abusive or discriminatory.

(f) The possible subsidiary liability of the College shall be understood in the terms laid down in Article 13.3 of Law 2/1974 of 13 February on Professional Colleges.

2. Service to collegiate and users.

(a) The College shall establish a service to the collegiate and to the users who shall process and resolve any complaints concerning the collegial activity or the collegial activities by any collegiate user or professional. as per consumer and user organisations in their representation or in the defence of collective interests.

b) The College, through this service, will resolve the application by initiating the consumer arbitration route; opening a sanctioning procedure; filing, or adopting any other decisions that may be appropriate.

c) The regulation of this Service should provide for the submission of complaints and complaints via telematics.

3. One-stop shop.

a) The College will have a web page and will collaborate with the Public Administrations as necessary so that through the one-stop shop provided for in the current legislation on the free access of the activities of services and their exercise, the professionals can carry out all the necessary procedures for the collegiation and to unsubscribe in the College, through a single point, by electronic means and distance. Through this one-stop shop the schoolgirls will be able to:

1. Get all the information and forms necessary for the access and exercise of your professional activity.

2. Submit all necessary documentation and requests.

3. Know the resolutions and other communications of the College regarding their requests.

4. Know how to deal with the procedures in which you have an interest and receive notification of the required acts.

(b) Through the said one-stop shop, for the best protection of the rights of consumers and users, the College of Geographers will provide the following information, which must be clear, unambiguous and free:

1. Access to the Register of Collegiates, which shall be permanently updated and shall contain at least the following data: the name and surname of the collegiate professionals, the number of collegiations, official titles of those who are in possession, professional address and professional qualification status.

2. The means of reclamation and the resources that may be brought in case of conflict between the consumer or user and a collegiate or the professional college.

3. The data of the associations or consumer organizations and users to whom the recipients of the professional services can be directed to obtain assistance.

4. The content of the deontological codes.

(c) The College shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of this Article and shall incorporate compatible technologies to ensure the exchange of data with other collective organisations and with the Public Administrations.

4. Annual memory.

a) The College of Geographers is subject to the principle of transparency in its management. To do this, you must draw up an Annual Memory containing at least the following information:

1. Annual Economic Management Report, including staff costs sufficiently broken down and specifying the remuneration of the members of the Governing Board on the basis of their position.

2. º Amount of applicable fees broken down by concept and by the type of services provided, as well as the rules for their calculation and application.

3. Information and statistics relating to information and sanctioning procedures at the time of instruction or which have reached a firm level, with an indication of the infringement to which they relate, their processing and the the sanction imposed where appropriate, in accordance with the law on personal data protection in any event.

4. " aggregated information and statistics relating to complaints and complaints submitted by consumers or users or their representative organisations, as well as their processing and, where appropriate, the reasons for their estimation or dismissal of the complaint or complaint, in any case, with the legislation on the protection of personal data.

5. º Changes to the content of their deontological codes, if available.

6. The rules on incompatibilities and conflict of interest situations in which the members of the Government Boards are located.

7. º Statistical information about the visa activity that has occurred.

Where applicable, the data shall be presented territorially disaggregated by corporations.

(b) The Annual Report shall be made public through the website in the first half of each year.

Article 11. Rights of the collegiate.

Collegiates are recognized as the following rights:

a) Act professionally in the entire state domain, either in a particular way or at the service of any company or administration.

(b) The use and enjoyment of the goods of the College and the services it has established.

c) Take part in the deliberations and votes that are provided in these Statutes and in the General Rules of Procedure.

d) Carry out the preliminary projects, projects, opinions, opinions, assessments and other work requested by the College by official bodies, entities or individuals, and which correspond to them in advance established, as stipulated in the Rules of Procedure.

e) Seek the necessary defense from the Governing Board when their rights and interests are considered to be injured or impaired as a collegiate professional.

f) Assistance to corporate acts, provided that it is compatible with their activities and on equal terms for all collegians.

Article 12. Obligations of the schoolgirls.

It is the obligations of the collegiates that are specified below:

a) Acatar and strictly comply with how many prescriptions contain these Statutes. The Rules of Procedure of the Internal Regime that develop them, as well as the other normative provisions that the College approves.

b) Pay the fees and entitlements that have been approved for the support of the College and for the purpose of forecasting.

c) Submit to the Visa of the College the documentation corresponding to all the work of a professional character carried out in the exercise of the profession, in the terms established in article 13 of the Law of Colleges Professionals.

d) To comply with the governing bodies of the College and of the collegiate members, the duties of discipline and professional harmony.

e) To bring to the attention of the Governing Board all facts that may affect the profession, in particular or collectively, and which may determine their intervention.

f) Communicate to the College all cases that are known of professional intrusive or of those who are collegiate are missing the obligations that as such they contract.

CHAPTER III

Territorial Organization of the College of Geographers

Article 13. Territorial organisation of the College.

1. The College is organized geographically in Territorial Delegations, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 47 of these Statutes. The geographical scope of the delegations shall be at least that of an autonomous community or an autonomous city.

2. The Board of Directors of these Delegations has its own and other delegated powers of the general bodies, in a coordinated manner, in accordance with these Statutes and the corresponding Regulations.

3. Within the framework of the Statute and the Rules of Procedure, the Territorial Delegations shall have their Special Rules of Procedure.

4. The members of the school are assigned to a Territorial Delegation by reason of their habitual residence or because they are the place where they develop their professional activity. In the absence of the corresponding Territorial Delegation, they shall relate to the College directly through its general bodies.

5. The members of the school abroad shall be assigned to the Territorial Delegation which they indicate.

6. The Territorial Delegations shall have the consideration of representation bodies, on behalf of the College, before the corresponding Autonomous and Local Administration.

7. In those communities where Territorial Delegations have not been established, the Governing Board may appoint a delegate, with representation functions to the autonomic administration.

Article 14. Regulation of Territorial Delegations.

1. In order to create a Territorial Delegation, it will be necessary to comply with the requirements and procedures laid down in the Rules of Procedure. The agreement adopted on the establishment of the Delegation shall be communicated by the Governing Board to the General Assembly for approval with effect from the following financial year.

2. Where the requirements laid down in these Statutes or in the Rules of Procedure for its existence are not met in a Territorial Delegation, the Governing Board may, after a report of the Board of Delegations, submit to the Approval of the General Assembly the dissolution of the General Assembly.

3. The Rules of Procedure shall lay down the measures necessary for a Territorial Board to fulfil its obligations.

Article 15. Segregation of territorial colleges.

1. Territorial colleges of an equal or lower level than that of an autonomous community may be constituted by segregation of the existing College of Geographers, in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding autonomic legislation. The process of segregation shall be initiated at the request of the members of the Autonomous Community in question, when the simple majority of the censates meeting in the Extraordinary Assembly convened for this purpose so decide. The segregation agreement shall only be understood as validly adopted if the absolute majority of the registered members of the Assembly, who are in favour of segregation, vote in favour of segregation.

2. The segregation of territorial delegations to form an independent College will involve the modification of article 2.1 of these Statutes in the sense of adapting their territorial scope to the new collegial reality, excluding from their scope the territorial one that results from segregation. The State College will maintain its legal personality, and will continue to hold ownership of its assets, and the same rights and obligations to all effects. This is without prejudice to the fact that, by the Government Board of the State College, it is agreed to provide economic resources that will enable the new College to be launched, including the attachment of assets to the new College.

3. The creation of an autonomous college will bring with it the need to promote, before the competent authorities, the creation of a General Council of Colleges. The process shall start within the maximum period of six months from the constitution of the Autonomous College. As long as the Council is believed and operational, the State College will assume its duties on an interim basis.

CHAPTER IV

Governing Bodies

Article 16. Governing bodies.

1. The organs of representation, government and administration of the College of Geographers are the President, the General Assembly, the Governing Board, the Permanent Commission and the Board of Delegations.

2. The bodies of the Territorial Delegations shall be the Territorial President, the Territorial Assembly, and the Territorial Board.

3. The legal status and functioning of these bodies shall be in accordance with the rules contained in these Statutes, as well as in the Rules of Procedure and other collective provisions. The Governing Board may agree to the setting up of other advisory bodies.

4. It shall apply to them for the purposes of the bodies referred to in Chapter 2 of Title II of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Administrative Procedure. Common.

Article 17. General Assembly.

1. The General Assembly is the supreme organ of the College, it is constituted by all the collegiate with equal voting, and it will adopt its agreements by majority and in accordance with the present Statutes and other collegial regulations.

2. Participation in the Assembly shall be personal.

3. Regardless of the general reference of the previous Article, the Rules of Procedure of the Interior Regime shall regulate the calls, the functioning of the same and the majorities necessary for the decision making according to the matter. In any case, the following requirements shall be observed:

(a) The Assemblies shall hold an ordinary session at least once a year and extraordinary sessions as many times as agreed by the Governing Board on its own initiative or at the request of 15% of the collegiates. In this case, the request shall contain the proposed agenda.

(b) Agreements may be taken only on matters appearing on the agenda. In the case of questions and proposals, questions and proposals may be taken into account in the case of matters for incorporation into the agenda of a future Assembly.

c) Sessions shall be chaired by the President of the College, who shall order and moderate the debates and votes. The Secretary of the College and the Government Board shall exercise the Secretariat of the Assembly, who shall draw up the minutes of the meeting, with the approval of the President.

(d) Agreements shall be taken by a simple majority of votes cast. However, the agreements will require a two-thirds majority of the votes cast when it comes to the approval of changes in the current Statutes, extraordinary quotas, motion of censure against the Governing Board in full or against any of the members and dissolution or change of denomination of the College.

Article 18. Functions of the General Assembly in ordinary session.

Corresponds to General Assembly in Ordinary Session:

(a) Approve the proposal of Statutes as well as the proposals of the modifications thereof for its elevation to the Government, through the competent Ministry.

b) Approve the Rules of Procedure, as well as their modifications, and the other collective normative provisions.

c) The creation of institutions promoted by the College of Geographers, as well as its bases and draft Statutes.

d) Approve the annual revenue and expenditure budgets for each financial year as well as the clearance of the accounts for the previous financial year.

e) Deciding on proposals for investment in collective goods.

f) Approve the minutes of the previous General Assembly.

g) Approve the annual management memory, which will include economic management and disciplinary action in defense of the interests of consumers.

h) To know, to discuss, and, if necessary, to approve as many proposals as they are submitted on the initiative of the Governing Board or of 5% of the collegiates. In the latter case, the proposals must be presented in good time to be included on the agenda, as specific points of the agenda. When these proposals are submitted, at least 5% of the schoolgirls, their inclusion on the agenda will be required.

i) Approve, on a proposal from the Governing Board, the renewal of the vacant positions of the Governing Board, or of the vacancies of President or Vice-President.

Article 19. Functions of the General Assembly in extraordinary session.

The General Assembly is in extraordinary session:

a) Promote the dissolution of the College, or the change of its name, in accordance with the provisions of Article 50 of these Statutes and the Rules of Procedure of the Interior.

b) Solve all those issues which, at the request of 15% of the collegiate and collegiate, have justified the convening of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the College.

Article 20. The Governing Board.

1. The Governing Board is the executive and representative body of the College which exercises the powers not reserved for the General Assembly nor specifically assigned to other collegial bodies, as well as those expressly attributed to them in these General Statutes.

2. The Governing Board is constituted by:

a) A President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who are those of the College.

(b) Vocalias to be determined in the Rules of Procedure of the Interior, which shall not be less than seven.

3. The positions of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer shall be incompatible with that of the President of the Territorial Delegation.

4. In the composition of the Board, a balanced presence of men and women will be sought.

Article 21. Powers of the Governing Board.

These are the competencies of the Governing Board:

a) Run the General Assembly agreements.

b) Fulfill and enforce the College's Statutes and Regulations, as well as their own agreements.

c) Address the management and administration of the College for the fulfillment of its purposes.

d) Manifest, in official and public form, the opinion of the College in matters of professional interest.

e) Represent the professional interests before the public authorities, as well as ensuring the prestige of the profession and the defense of their rights.

f) Submit studies, reports and opinions when required, advising the organs of the State and any public or private entities in this way. For these purposes, the Governing Board may appoint working committees, or appoint the collegiates it deems appropriate to prepare such studies or reports.

g) Designate, where appropriate legally or regulatively, the representatives of the College in the advisory bodies of the various Public Administrations.

(h) Provide the Courts of Justice with the relationship of collegians who may be required as experts in judicial matters or appoint them by themselves, as appropriate.

i) Agree to the exercise of actions and the interposition of administrative and jurisdictional resources.

j) Submit any matter of general interest to the College to the deliberation and agreement of the General Assembly.

k) Exercise the disciplinary powers that correspond to the Governing Board, in accordance with the provisions of these Statutes.

l) To organize activities and services of a cultural, professional, welfare and foresight character for the benefit of the collegiate.

m) Create open commissions, on their own initiative or from the collegiates, in accordance with the provisions of these Statutes.

n) Raise the established contributions and contributions, draw up the annual budget, annual balance sheet, implement the budget and organise and direct the operation of the general services of the College.

o) Develop and propose to the General Assembly the reform of the Rules of Procedure.

p) Inform the collegiates of the College's activities and agreements and prepare the annual memory of their management.

q) Contreating and ceasing the College's administrative and service personnel.

r) Resolve, where appropriate, extraordinary review appeals against acts or agreements of the College Government Board.

s) Agreed to the convening of ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of these Statutes.

t) Call for the election of positions for the Governing Board where appropriate, as set out in the fifth chapter of these Statutes.

u) Acquire or dispose of any class of goods of the College, in accordance with the budget in force and approved by the General Assembly.

v) Any other function that is not expressly assigned to the Ordinary or Extraordinary General Assembly, nor specifically assigned to other collegiate bodies.

Article 22. Sessions.

1. The Governing Board shall meet as many times as convened by its Chairman, on his own initiative or at the request of at least one third of its components. In any case, it shall meet at least twice a year.

2. Irrespective of the general reference of Article 16 of these Statutes, the Rules of Procedure of the Internal Regime shall govern their rules of call and their operation. In any case, the following requirements shall be observed:

(a) The calls shall include the agenda, and no agreements may be made on matters not included in the agenda, unless all members of the Board are present and the urgency of the matter is declared by the favourable vote. of the majority.

(b) In order for the Governing Board to be validly constituted, the President and the Secretary or those who replace them shall be present at least.

(c) The Secretary shall take up the minutes of the sessions, which shall be approved by the Governing Board.

(d) Agreements shall be taken by simple majority. In the event of a tie, the President's vote shall be of a quality. The Governing Board may, in the capacity of non-voting advisors, invite persons whose assistance is deemed to be appropriate to their sessions.

3. Matters to be submitted for approval by the General Assembly shall be addressed at a session of the enlarged Governing Board with the presidents of the Territorial Delegations.

Article 23. Standing Committee.

1. The Standing Committee is the highest collegiate body responsible for the management of the ordinary business of the College between sessions of the Governing Board, as well as the follow-up to the implementation of the agreements.

2. The Permanent Commission is composed of the President, the Vice President, the Secretary and the Treasurer, and at least one vocal, elected from among the members of the Governing Board. The vowels shall be appointed and relieved of their position by the Governing Board. In the composition of the Standing Committee, a balanced presence of men and women will be sought.

3. The Governing Board may temporarily delegate to the Standing Committee those powers and functions it deems appropriate for the best management of the College's affairs and the implementation of its agreements between its sessions. Under no circumstances may the powers laid down in points (g), (i), (j), (k), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (u) of Article 21 of these statutes be delegated.

4. The Standing Committee may adopt the necessary resolutions which, for reasons of justified urgency, cannot be delayed until the next session of the Governing Board. In this case, the Standing Committee shall report to the Governing Board in the first session it holds for ratification, modification or revocation.

5. In the Rules of Procedure, its operation shall be regulated as well as the calls. The Standing Committee shall meet as many times as is necessary for the proper performance of its tasks, being convened by the President, on his own initiative or at the request of half of its members. Other members of the Governing Board may be invited to their sessions when they consider it appropriate in accordance with the issues to be addressed.

6. The Standing Committee shall report on its activity at the meetings of the Governing Board.

Article 24. The implementation of the agreements and the Books of Proceedings.

In the College, two books of minutes will be required, where they will be transcribed separately from the General Assembly and the Governing Board. Such minutes shall be signed by the President or by whom, in his duties, the Board or the Assembly has presided over, and by the Secretary or who has held such functions. The members of the Governing Board shall be responsible for the agreements adopted even if they are not present at the meeting in which they are adopted, except where the vote against them is expressed.

Article 25. Privileges of the Chair of the Board.

Correspond to the President with the following attributions:

(a) To convene, open and raise the ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly and the Governing Board, as well as to preside over them and to direct the deliberations that take place in them.

b) Call and preside over the elections of members of the Governing Board.

c) Decide, with your vote of quality, the draws on the votes.

d) Adopt, in case of extreme urgency, the necessary resolutions, giving immediate account to the corresponding organ for their agreement, modification or revocation in the first session to be held.

e) Ostend the representation of the College and the Governing Board.

f) Coordinate the actions of the members of the Governing Board, without prejudice to the competence and direct responsibility of the members in their management.

g) Sign the certifications issued by the Secretary.

h) Legitimize with his signature the books of accounting and any other of official nature, without prejudice to the legalizations established by the Law.

i) Visas reports and communications that are officially directed by the College to public or private authorities and entities.

(j) Authorize the income or withdrawal of funds from the College's current or savings accounts, joining its signature to that of the Treasurer.

k) By express agreement of the Governing Board, it may grant power to prosecutors in the courts and lawyers on behalf of the College in defense of both the College and the profession.

Article 26. Privileges of the Vice-President.

The Vice President will replace the President in cases of absence, vacancy or illness and will perform all those functions entrusted to him by the Governing Board or delegate to the President.

Article 27. Duties of the Registrar.

1. The Secretary is responsible for the following:

a) Compose and attest to the minutes of the ordinary and extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly and the Governing Board.

b) Custody the documentation of the College and the records of the collegiates.

c) Exorder certifications, with the President's approval.

d) Exorder and process communications and documents, giving the same account to the Governing Board or the competent body.

e) Exercise the leadership of the school's administrative and service personnel.

f) Take the book record of visas.

g) Compose annual management memory for the General Assembly.

2. A member of the Governing Board elected by her may replace the Secretary in the absence, vacancy or disease case and perform all of the functions entrusted to him by the Governing Board.

Article 28. Attributions of the Treasurer.

1. The following privileges are granted to the Treasurer:

a) Raising and guarding the College's funds.

b) Receipt, sign receipts, and make payments related to the management of the College.

c) Draft the preliminary draft budget of the College that the Governing Board should present to the General Assembly.

d) To take stock of the budget of the previous year that the Governing Board must present for approval in the General Assembly.

e) Propose to the Governing Board projects to enable credits and supplements, increases or reductions in income where necessary.

f) Take the corresponding accounting books.

g) By express agreement of the Governing Board, open current savings accounts, jointly with the President and another member of the Governing Board, appointed for the purpose, on behalf of the College, and withdraw funds from them by means of the signature of two of the three authorised persons.

h) Take inventory of the assets of the College, which will be your administrator.

2. The post of Treasurer shall be vacant, shall exercise the functions of this member of the Governing Board elected to the effect, until its replacement in accordance with these statutes.

Article 29. Responsibilities of the Vocals.

Refers to the Vocals the following attributions:

(a) To perform as many tasks as entrusted to them by the General Assembly, the Governing Board or the President, after prior knowledge of the Governing Board, as well as to develop and preside over the commissions created with the the approval of the Board of Government of the College, and in accordance with Article 22 of these Statutes.

b) Collaborate with the holders of the remaining positions of the Governing Board and replace them in their absences, vacancies or illness.

Article 30. Vacancies on the College Government Board.

1. The vacancies that occur in the Governing Board in an interelectoral period shall be covered among those persons who, on the proposal of the members of the Governing Board, obtain a higher number of votes in the Board of Governors.

2. A maximum of one third of the components of the Governing Board may be replaced by this procedure.

3. The vacancies covered by this procedure shall be endorsed at the following General Assembly which is convened, whether ordinary or extraordinary.

4. Extraordinary elections will be called to the College's Governing Board if the vacancies generated exceed the third of the members initially elected or if the simultaneous vacancies of the President and Vice-Chair positions occur.

Article 31. The Board of Delegations.

1. The Board of Delegations is the advisory, moderator, advisory, coordination and territorial balance of the College and integrates the opinions of the elected positions in the Territorial Delegations. It shall be composed of the following members:

a) The Presidents of the Territorial Delegations.

b) The President, the Secretary and the Treasurer of the College.

2. The duties of President and Registrar shall be exercised by the same persons who exercise them on the Board of Government of the College.

3. The Board of Delegations shall hold at least one annual session. It will also hold extraordinary sessions at the initiative of the President of the College or a quarter of its members, or the Governing Board. For this validly constituted the assistance of at least half of its members is necessary. The Presidents of the delegations and the President of the College shall be entitled to vote in the Board of Delegations. The agreements shall be adopted by a majority.

Article 32. Powers of the Board of Delegations.

The following competencies are attributed to the Board of Delegations:

a) Mediate, seeking solutions, in conflicts that may arise between delegations.

b) Inform prior and preceptively the agreements of the Governing Board on the following matters:

1. Reform of the College's Statute.

2. Elaboration and Reform of the Rules of Procedure.

3. º Creation or dissolution of Territorial Delegations, in the terms set out in these Statutes.

4. The resources against the agreements of the Territorial Boards and the conflicts between them.

5. The measures necessary for a Territorial Board to meet its obligations, in the manner determined in the Rules of Procedure.

6. Any other matter of professional significance at the national level.

7. Professional standards of professional ethics, with subsequent agreement in the General Assembly, and on a proposal from the Governing Board.

8. º Bases of creation and projects of Statutes of the institutions promoted by the College.

c) Propose to the Governing Board the award of the title of Collegiate of Honour and any other distinction.

d) Present to the Governing Board proposals and recommendations on their own initiative.

e) Create presentations by fields of activity or specific issues, to make proposals to the Governing Board or to the Board of Delegations itself.

f) Conduct mediation and arbitration at the request of the collegiate bodies.

g) And, finally, to perform as many functions and prerogatives, not expressly stated, as a consequence of the above.

Article 33. Duration of the mandate of the members and sessions of the Board of Delegations.

The mandate of the members of the Board of Delegations coincides with that of the positions each held in the Governing Board (president, secretary and treasurer of the College) or in the respective Government Boards. Territorial.

Article 34. The Territorial General Assembly.

1. The Territorial General Assembly, composed of all the collegians attached to the Delegation, is the supreme organ of the Delegation.

2. The Territorial General Assembly shall meet at least once a year.

3. The following are functions of the Territorial General Assembly:

a) Approve and amend the Rules of Procedure of the Delegation.

b) Choose and separate the members of the Territorial Government Board and control their activity.

c) Approve the budget and the clearance of annual accounts of the Delegation.

d) Approve the Annual Management Memory of the Delegation.

e) Velar for the fulfillment of the purposes of the College of Geographers in the territorial scope of the Delegation.

f) Resolve on any other issues that are proposed to you by the Territorial Government Board.

Article 35. Territorial Government Boards.

1. The Territorial Government Boards manage and represent the interests of the College in the territorial area of the Delegation concerned, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and with the provisions and guidelines of the Assemblies Territorial Generals, and extend to all the acts of the Delegation. The rules of procedure of each delegation shall determine the actions for which the express authorisation of the corresponding Assembly is necessary.

2. The members of each Territorial Delegation, meeting in assembly shall elect among their members a Territorial Government Board for a period of not less than two years and not more than four years, in accordance with the provisions of the Internal arrangements for each delegation. This Regulation shall also govern the procedure for the exercise of vote by mail.

3. The Territorial Government Boards shall be constituted by a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a minimum of three vowels, in accordance with the rules of each Delegation.

4. It is up to the Territorial Governing Board:

a) The management of the economic resources of the corresponding Territorial Delegation.

b) Organize educational, cultural, care activities and services, and in general, how many might interest the students.

c) Collaborate with other public and private entities that maintain activities or services of interest to the professional activity of the geographer.

d) To take care, in its territorial field, of the conditions of professional practice and public projection of the profession.

e) Submit reports and opinions to authorities and bodies in their territorial scope.

f) Agree to the submission of administrative claims and complaints and propose to the Governing Board the interposition of administrative and jurisdictional resources.

(g) Those that are delegated to them by the Governing Board from those provided for in Articles 13, 21 and 23 of these Statutes, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.

h) Report and account to the Governing Board of its management.

5. The functions of the members of the Territorial Government Boards are understood to be the same, in their field of competence, as those of a general nature for the members of the Board of Governors of the College in Articles 25 to 29 of These Statutes.

6. The President of the Delegation holds the representation of the College in the field of Delegation.

CHAPTER V

Election Regime

Article 36. Elections to the Governing Board.

1. The College of Geographers will hold ordinary elections to cover the Government Board's positions every four years.

2. The members of the Governing Board shall be elected by all the members of the Board through free, direct and secret universal suffrage, with all the members of the Board being electors and eligible, who are not sanctioned with suspension of their rights. colegial, and that they are in the current of payment of their quotas.

3. The lists of the members entitled to vote shall be displayed in the seats of the College and on the website of the College, for 10 days and in advance of not less than 20 days, in respect of the date of the holding of the elections.

4. Within three days of the exhibition, claims may be made to the place, which shall be resolved by the Governing Board concerned within a further three days.

5. When it is not proclaimed more than a single candidacy, the proclamation amounts to the choice of its members for the charges for which they have been proposed.

6. The Rules of Procedure shall establish the electoral system and, in particular, the formation of the electoral committee, vote by mail, and the time limits for challenging results.

CHAPTER VI

Economic and administrative regime

Article 37. Legal capacity in the economic and heritage field.

The College of Geographers has full legal capacity in the economic and heritage fields. The College of Geographers shall have the necessary resources to give due consideration to the purposes and tasks entrusted to it, with the collegial being obliged to contribute to the maintenance of the corresponding expenditure in the manner determined in its Rules of Procedure. The heritage of the College is unique, although the use of its assets may be attached to the Territorial Delegations.

Article 38. Economic resources of the College.

1. The College of Geographers will obtain its economic resources through the compulsory contributions of the collegiates according to principles of generality and use of collegiate services. These are:

(a) The registration fees, which may in no case exceed the costs associated with the processing of the registration.

(b) The ordinary annual fee, the amounts of which shall be fixed for each period by the General Assembly on the proposal of its Governing Board.

c) The extraordinary fees, approved by the General Assembly.

d) The intervention fees or visa price.

e) Late surcharges in the payment of any concept according to what is established by the Rules of Procedure.

2. Other sources of income are:

(a) Those from the property and rights of the collegial patrimony and their publications.

(b) Grants, donations, and any similar concepts, which are granted to the College, by the Public Administrations, public or private entities, collegiances or other legal or natural persons.

(c) Rights for studies, reports and opinions issued by the Governing Board or the committees in which it has delegated its performance.

(d) The rights for use of the services that the Governing Board has established, including the fees of the pre-schoolers.

3. The collection of the economic resources is generally the responsibility of the Governing Board, and the Territorial Delegations in terms of their delegation, according to the regulations.

Article 39. Quotas.

Any change in quotas will be clearly reflected in the year's budget and will require the approval of the General Assembly.

Article 40. General budget.

1. The general budget of the College of Geographers shall be drawn up by the Governing Board, in accordance with the principles of effectiveness, equity and economy, and shall include all revenue and expenditure, coinciding with the calendar year, and shall be submitted to the Board of Directors. approval of the General Assembly in accordance with Article 19 of these Statutes. The economic envelope of each delegation should be included in these. As long as the budget is not approved, it will be extended for the previous year, at the rate of 1/12 per month.

2. In the general budget, there will be differentiated allocations for the general bodies and departments, institutions and delegations, taking into account the number of collegiate members, the delegated collections and the expenditure incurred and the various activities promoted, in relation to the previous year, introducing weighting factors and a constant term.

3. In order to correct imbalances and to make the principle of solidarity between the Territorial Delegations constituted effective, there will be in the general budget an Interterritorial Compensation Fund administered by the Governing Board which supplement, where appropriate, and in particular circumstances, the allocations provided for in the preceding number. For this purpose, at least two to five (2.5) per cent and a maximum of five (5) per cent of that annual budget shall be allocated.

4. The approved budget and the settlement of the previous budget shall be published in the College's media.

CHAPTER VII

Deontological and Disciplinary Regime

Article 41. Deontological Code.

The Deontological Code of the profession, which shall be approved by the General Assembly, subject to the laws, shall be publicly known and accessible electronically through the College's website.

Article 42. Disciplinary regime.

1. The College of Geographers exercises disciplinary functions for the correction and prevention of violations of the collective duties and professional ethics committed by the collegians.

2. The faults will be classified into mild, severe and very serious.

3. They will be mild fouls:

a) The lack of veracity in the personal data provided to the College of Geographers.

(b) Not to accept, unless justified by the Board of Government of the College of Geographers, the performance of the duties required by the corporation.

(c) The actions or omissions listed in paragraph 4, where they do not have the entity sufficient to be considered as serious misconduct, depending on the damage caused, the intentionality or the recidivism.

4. Serious fouls:

(a) Failure to comply with the laws governing the exercise of professional practice, these statutes and regulations governing the internal rules and agreements adopted by the governing bodies of the College of Geographers.

(b) Failure to fulfil obligations relating to professional relations with third parties.

(c) To cause damage involving serious economic damage to the heritage of the College of Geographers, its decision-making bodies or the collegians, as well as to give them damage that seriously affects their image and good name.

d) The carrying out of professional work with omission of the collegiate visa in the event that the same is enforceable in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5.q) and 13 of Law 2/1974, of 13 February, and the Royal Decree 1000/2010 of 5 August on compulsory collegial visa.

(e) Not to keep the deliberations and agreements of the members of the Board of Directors of the College of Geographers and of the commissions that may be formed in the institution secret, when the character has been established reserved within the Board or commission itself.

(f) Agreement, insult or abuse of colleagues on the occasion of the exercise of their professional activity.

g) Failure to comply with the obligation to make available to the recipients of the professional service the information required by Article 12 of Law 2/1974 of 13 February of Professional Colleges.

5. They will be very serious fouls:

(a) The commission of criminal offence, in any degree of participation, as a consequence of the exercise of the profession, declared by a firm sentence.

b) The professional cover-up when it was declared by a firm judgment.

Article 43. Penalties.

1. Where the faults are committed by an individual professional, the College of Geographers may impose the following penalties:

(a) By the minor-fault commission: the President's verbal warning or written warning sanctions.

b) For the commission of serious misconduct: the sanction of temporary suspension of the collegial of the defendant for a period of up to six months.

(c) For the commission of very serious faults: the penalties of temporary suspension of the tuition of the defendant for a period of more than six months and less than three years, or of expulsion from the school.

d) The sanction of suspension of the collegial will be carried out, during the time of the same, the deprivation of the collegiate electoral rights and the prohibition of holding corporate positions.

2. The imposition of penalties shall be due to the adequacy of the seriousness of the fact of the infringement and the penalty applied, in particular the nature of the damage caused and the existence of intentionality. or recidivism.

3. The resolution imposing a sanction shall establish if it is made public, once it reaches firmness, in the restricted area to the collegiate of the website of the College of Geographers, without prejudice to the legislation in force in the personal data protection material.

Article 44. The Commission on Deontological and Disciplinary Matters.

1. The Commission on Deontological and Disciplinary Matters is the collegial organ of disciplinary authority.

2. This body shall be composed of the following members:

a) The President of the College, who will be its President.

b) The Vice President, who will be your Vice President.

c) The Secretary, who will act as Secretary.

(d) A territorial president of the area or areas to which the accused members belong or belong, who shall designate the Commission as "ad hoc".

(e) Three free-designation vowels appointed by the Governing Board from a list proposed by the Commission. The mandate of these vowels will be four years.

Article 45. Handling of files.

1. The disciplinary procedure shall be initiated on its own initiative by the Commission on Deontological and Disciplinary Matters, on its own initiative, at the reasoned request of the Dean or the Governing Board, or by a complaint signed by a collegial or a third party with interest legitimate, in which the offences committed are to be reported.

2. The Commission for Deontological and Disciplinary Matters shall, when it is reported, provide for the opening of a preliminary information procedure, which shall be used for the purposes of ordering the file of the proceedings or the opening of a disciplinary file.

3. The agreement on the initiation of the disciplinary file must include the identification of the person or persons allegedly responsible, the facts in question which give rise to the opening of the file, its possible qualification and the penalties which may correspond, without prejudice to the result of the instruction, as well as the indication of the right to make representations and to the hearing in the proceedings and the time limits for their exercise. The agreement will be notified to interested parties.

4. The Commission for Deontological and Disciplinary Matters shall appoint from among its members an Instructor who shall be responsible for the instruction of the disciplinary file.

5. After the appropriate inquiries, the Instructor will propose the dismissal of the case if he does not find any evidence of a disciplinary action or a statement of objections, otherwise. The decision declaring the dismissal of the disciplinary file shall be immediately notified to the persons concerned.

6. The statement of objections shall indicate, with precision, clarity and duly reasoned, the professional or collective acts which are presumed to be unlawful, the classification of the type of offence in which that conduct is committed and the penalty to which, where appropriate, can be accretive. The person concerned shall be granted a period of 15 working days to reply in writing and to make the appropriate statement of discharge, to provide documents and information, to propose the evidence which he considers appropriate and to specify the means he considers to be suitable for their defence. All eligible means of proof may be used. The Instructor shall practice those which he considers relevant between the proposals or those which he or she may agree. Written evidence shall be kept in the case of the hearings and tests.

7. The Instructor shall formulate a motion for a resolution, which shall accurately determine the facts charged to the expedientate, indicate the offence or offences committed and the penalties that correspond. This proposal will be transferred to the person concerned, who will be granted a further hearing for a period of 15 working days so that he can plead as soon as possible or appropriate to his right.

8. After the examination of the disciplinary file has been completed, the Instructor shall take account of his action and shall forward the motion for a resolution together with all the documents, evidence, proceedings, administrative acts, notifications and other proceedings. which have been carried out in the proceedings, to the Commission for Deontological and Disciplinary Matters, in order for the Commission to agree to the resolution it deems appropriate. In the adoption of the relevant resolution, the member who acted as Instructor should abstain.

9. The resolution will be motivated and will decide on all the issues raised. It will not be able to deal with facts other than those which served as a basis for the motion for a resolution. The notification of the decision shall indicate the action against it, the body responsible for its resolution and the time limit for its action.

10. The decision to terminate the disciplinary file may be brought before the Governing Board in accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of these Statutes.

11. The disciplinary procedure may be developed by the rules of procedure of the College.

Article 46. Appeal against the resolutions of the Commission on Ethics and Disciplinary matters.

1. The decisions of the Commission on Ethics and Disciplinary Matters may be brought before the Governing Board, the resolution of which ends the administrative procedure.

2. The application of the appeal shall not suspend the enforcement of the judgment under appeal, without prejudice to the provisions of the current Regulatory Law of the Administrative-Administrative Jurisdiction.

Article 47. Extinction of disciplinary responsibility.

1. Disciplinary responsibilities shall be extinguished with the enforcement of the sanction, the death of the offender, the limitation of the offence or the prescription of the penalty.

2. As regards the limitation of the limitation of infringements and penalties:

a) Mild faults will be prescribed at six months.

b) Serious faults, at two years.

c) Very serious faults, at three years.

d) The penalties for minor faults will be prescribed at six months.

e) The penalties for serious misconduct, at two years.

f) The penalties for very serious faults, at three years.

3. The limitation period for infringements shall begin to be counted from the date of the Commission's failure, and, as regards the penalties, from the day following that in which the decision on which the penalty is imposed is final.

4. The limitation periods shall be interrupted by the initiation of the sanctioning or enforcement procedure, respectively, with the knowledge of the person concerned, the time limit being resumed if the procedure has been paralyzed for a month for reasons of imputable to the alleged perpetrator or offender.

CHAPTER VIII

Legal framework for collective acts

Article 48. Legal status of the collective acts.

1. The acts and provisions of the College which are subject to administrative law shall be directly challenged before the judicial-administrative jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of Law 29/1998 of 13 July, after the exhaustion of the resources corporate.

2. The agreements and resolutions of the Governing Board deplete the corporate path. However, they may be the subject of a replacement by the same Government Board within one month, in accordance with the provisions of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the legal system of public and public administrations. Common Administrative Procedure.

3. The agreements and resolutions of the other collective bodies, except those of the General Assembly, do not end the corporate route and are used in a show of appeal to the Governing Board within one month, in accordance with the provisions of the Law 30/1992, of 26 November.

4. The agreements and provisions of the General Assembly of the college are directly impugable before the judicial-administrative jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of Law 30/1992, of November 26.

5. The acts of the collective bodies shall be void of full law or nullified in accordance with Articles 62 and 63 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November.

CHAPTER IX

Modification of the Statutes and dissolution of the College

Article 49. Amendment of the Statutes.

The reform of the Statutes can only be verified by agreement of the extraordinary General Assembly that will have to be adopted by a majority of the two-thirds of the collegiate voters, on the proposal of the Governing Board. It shall subsequently be referred to the competent public administration for legal processing.

Article 50. Dissolution and change of denomination of the College.

To proceed with the proposal of dissolution or change of denomination of the College, it will be necessary to ask the Board of Government, in written reasoning, 50 per 100 of the collegiates individually or collectively. Upon receipt of this request, the Board of Government shall give the Board of Delegations and shall proceed to the immediate convocation of extraordinary General Assembly, which shall be announced, at least, thirty days in advance, indicating the object of the a national newspaper and in the Official Gazette of the State, and by means of circulars to all the collegians. In order for the agreement to be valid for dissolution or change of name, it shall be necessary to sanction at least the absolute majority of the collegiates, and two thirds of those present or represented in the General Assembly. Extraordinary. Proposal for dissolution, the Governing Board shall submit to the General Assembly, in advance of the vote, the destination to be given to the goods and funds of the College. Agreed upon dissolution, the General Board shall appoint the corresponding Liquidator Commission.