The Royal Decree 1823/2011 of 21 December, which restructured the ministerial departments, with the aim of developing the political program of government reforms, achieving maximum austerity and efficiency in their The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, considered it necessary to reform the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. his article 14 the basic functions of the same and listed his higher organs.

Subsequently, the Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December, establishing the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments, developed the previous one and established in its article 13 the structure of the same up to the general level, continuing the process of streamlining and simplifying administrative structures.

The present royal decree that continues this process of simplification gives compliance to the provisions of the final provision of Royal Decree 1887/2011, of December 30, completing the basic structure of the Department up to general sub-direction level.

In short, this structure aims to provide a more rational approach to the competencies of the General Administration of the State.

Thus, the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality assumes the powers of the defunct Secretary of State for Equality and part of those of the General Secretariat for Social Policy and Consumption, which is also deleted. Likewise, the Youth Institute and the Youth Council were assigned to this Secretariat of State, which previously depended on the Department's head. This membership will allow an integrated approach to youth policies.

In this same vein and continuing the process of rationalization and simplification outlined above, the head of the Directorate General for Equal Opportunities assumes the direction of the Women's Institute, which allow the development of comprehensive policies in the field of equality.

On the other hand, in Article 13 of Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011, it is established in its section 1.C) as one of the governing bodies of the Department of the General Secretariat of Health.

However, in order to achieve maximum efficiency and rationality in the areas of health and consumption, this Secretariat is responsible for consumption and, therefore, the Presidency of the National Institute of Health and Consumer Affairs. Consumption, which is therefore referred to as the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

In the same way and in order to deepen and improve the management of food security, the head of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs assumes the presidency of the Spanish Agency for Food Security and Nutrition. which will allow synergies between the various health management bodies in the field of food safety.

On the other hand, the Directorate-General for Vocational Management is set up, which aims to give specific treatment to the regulation of the health professions. This general direction will also contribute to improve the management of the human resources of the National Health System, favoring a correct planning in the selection and formation of the same, all respecting the competence framework in effect.

Likewise, it is considered appropriate, for a better exercise of the functions entrusted and in attention to the characteristics that are present in these, to allow the appointment of the holders of the Directorate General of Portfolio Basic Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy, the Directorate General of Policy of Support to the Disability and the Directorate General of Family and Children Services, is not limited to the officials, extending it to other people who may be suitable for performance.

this sense, the grouping of attributions and activities in these three directorates-general, which is carried out by this royal decree, advises not to circumscribe only a functionalized body or scale the exercise of the functions to be carried out by the holders, but to extend the possibilities of covering such posts with persons who have previously demonstrated a professional career, in the public or private sector, who sufficiently credit the qualification and experience needed to organise and coordinate, among others, processes as diverse as the elaboration and evaluation of the service portfolio of the National Health System, the development of the Health Cohesion Fund, the implementation of the Department's pharmaceutical policy, the planning, design and management of the programmes and State-level plans for disability and their coordination with the autonomous communities or the coordination of action programmes in the field of social services which require relations with organised civil society and with the institutions of the third sector of social action.

Consequently, through this royal decree the already started restructuring of the ministerial departments is continuing, for the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, the functions and the structure In order to ensure the role of the Ministry as a binding and dynamic element of the health and social sectors of our society, the Department of Education and the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Education administrative efficiency with the quality of services provided to citizens.

Finally, in relation to the Carlos III Health Institute, and according to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness to which the Institute is attached, the necessary modifications are introduced to establish the (a) the functional authority of the Agency in respect of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality in the field of its competence.

With this, the coordination mechanisms between the two ministries already started with Royal Decree 785/2009 of 30 April, for which the Joint Commission of Coordination between the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, in relation to the Carlos III Health Institute.

In its virtue, at the initiative of the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality, heard by the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at their meeting on 20 January 2012,

DISPONGO:

Article 1. General organization of the Department.

1. It is up to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality to propose and implement the Government's policy on health, planning and health care and consumption, as well as the exercise of the powers of the State General Administration to assure citizens of the right to health protection. It is also responsible for the proposal and implementation of the Government's policy on cohesion and social inclusion, the family, the protection of minors and the care of people who are dependent or with disabilities and equality, as well as the fight against against all forms of discrimination and against gender-based violence.

2. The powers conferred on this royal decree shall be understood in coordination and without prejudice to those corresponding to other ministerial departments.

3. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, under the top management of the Department's head, develops the functions that are legally and regulatively correspond to the higher and managerial bodies. following:

(a) The Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality.

b) The Deputy Secretary for Health, Social Services and Equality.

c) The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

4. The Health Advisory Board is the advisory and assistance body to the person who holds the Department in the formulation of health policy. Its composition and operating system is governed by its specific rules.

5. It is attached to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through its holder, the Royal Board on Disability, which will exercise the powers conferred on it by Royal Decree 946/2001 of 3 August, approving its Statute.

6. As a body of immediate support to the person in charge of the Department, there is a Cabinet, with a rank of general direction, with the structure provided for in Article 14.2 of Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011 establishing the structure basic organic of the ministerial departments.

Article 2. Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality.

1. The Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality is the highest body to which it is responsible, under the authority of the person holding the Ministry, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by Article 14 of Law 6/1997, of 14 April, Organization and Functioning of the General Administration of the State, functions in the area of social cohesion and inclusion, family, child protection and care for dependent or disabled persons, as well as propose and developing the government's policies on equality, prevention and elimination of all kinds of discrimination of persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or ideology, sexual orientation or identity, age, disability or any other personal or social condition or circumstance, and the eradication of different forms of gender-based violence.

The proposal, elaboration and development of the rules, actions and measures aimed at ensuring equal treatment and equal opportunities, especially between women and men, and the promotion of the social, political and economic participation of women, such as the development of the department's powers in the field of drug dependency.

2. In the field of social services, in particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) The articulation of the participation of the General Administration of the State in the System for Autonomy and Attention to Dependence, in the terms provided for in Law 39/2006, of 14 December, of the Promotion of Autonomy Staff and Care for Persons in Dependence Situation.

b) The promotion of social services and the promotion of cooperation with non-governmental organizations and the promotion of social volunteering, in the field of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

c) The protection and promotion of families and children and the prevention of situations of need in which these groups may incur, in the area of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

d) Care and support for people with disabilities, in the area of constitutionally reserved competences to the State.

e) The exercise of the protection of the State over the care entities outside the Administration, without prejudice to the functions of the Subsecretariat on the protectorate of foundations.

f) Promoting equality policies, non-discrimination and universal accessibility in the field of their competencies.

g) The impetus of policies to reduce the demand for drug use and prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction programmes in the field of drug addiction.

(h) Monitoring of the control systems of international youth programmes.

3. In the field of equality, in particular, the following functions correspond to:

a) The follow-up of the implementation and normative development of the Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for the effective equality of women and men.

b) The follow-up to the implementation and regulatory development of Organic Law 1/2004 of 28 December on comprehensive protection measures against gender-based violence.

c) The impetus and development of the transversal application of the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the performance of public authorities and, in particular, in the General Administration of the State.

d) The coordination of the policies of the General Administration of the State in the field of equal treatment and opportunities, as well as the development of policies of cooperation with the administrations of the autonomous communities and local entities in matters of their competence.

e) The promotion of measures to promote equal treatment and opportunities and the extension of guarantees and citizens ' rights through the development of policies that address specific inequality problems adapted to own needs for different groups of people.

f) The proposal, formulation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the policies of the General Administration of the State aimed at the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence in collaboration with the institutions of the State and public administrations with competence in the field, as well as with civil society organisations.

g) Participation with the Ministry of Employment and Social Security in the promotion of policies aimed at reducing labour discrimination and female unemployment, with the aim of full employment and the reduction of differences in the wage perceptions of men and women.

(h) The promotion of social co-responsibility measures to promote the reconciliation of personal, family and work life.

i) The promotion of measures to improve and consolidate the presence of women in all areas of life and, in particular, in the political, civil, labour, economic, social and cultural spheres.

j) The promotion of programs that promote the social and labor integration of women in special situations of exclusion and discrimination.

k) The promotion of equality training, both in universities and in the rest of the education system and in the training and training courses of the staff of the Administration.

the promotion of the participation and co-responsibility of the social partners in the field of equal treatment and opportunities in the field of corporate social responsibility and the promotion of the social participation of the associative movement.

m) The proposal for rules and measures for the fight against trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, as well as their coordination, monitoring and evaluation.

n) The protection of the systematic inclusion of the sex variable in the statistics, surveys and production and collection of data to be carried out by the public authorities, as well as the promotion of statistical analysis from a gender perspective.

n) The preparation and preparation of the Periodic Report provided for in Article 18 of the Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for the effective equality of women and men.

o) Promoting awareness campaigns and cooperation with the media to ensure respect for equality between men and women.

p) In collaboration with the corresponding bodies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the follow-up of international agreements on equality, the organization and participation of Spain at the summits and international events, the elaboration of reports for international institutions and the follow-up of international projects and meetings related to equality promoted by the Government of Spain, without prejudice to the competence of the Technical General Secretariat of the Department in this field.

q) Participation in the development, development and implementation of Community employment policies, in particular the Europe 2020 strategy.

4. The following management bodies are dependent on the Secretariat of State, with a general direction:

a) The Government Delegation for Gender Violence.

b) The Directorate General for Equal Opportunities.

c) The General Directorate of Family and Children's Services.

d) The General Directorate of Disability Support Policies.

e) The Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

5. As an organ of support and immediate assistance to the titular person of the Secretariat of State, there is a Cabinet, with an organic level of general sub-direction, with the structure established by Article 14.3 of Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011. The function referred to in subparagraph (h) of paragraph 2 above is equally appropriate.

6. It is attached to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality through the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality, the managing body of Social Security, the Institute of Older and Social Services.

7. Likewise, the Department of Youth and the Youth Council of Spain, through the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality, is attached to the Department of Youth and Youth, with the legal nature, structure and functions that are provided for each one of them in their specific regulations.

8. The head of the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality shall perform the duties of Secretary-General of the Royal Board on Disability.

9. For the legal advice of the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, there will be a State Advocate, organically integrated in the Department of the Department.

In addition, there will be a Delegated Intervention of the General Intervention of the State Administration in the field of the Secretariat of State, organically integrated in the Department's Delegate Intervention.

Article 3. The Government Delegation for Gender Violence.

1. It is up to the Government Delegation for Gender Violence to propose the Government's policy against the various forms of gender-based violence and to promote, coordinate and advise on all measures taken in this field and, especially, the following functions:

(a) The impetus for the application of the principle of mainstreaming of measures to combat the different forms of gender-based violence, ensuring that, in its implementation, the needs and demands are taken into account specific victims who are in a situation of greater vulnerability.

b) Citizen awareness and the prevention of all forms of violence against women. To this end, education will be boosted in the values of equality and respect for fundamental rights in collaboration with the educational public administrations and information and awareness campaigns will be carried out, guaranteeing access to the The same applies to all persons with special difficulties of integration and, in particular, to persons with disabilities.

c) The promotion of coordination and collaboration among the various services competent to ensure a comprehensive approach to risk assessment and management. To this end, action plans and protocols will be drawn up to ensure the management of actions and procedures for the prevention, detection, assistance, protection and prosecution of acts of violence against women, in collaboration with the relevant ministerial and administrative departments.

d) The promotion of collaboration, through the appropriate legal instruments, with the autonomous communities and local corporations to provide comprehensive social assistance to women victims of violence gender, as well as her daughters and sons.

e) The impetus of the coordination in the field of the General Administration of the State in the field of trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation and the cooperation with the institutions and administrations competent for the care and protection of victims.

f) The implementation, promotion and dissemination of reports, studies and research on issues related to different forms of gender-based violence.

g) The design, development and continuous updating of an information system based on the collection, analysis and dissemination of data related to violence against women from public administrations and other entities, in order to allow adequate knowledge of the situation and the assessment and the degree of effectiveness of the measures implemented. To this end, the Government Delegation for Gender Violence will coordinate with the National Statistics Institute and the entities involved.

(h) The promotion of the training and specialisation of the professional collectives involved in the process of prevention, information, care and protection for victims.

i) The promotion of the collaboration and participation of entities, associations and organizations that, from civil society, act against different forms of gender-based violence when programming and implementing mechanisms and actions to eradicate this phenomenon.

j) Participate and maintain relations at international level, without prejudice to the competencies entrusted to the Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.

2. The following bodies depend on the Government Delegation, with an organic level of sub-directorate-general:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for Awareness, Prevention and Knowledge of Gender Violence, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (b), (f), (g), (i) and (j) of the previous paragraph, as well as the carrying out the functions of the Secretariat of the State Observatory of Violence on Women.

(b) The General Sub-Directorate for Inter-Institutional Coordination in Gender Violence, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (e) and (h).

3. They are also functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, the Unit for Coordination Against Violence on Women and Violence Units. on Women, which are organically integrated in Government Delegations and Subdelegations and in the Island Directorates. For the monitoring of gender-based violence entrusted to them, instructions on the procedures and processes of work shall be developed.

4. The head of the Government Delegation for Gender Violence will be entitled to the courts to intervene in defense of the rights and interests protected by the Organic Law 1/2004, of December 28, in cooperation and coordination with public administrations with powers in the field and, in particular, to bring about the cessation and rectification of illegal advertising for the abuse of the image of women, in the terms provided for in Law 34/1988 of 11 November, General Advertising.

5. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is attached to the State Observatory of Violence on Women, through the Government Delegation for Gender Violence, which will exercise its presidency.

Article 4. The Directorate-General for Equal Opportunities.

1. The following functions are the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Equal Opportunities:

a) The promotion, promotion and participation in the design of public policies aimed at improving employability and permanence in the employment of women, enhancing their level of training and their adaptability to the requirements of the labour market.

b) The incorporation of the gender perspective into active policies for employment and the design of active employment policies specific to the inclusion of women belonging to groups with special difficulties, in coordination with the relevant ministerial departments.

c) The impetus of measures to improve and consolidate the presence and participation of women in economic activity and in the labour market, by incorporating the gender perspective into the special plans economic relevance, in coordination with the relevant ministerial departments.

d) The promotion and promotion of equality in collective bargaining, with a view to promoting women's access to employment and the application of the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination in working conditions between Women and men, as well as the evaluation of the inclusion of equality plans and positive action clauses in collective bargaining, in collaboration with the most representative trade unions and employers ' associations in the State.

e) The promotion, promotion, promotion and evaluation of the implementation of equality plans in enterprises, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises.

(f) The management of the award of the business flag in the field of equality.

g) Support for women for self-employment and the promotion of entrepreneurial activity.

h) The professional promotion of women and the empowerment of women's access to positions of responsibility and direction in the public and private spheres.

i) The development, promotion and development of policies and measures that encourage and raise awareness in the field of work and personal and family life reconciliation and co-responsibility for family responsibilities.

j) The impetus and development of the cross-cutting application of the principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination.

k) The design, programming and coordination, in each case, of the actions and measures that, in the field of the General Administration of the State, contribute to the promotion of equal treatment and non-discrimination, and the collaboration in the field with the autonomous communities and other public and private entities.

(l) The performance of reports and studies, and the analysis and assessment of statistics, in matters affecting equal treatment and non-discrimination, as well as its dissemination and exchange with other ministerial departments and public or private entities, at international, national, regional or local level.

m) The formulation of initiatives and activities of social awareness, information, training, participation, and how many others are necessary for the promotion of equal treatment and non-discrimination of people.

n) The promotion of measures aimed at the assistance and protection of victims of discrimination, without prejudice to the competences of other ministerial departments.

n) The proposal for instruments of cooperation in the design of contents of the training plans of the staff of the Administration responsible for the areas related to equal treatment and non-discrimination.

o) The impetus, preparation and participation in normative measures in matters of the General Directorate.

2. The tasks relating to the active policies for the employment and self-employment of women and the vocational training programmes aimed particularly at women, as referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of this Article, shall be develop in coordination with the competent bodies of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

3. The tasks conferred on collective bargaining shall be without prejudice to the freedom of the parties to determine the content of collective agreements.

4. From the Directorate-General, the following bodies depend, with organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Equality in Enterprise and Collective Bargaining, to which the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (o) of paragraph 1 corresponds.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Entrepreneurship and the Professional Promotion of Women, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (b), (g), (h), (i) and (o) of paragraph 1.

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (n) and (o) of paragraph 1.

5. It is attached to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the Directorate-General for Equal Opportunities, the Women's Institute.

6. Likewise, the Department, through the Directorate-General for Equal Opportunities, the Council for the Promotion of Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination of Persons for the Racial or Ethnic Origin, is attached to the Department.

Article 5. The General Directorate of Family and Children's Services.

1. They correspond to the General Directorate of Family and Children's Services, in the field of the constitutionally reserved powers to the State and in cooperation with the autonomous communities, the following functions:

(a) The impulse, analysis, elaboration, coordination and monitoring of the programs of action in the field of social services of primary care, social inclusion, protection and promotion of families and children and of prevention of situations of difficulty or social conflict.

b) The impetus, elaboration, coordination and follow-up of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion, in accordance with the European Strategy for Social Inclusion.

c) The promotion of public policies for the promotion and improvement of the living conditions of the Spanish gypsy population.

d) The management of the social services user information system.

e) The management of studies, statistics and the training of social services professionals in primary care, social inclusion and protection and promotion of families and children.

(f) The promotion of cooperation with non-governmental organisations in the fields of social action programmes, social inclusion, Roma, families and children.

g) The call for and management of grants from the tax allocation for social purposes of the Income Tax of the Physical Persons, and of the general regime of social services, families and children.

h) The drive and development of social volunteering.

(i) Cooperation with public and private entities, national and international, in the field of international adoption, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination of the Secretariat of the Department in the field of international cooperation.

j) The drive and management of collegiate bodies for analysis, debate and proposals on families, children, the Roma population and social action.

k) The analysis of the regulations on the protection and promotion of families and children, non-governmental organisations, volunteering and the fight against poverty and social exclusion and, where appropriate, the formulation of corresponding proposals.

l) Relations with the European Union and foreign and international organizations and technical cooperation in international cooperation programmes for families and children, non-governmental organisations, voluntary organisations and the fight against poverty and social exclusion, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination of the Secretariat of the Department.

m) To exercise the secretariat of the Commission on Social Aid to those affected by HIV.

2. From the Directorate-General, the following bodies depend, with organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Social Programs, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraph (a) in the field of social services of primary care and social inclusion, and paragraphs (b) to (d), and (e) to (j) in the field of social services of primary care, social inclusion and the Roma population of the previous paragraph.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General of Non-Governmental and Voluntary Organisations, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraph (f) in respect of the social action programmes and paragraphs (g) and (h), and (k) and (l) in the field of non-governmental organisations and voluntary organisations in the previous paragraph.

(c) The General Subdirectorate of Families, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) of the previous paragraph on families.

(d) The General Children's Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraph (i) and paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (j), (k) and (l) of the previous paragraph in respect of children.

3. It is attached to the General Directorate of Family and Children's Services, the Commission of Social Aid to those affected by the virus of acquired human immunodeficiency, foreseen in the Royal Decree-Law 9/1993, of May 28.

Article 6. The Directorate General for Disability Support Policies.

1. They correspond to the Directorate-General for Disability Support Policies, the holder of which will also perform the duties of Director of the Royal Board on Disability in the field of constitutionally reserved powers to the State and in cooperation with the Autonomous Communities, the following functions:

a) The impetus of sectoral policies on disability and their inter-ministerial coordination, as well as between the General Administration of the State and that of the Autonomous Communities and local corporations.

b) The planning, design and management of state-wide programmes and plans in the field of disability and their coordination with the autonomous communities.

c) The management and evaluation of state-wide plans and programs in cooperation with other Ministries, Autonomous Communities, and local corporations.

(d) The proposal for legislation in matters of its competence, without prejudice to the competences of the Technical General Secretariat.

e) The promotion of cooperation with organisations and entities that bring together people with disabilities and their families, and the coordination and monitoring of the performance of the disability advisory bodies.

f) The promotion of collaboration and support for the Spanish Red Cross, the National Organization of the Blind Spaniards and the welfare and disability foundations, for the fulfillment of their social ends.

g) The exercise of the protection of the State in respect of the care and disability entities outside the General Administration of the State, without prejudice to the functions of the Technical General Secretariat on the protectorate of the foundations.

h) Relations with foreign and international bodies and the technical coordination of international cooperation programmes relating to disability, without prejudice to the functions of management and coordination which correspond to the Secretariat of the Department.

2. From the Directorate-General, the following bodies depend, with organic level of general subdirection:

(a) The General Coordination and Management Subdirectorate, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (a), (d) and (e) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Subdirectorate for Participation and Tutelated Entities, which corresponds to the exercise of the functions listed in paragraphs (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h) of the previous paragraph.

Article 7. The Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

1. The Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs corresponds to the functions of direction, impulse, general coordination and supervision of the services responsible for the updating and implementation of the National Plan on Drugs. In the field of competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, under the top management of the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality, it assumes the impetus of policies to reduce the demand for drugs and prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and harm reduction programs.

2. In particular, the following functions correspond to:

(a) Exercise the Secretariat of the Inter-Ministerial Group and the Sectoral Conference of the National Plan on Drugs, preparing and coordinating all matters to be submitted to these collegiate bodies, ensuring the execution of all its agreements, as well as the coordination in this field between organs and units of the various ministerial departments, in accordance with the political declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in June 1998 and with the European Drugs Strategy 2005-2012 and the action plans that develop it.

b) To promote and coordinate relations with the different administrations and institutions, both public and private, including non-governmental organizations, which develop activities in the field of the National Plan on Drugs, providing them with the necessary technical support.

(c) Develop and propose National Strategies on Drugs and Action Plans to develop them, coordinating with public administrations and social partners the implementation of actions and measures aimed at achievement of the objectives set out in them.

(d) to encourage, analyse, propose and manage, in the field of their competences, programmes for prevention, assistance and reintegration in the field of drug dependency, in coordination with the various institutions involved in the the National Plan on Drugs.

e) Promoting the participation of companies and social entities in the activities of the National Plan on Drugs, promoting the incorporation of drug and drug programs into the development of social responsibility corporate.

f) Promoting and encouraging training for health professionals and other professionals in the various aspects of drugs and drug dependency, without prejudice to the competences of the communities standalone.

g) To carry out and coordinate activities in the Spanish territory for the collection and analysis of data and the dissemination of information, both statistical and epidemiological, on the use of drugs and drug addiction, defining, to these effects, indicators and criteria, acting as the Spanish Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction, without prejudice to the competences that the autonomous communities can exercise in their respective territorial areas, agreement with its Autonomy Statutes.

(h) To promote research activity in the field of drugs and drug dependency at the State level and to propose priority research lines that are considered to be of interest to the objectives of the National Plan on Drugs and Drug Addiction. Drugs.

i) Promote systems for the evaluation of prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and social integration programs and apply these systems to programs and activities funded from the National Drug Plan.

j) Develop and direct the state survey on the use of drugs in secondary education and the home survey on alcohol and drugs in Spain, as well as collect and elaborate the information of the indicators that make up the The State System of Information on Drug Dependencies.

k) To direct the Documentation Center of the National Plan on Drugs that serves as a documentary and informative reference in the field of additions and drug dependencies.

(l) In collaboration with the Technical General Secretariat, coordinate the national position, participate in the meetings of the relevant international organizations, and intervene in the implementation of the agreements to be (i) the measures to be taken in the field of cooperation within the European Union, in the field of drugs, by exercising the general coordination between the units of the various ministerial departments which they carry out; actions in such fields, without prejudice to the powers conferred upon them and by the representation and performance of the State abroad, attributed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

(m) Serve as a state body of communication with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in the exercise of its powers recognised in Community legislation.

n) Manage and manage all aspects related to the human, economic and technical resources of the Government Delegation, without prejudice to the powers conferred on other higher bodies or governing bodies of the Department.

n) Manage, manage and dispose of, under the direction and supervision of the adjudications coordination bureau, the assets integrated into the Fund of goods seized by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes, regulated by Law 17/2003 of 29 May, and to provide technical and material support to that table.

or) to collaborate with the competent judicial bodies in the early disposal of the goods of lawful trade apprehended or seized by the commission of any of the crimes referred to in article 1 of Law 17/2003, May 29.

3. The following Subdirectorates-General will be directly dependent on the Government Delegate for the National Drug Plan:

(a) The Subdirectorate-General for Information, Studies and Coordination of Prevention, Assistance and Reinsertion Programs, which will develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (d) to (k) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Institutional Relations, which shall develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (l) and (m) of the previous paragraph.

c) The General Management Subdirectorate, which shall develop the functions detailed in paragraphs (n) to (o) of the previous paragraph.

4. They are assigned to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, the following collegiate bodies:

(a) The Advisory Board of the Spanish Observatory on Drugs and Drug Addiction, which will have the organization and functions to be determined.

b) The Adjudications Coordination Bureau, with the powers laid down in the specific regulations of the Fund for goods seized by illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes.

(c) The Technical Commission for the Evaluation of Drug Action, regulated by Order SCO/2036/2007 of 3 July.

Article 8. Deputy Secretary for Health, Social Services and Equality.

1. The Deputy Secretary for Health, Social Services and Equality is the body responsible for carrying out the duties listed in Article 15 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, and the management, promotion and supervision of its dependent management bodies and, where appropriate, of the public bodies assigned to it. It is also for the coordination of the Department's actions in relation to the issues to be submitted to the Government's collegiate bodies.

2. In addition, it is up to you, in particular, to develop the following functions:

(a) The management of the official, statutory and employment staff of the Department, the elaboration of the employment relations, the preliminary draft of the public employment offer and the employment plans, and the processing of the calls for the selection and provision of jobs by the Department and its self-employed bodies; training and promotion of staff, social assistance and relations with the staff board and the business committee, as well as the The Commission has been in a position to make a statement on the subject of the European Council's report. enabling them.

(b) the preparation and processing of the preliminary draft budget of the Department and its agencies, the budgetary changes of the Department and those of the bodies attached, as well as the report and technical assistance in budgetary matters and the tasks entrusted to the budget offices.

(c) The economic and financial management of the Department's budgetary appropriations; the functions of enabling and paying; the processing of the procurement files and other expenditure files not allocated other departments of the Department, as well as the programming and prior accounting of budget appropriations.

d) The development of the management of the internal system, heritage, works and technical maintenance services.

e) The design, development and implementation of the IT applications of the Ministry and its agencies, ensuring their integration and homogeneity, including the portals on the Internet and the electronic headquarters; the provision and management In the case of computer and communications equipment, both voice and data, in internal networks and on the Internet; management by continuous improvement and monitoring of the security of information of the Ministry; study, preparation and proposal for supplies of equipment and equipment and services, and technical assistance required for the exercise of the tasks entrusted to it.

(f) The impetus in the use of new information and communications technologies by the organs of the Ministry and its agencies, as well as in the relations between them and the citizens, enabling the processing by electronic means and the establishment of an electronic one-stop shop in the health and social environment.

g) The impetus for the use of new information and communications technologies in cooperation with other public administrations and international and supranational bodies; the development, development and implementation of the a plan of action in the field of information technology and communications of the Ministry and its agencies, as well as the management of the resources allocated to its implementation.

(h) Coordination and monitoring of actions in the field of information and communications technologies developed by the management bodies and agencies of the Department, including processing before the Commission Ministerial of eAdministration of the proposals corresponding to this field.

i) The development of the communications network of the National Health System and the electronic exchange and interoperability mechanisms of clinical and health information.

j) The establishment and management of the information systems of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality addressed to citizens.

k) The attention to citizens on the way in which the services, procedures, aids and grants of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and the implementation of information actions are available disclosures in matters of the Department's own.

(l) The implementation of the inspection programmes for departmental services and the evaluation of their operation, as well as that of public bodies assigned to the Department.

m) The proposal for simplification and streamlining of procedures, the conduct of studies and proposals on the improvement of the organization.

n) The examination and proposal actions regulated by Royal Decree 799/2005, of July 1, governing the inspection of services.

3. It is up to the Secretariat, the Technical General Secretariat, to exercise the powers provided for in Article 17 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, as well as those provided for in the Article 9 of this royal decree.

4. The following bodies are also responsible for the following bodies with a general sub-directorate-general level:

(a) The Technical Cabinet, which will have as functions the development of tasks of support and direct advice to the Undersecretary, as well as the coordination of the organs with organic level of general subdirección directly dependent of the Secretariat.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General for Human Resources, to which the function referred to in paragraph 2 (a) corresponds.

(c) The budgetary office, to which the function referred to in paragraph 2 (b) corresponds.

(d) The General Subdirectorate for Economic and Financial Programming and Management, which corresponds to the function referred to in paragraph 2 (c).

(e) The General Secretariat of General Staff, which corresponds to the tasks referred to in paragraph 2 (d), as well as the monitoring of the performance of contracts relating to these matters.

(f) The General Information Technology Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraphs (e) to (i) of paragraph 2.

g) The General Subdirectorate for the Attention to the Citizen, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraphs (j) and (k) of paragraph 2.

(h) The Department's General Inspection of Services, which shall exercise the functions referred to in paragraph 2 (l) to (n).

5. They are attached to the Secretariat, with the functions assigned to them by the provisions in force, and without prejudice to their dependence on the Ministries of Justice and Finance and Public Administrations, respectively, the following bodies with organic level of general sub-direction:

a) State Advocacy in the Department.

b) The Delegated Intervention of the General Intervention of the State Administration.

Article 9. General Secretariat for Health, Social Services and Equality.

1. The Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality shall perform the functions assigned to it by Article 17 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State and Articles 22 and 24 of Law 50/1997 of 27 November of the Government, and in particular the following:

(a) The processing and coordination actions relating to the participation of the Ministry in the Council of Ministers, the Government Delegation Committees and the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries, preparing the subjects to be submitted to the deliberation of these collegiate bodies, as well as the study and report of the cases presented by the other ministerial departments to the government's collegiate bodies.

b) Participation in the procedures for the preparation of bills and other regulatory projects initiated in the field of the Department.

c) The issuance of the precept report of the foredrafts and draft general provisions of the Ministry, in accordance with the provisions of Law 50/1997 of 27 November of the Government.

d) The coordination of the Ministry with other departments and agencies of the General Administration of the State and advisory bodies, in the elaboration, processing and reporting of normative projects.

e) The impetus and coordination of the transposition of the European legislation whose incorporation into the Spanish law is the responsibility of the Department, drawing up in its case the corresponding normative projects. The monitoring and coordination of the questions referred for a preliminary ruling and the proceedings against the European Union.

(f) The instruction and motion for a resolution in the administrative appeals against the acts and provisions of the Department and its bodies attached to the procedures for the review of trade in relation to those, in pre-judicial complaints and in claims of patrimonial liability for the operation of the services of the Department and its assigned bodies, as well as the corresponding relations with the organs of the Administration of Justice.

g) The elaboration of the editorial program of the Department and the management, in coordination with the agencies attached to the ministry, of the edition, distribution and sale, if any, of the official publications, as well as the functions which, in connection with the editorial process, attributes to it the specific regulations on the subject, in particular in relation to the Advisory Commission of Publications of the Department; the management of the general library and the management of the central archive of the Department.

(h) The monitoring of the provisions and acts of the autonomous communities, without prejudice to competition in this same area and in relation to health, corresponds to the Directorate General of Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

i) The management and coordination of international relations, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as well as participation in international bodies and in the institutions of the Union European.

j) The preparation and negotiation of the projects of international conventions, agreements and instruments in the areas that are the responsibility of the Department.

(k) The coordination of matters related to development cooperation in the Ministry's own matters, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Law 23/1998 of 7 July 1998 on International Cooperation for the Development.

l) Coordination in the field of international relations with the Secretariat of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, the Consumer Sectoral Conference and the other sectoral conferences of the Department, as the legalisation of documents that may have an effect abroad.

m) The follow-up, in collaboration with the competent bodies of the Department, of the procedures for the elaboration of the European Union legislation affecting the subjects in respect of which the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.

n) The management of the competencies of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality in respect of the foundations whose protectorate corresponds to this Department.

2. The following General Subdirectorates are directly dependent on the Technical General Secretariat, which, without prejudice to those assigned to them by the person holding the Technical General Secretariat, shall perform the following tasks:

(a) The Technical Vice-Secretary-General, who shall perform the functions provided for in subparagraph (a) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Subdirectorate of Regulations, which shall carry out the functions provided for in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e) and (n) of the previous paragraph.

(c) The Subdirectorate-General for Resources and Publications, which shall perform the functions provided for in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of the previous paragraph.

(d) The Subdirectorate General for International Relations, which shall perform the functions provided for in paragraphs (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m) of the previous paragraph.

3. The Technical General Secretariat, as responsible for development cooperation in matters of the Department, will act as the coordinating and liaison body of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality with the Foundation for the International Cooperation Health and Social Policy.

Article 10. General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

1. The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs is the executive body of the Department to which it is responsible to carry out the functions related to public health, interterritorial coordination, high inspection, health planning, management of the health professions and the development and implementation of the pharmaceutical policy, as well as the functions relating to public financing and the fixing of the price of medicinal products and medical devices, the carrying out of activities aimed at translation of innovation and progress in research, in particular in the field of therapies The Ministry of Health and the National Health System, without prejudice to the competencies attributed to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the development of the Ministry's policy on the coordination of the policy of transplants. It is also responsible for the development of information systems and the promotion of health strategies and quality programs in the National Health System, as well as the promotion of consumer policy through the proposed regulation, in the field of state competences, which has an impact on the protection and promotion of the rights of consumers and users, the establishment and the promotion of effective procedures for the protection of consumers, and institutional cooperation The Commission has also been able to take account of the importance of the support to the Consumers and Users Council.

2. The following management bodies are responsible for the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs:

a) The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

b) The General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

c) The General Direction of Professional Management.

3. It also depends on the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, the Technical Cabinet Division as an organ of support and immediate assistance to the Secretary General, with the organic level to be determined in the relation of jobs.

4. The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, through the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy, of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, the autonomous body, are assigned to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. National Transplantation Organization, the managing body of the Social Security National Institute of Health Management and the National Commission of Assisted Human Reproduction, corresponding to the holder of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs presidency of the same.

5. The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs is also attached to the National Consumer Institute and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, as well as the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Sanitary Products, corresponding to the holder of the Chair of the same.

6. The Carlos III Health Institute, a public research body assigned to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, is functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality through the Ministry of Health. Health and Consumer Affairs, in the terms provided for in the 11th additional provision of this royal decree.

7. The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs will act as the coordinating and liaison body of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, with the Foundation for the Development of Research in Genomics and Proteomics.

Article 11. Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

1. The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation is the body that assumes the functions related to epidemiological information, health promotion and prevention of diseases, external health, occupational health, environmental health and sanitary and sanitary requirements for the products of human consumption and use, as well as the elaboration of the regulations in these matters. It is also for the determination of the criteria for establishing the Spanish position vis-à-vis the European Union and in international fora in matters of its competence, without prejudice to those which may be held in relation to the with the same other ministerial departments.

2. It is up to him to exercise the high inspection of the National Health System that Law 16/2003, of 28 May, assigns to the State and to assume the coordination of the relations of the organs of the Department with the autonomous communities, the corporations Local and other health organisations and organisations, as well as the monitoring of the acts and provisions of the Autonomous Communities in the field of health.

3. It also corresponds to the development of the functions of the Quality Agency of the National Health System and the Institute of Health Information.

4. It is also responsible for the development of information systems, the promotion of health plans and quality programs in the National Health System and the analysis of the functioning of the Spanish healthcare system in comparison with other systems. health. It will support both the plenary and the Commission and the working groups of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, with the aim of facilitating cooperation between the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and the Autonomous communities.

5. It is also up to him to be responsible for the State Health Administration, without prejudice to those that may be attributed to the Spanish Agency of Public Health. Food Security and Nutrition.

6. The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation will also exercise the following functions:

(a) Those in the field of external health are derived from the provisions of international law, in Law 33/2011, of 4 October, General of Public Health, and in Royal Decree 1418/1986, of 13 June, comprising, in any case, health authorisation and control for the import and export of human samples for diagnostic or diagnostic analytical studies, without prejudice to the competence of the Spanish Agency for Medicinal Products and Products Sanitary medicines, medical devices, cosmetics and personal hygiene products.

b) The development and monitoring of national and international programmes to combat non-food anthropozoonoses and those in the field of veterinary public health are entrusted to the Department.

c) Actions related to international health.

d) Develop, in collaboration with other public bodies involved, plans for preparedness and response to current or emerging threats to human health.

e) Plan, coordinate and develop strategies for action of the Network of Public Health Surveillance, of the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network, in coordination with the organs of the General Administration of the State with competence in the field and the services of the Autonomous Communities.

f) Development of the Public Health Information System.

g) Analyze, propose and, where appropriate, manage public health policies, disease prevention and health promotion programs, especially those involving the development of initiatives adopted by the European Union, in coordination with the autonomous communities, particularly infectious, emerging, imported and tropical diseases, and, in the field of HIV, the National Plan on AIDS.

h) Promote the development of initiatives, programs and activities for the prevention of smoking, in coordination with the autonomous communities and promote and coordinate the activities of the Observatory for the Prevention of Smoking.

i) Promote the creation of a network of public health laboratories.

j) Exercise actions related to the National System for Transfusion Security.

(k) Manage the social assistance which can be provided for the persons affected by the activity in the public health system, in the field of competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality refer.

l) The control of advertising and health information in the field of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs, not attributed to other management centers of the same.

m) Assess, prevent and control the effects of environmental factors on human health; manage surveillance and health alert networks for environmental risks and activities related to the protection of human health health.

n) Register, authorise and assess the risk to human health of biocidal products and assess the health risks of plant protection products,

n) The actions related to the promotion and protection of occupational health that fall within the competence of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, as well as those that correspond to the Department in the framework of the National Commission on Safety and Health at Work and relations with the Autonomous Communities in the field of public health.

o) Develop the methodology and accredit the reference centers of the National Health System and define the basic criteria for authorization of health centers, services and establishments; encourage external evaluation and internal health centres and services and develop the methodology and accredit the companies and institutions competent to carry out audits of health centres and services with validity for the National Health System.

p) The coordination of the network of public agencies for the evaluation of technologies, services and health services aimed at supporting decision-making at the different levels of the National Health System.

q) Promote the participation of patients and their organizations in health policies.

r) Exercise the high inspection functions. The processing of agreements and agreements signed in the sphere of competence of the General Secretariat of Health and Consumer Affairs with other administrations and public or private entities, monitoring them.

s) Manage the technical secretariat of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.

t) To collect, develop and disseminate objective, reliable and comparable information in the development of the information system of the National Health System, in line with the European Union's standardisation framework for such systems. Prepare the annual report on the state of the National Health System and the comparative studies of the health services of the autonomous communities. Plan and monitor actions in the field of information systems developed by the National Institute of Health Management.

u) Develop and direct the national health survey and health barometer and manage the dissemination of data from the national index of deaths and coordinate the department's statistical information and operations systems, ensuring the integrity and security of the data entrusted, guaranteeing their confidentiality. Maintain institutional relations with national and international bodies responsible for statistics and health information systems, in coordination with the Technical General Secretariat.

v) Develop and maintain the General Register of health centers, services and establishments, as well as recognize as valid for the National Health System records of existing health information in different areas professionals and scientists. Maintain the registration of voluntary termination of pregnancy.

w) Establish the technical standards and functional procedures necessary for the access and exchange of clinical, therapeutic and individual health information in the National Health System, as provided for in the article 56 of Law 16/2003 of 28 May. The impetus and technical support for the development and implementation of the interoperable electronic recipe throughout the national territory and the allocation of the Single Personal Health System Personal Identification Code of the individual health card.

x) To encourage and facilitate research by the health services themselves, to promote the creation of a platform for health innovation and the management of innovation and research measures General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

7. From the Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation the following Subdirectorates-General depend:

(a) Subdirectorate-General for External Health, which shall carry out the functions detailed in paragraphs (a) to (c) of the preceding paragraph, as well as the inspection and instruction functions of sanctioning files derived from the infringements in the area of the sale, supply, consumption and advertising of tobacco products, which fall within the competence of the General Administration of the State, in accordance with Law 28/2005 of 26 December.

(b) General Health Promotion and Epidemiology Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (d) to (l) of the previous paragraph.

(c) Subdirectorate-General for Environmental Health and Labour Health, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (m) to (o) of the previous paragraph.

(d) General Quality and Cohesion Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (p) to (t) of the previous paragraph.

(e) General Health Information and Innovation Subdirectorate, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (u) to (x) of the previous paragraph.

8. It is attached to the Directorate General of Public Health, Quality and Innovation, the Center for the Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies, the Observatory of the National Health System and the Women's Health Observatory.

9. The following collegiate bodies are assigned to the Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation:

(a) The Secretariat of the National Plan on AIDS and the National Commission for the Coordination and Monitoring of AIDS Prevention Programs, as provided for in Royal Decree 592/1993 of 23 April, determining the composition of the and the functioning of the National Commission for the Coordination and Monitoring of AIDS Prevention Programs.

b) The National Commission for Hemotherapy, integrated into the National System of Transfusion Security, regulated by Royal Decree 1088/2005 of 16 September.

(c) The Observatory for the Prevention of Smoking, established by the Council of Ministers Agreement of 28 July 2006.

d) The Observatory on Health and Climate Change, established by the Council of Ministers Agreement of 24 April 2009.

e) The Commission on the Evaluation of Social Aid (CEVHC), regulated by Royal Decree 377/2003 of 28 March.

Article 12. General Direction of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

1. The General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy is the body responsible for the elaboration and evaluation of the service portfolio of the National Health System; the development of the Cohesion Fund Health; the management, development and implementation of the Department's pharmaceutical policy, as well as the exercise of the functions which the State is responsible for in the field of public financing and the fixing of the price of medicines and products Health and safety at work, as well as the determination of the special conditions of their prescription and dispensation in the National Health System, in particular the establishment of visas prior to the dispensation. It is also up to him to exercise sanctioning powers when carrying out inspection duties.

2. Under Law 16/2003 of 28 May, the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy will establish the general and common criteria for the development of the collaboration of the pharmacy offices, by means of concerts that guarantee citizens the dispensation in conditions of effective equality throughout the national territory, regardless of their autonomous community of residence.

3. In addition to those laid down in Law 29/2006 of 26 July on guarantees and the rational use of medicinal products and medical devices, the following functions shall be developed:

a) Coordinate with the autonomous communities the measures and actions related to the pharmaceutical provision and the pharmaceutical management of the National Health System through its Interterritorial Council; propose the requirements and requirements which must be generally applied in hospital prescriptions and orders; establish the general and common criteria for the development of the collaboration of pharmacy offices, by means of concerts which guarantee the citizens of the dispensation in conditions of effective equality in all the territory national, independent of its autonomous community of residence and coordinate with the autonomous communities information on the use of medicines and sanitary products dispensed through official prescription and adopt measures to ensure their rational use.

b) Manage the information on publicly funded financing and the price of medicines and medical devices dispensed through an official prescription, as well as keeping the relevant databases up to date; manage the aggregated information resulting from the processing of prescriptions from the National Health System and maintain the databases related to information systems in the field of their competence; manage the aggregated information resulting from the information on purchases of medicinal products and medical devices made from through the corresponding pharmacy services by the hospitals of the National Health System.

c) Authorize the advertising of medicinal products for human use, in accordance with the requirements laid down in Article 78.2 of Law 29/2006 of 26 July. It is also appropriate to ensure compliance with the provisions of Article 78.5 of Law 29/2006 of 26 July concerning medical devices and to ensure that information on medicinal products to be provided to the health professionals The health care provider responds to the appropriate quality criteria.

d) Coordinate the development of health education programs aimed at promoting the rational use of the drug as a guarantee of quality and safety for citizens.

e) To participate in the elaboration of the regulations in the subjects mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, as well as in the management of the specialized pharmaceutical formation and in the promotion of the pharmaceutical attention and the formation continuous. It is also up to him to study, design and evaluate the management procedures relating to the subjects mentioned in the preceding paragraphs and to promote the establishment of lines of collaboration, agreements and platforms with Administrations. public, organizations, foundations, private biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry that allow the translation of scientific advances into the National Health System.

(f) To instruct and to resolve the procedures arising from violations related to the functions and powers of this Directorate-General in the field of pharmacy and to promote the adoption of precautionary and control measures corresponding. It is also up to you to report on the resources raised in pharmacy.

g) to decide on the financing or non-financing of each medicinal product and its indications, and of each health product dispensed by official prescription, and to determine, where appropriate, the incorporation of the seal, with the characteristics that in general and for each specific case correspond, as well as the conditions of prescription and dispensing of the drugs in the field of the National Health System, in particular, the establishment of visas prior to the dispensation; assign the national code of the medical devices included in the pharmaceutical supply.

(h) Provide technical and administrative support to the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Prices of Medicinal Products for the purposes of fixing maximum industrial prices for medicinal products and medical devices intended to be included in the pharmaceutical provision of the National Health System, in the price revisions of the medicines and sanitary products dispensed through an official prescription which, included in the pharmaceutical provision of the National System Health, already in the market and in the fixing of the prices of the drugs generic.

i) Make proposals to the head of the Department regarding the financing conditions, in the field of the National Health System and with the public funding of already authorized medicines and medical devices In the case of the sick, the medical devices and medical devices provided by the National Health System are free of charge or participation in the payment of the sick. Offer to the National Health System for medicinal products, as well as for medical devices dispensed through official prescription.

(j) Develop and implement the generalised price revisions for medicinal products already on the market, and propose the fixing and review of the maximum prices for medical devices dispensed through an official prescription; to issue reports and make proposals on the prices or margins for the distribution and dispensing of medicinal products and medical devices, as well as regular reports on developments in pharmaceutical public expenditure.

k) Develop the reports for the Government's Delegation for Economic Affairs on the price action of medicines and medical devices dispensed through an official prescription, and for the Council Interterritorial of the National Health System of the prices of the medicines and medical devices included in the pharmaceutical delivery of the National Health System.

l) Formulate proposals in relation to the total or partial exclusions of the drugs from the pharmaceutical provision of the National Health System.

m) Manage the revenue from sales volume contributions to the National Health System.

n) Unify and ensure health insurance.

n) Develop and update the service portfolio of the National Health System, define the policy of benefit management, coordinate related activities, as well as define the guarantees of benefits health.

o) Identify emerging technologies and organize tutored uses.

p) Develop prospective studies on the health needs of citizens and report, study, and analyze the perspectives and resource needs of the National Health System.

q) Analyze and evaluate the financing systems of the National Health System and their economic needs; analyze the economic impact of the management of health benefits, as well as elaborate studies and reports on the impact of expenditure on health care and the development of health expenditure statistics.

r) Establish the criteria and procedures for the designation of centers, services and reference units of the National Health System.

s) Promoting efficiency policies in the management of the National Health System, the development and management of the Health Cohesion Fund and the management of centralized procurement of medicines, medical devices and technology with a view to the National Health System.

4. From the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy the following General Subdirections depend:

(a) The General Subdirectorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Products, which shall exercise the functions listed in paragraphs (g) to (m) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The General Secretariat of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National Health System and Cohesion Fund, which shall exercise the functions listed in paragraphs (n) to (s) of the previous paragraph.

5. In the management and maintenance of databases and the resulting information on pharmacy, the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy will act in collaboration with the Agency. Spanish Medicines and Healthcare products.

6. It is attached to the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Health System Services and Pharmacy the Advisory Committee on Growth and Related Substances.

Article 13. Directorate-General for Vocational Management.

1. The Directorate-General for Vocational Management is the body responsible for making proposals for the management of the health professions, management and management of training in the field of health sciences and professional relations. It will support both the plenary and the working groups of the Human Resources Commission of the National Health System, in order to facilitate cooperation between the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality and the communities. standalone.

2. The Directorate-General for Professional Management is responsible for the development of the following functions:

(a) Develop proposals for basic regulations on the management of health professions; order and manage specialised training in health sciences and the recognition of professional effects on foreign qualifications; enable the exercise of the health professions in which the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport does not have competence.

b) Define the training needs of healthcare professionals in matters related to health strategies and advanced therapies and transplants.

c) Coordinate training activities in the field of health sciences.

d) Manage the State Register of Healthcare Professionals and the healthcare professional information system.

e) Elaborate proposals for basic regulations on human resources of the National Health System and the management of the system of accreditation for the continuous training of professionals in the National Health System.

(f) Design the policy of human resources in the National Health System, including the aspects relating to the professional career, the remuneration models and the approval of the jobs, as well as guaranteeing the the cohesion of the human resources policy and the mobility of professionals in the National Health System, in the field of competence of the State.

3. The following General Subdirectorates-General depend on the Directorate-General for Vocational Management:

(a) The General Secretariat for Professional Management, which shall perform the functions detailed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the previous paragraph.

(b) The Subdirectorate-General of Human Resources of the National Health System, which shall exercise the functions detailed in paragraphs (e) and (f) of the previous paragraph.

4. It is up to the National Health System Subdirectorate General of Human Resources to exercise the technical secretariat of the Human Resources Commission of the National Health System, providing technical and logistical support to the plenary, committees, commissions and working groups of the same.

Additional disposition first. Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Prices of Medicinal Products.

1. It is for the Interministerial Committee on Drug Prices to establish the maximum industrial price on a national basis for each pharmaceutical specialty financed by public funds.

2. The Commission shall be composed of:

(a) Presidency: The head of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

b) Vice-Presidency: The head of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

c) Vocalias:

1. A person representing the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, with the rank of director-general.

2. A person representing the Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations, with the rank of director general.

3. A person representing the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, with the rank of director-general.

4. Two representatives of the autonomous communities, on a proposal from the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System, elected among its members.

5. º The titular person of the General Subdirection of Quality of Medicines and Healthcare Products.

(d) Acting as Secretary of the Commission shall be the holder of the General Secretariat for the Quality of Medicines and Sanitary Products of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National Health and Pharmacy System.

3. The operation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Prices of Medicinal Products shall be in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992 on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and the Rules of Procedure Common Administrative.

4. The members of the Interministerial Committee for the Prices of Medicinal Products shall not be entitled to any remuneration or economic compensation for their membership, unless they are entitled to travel or subsistence allowances, according to the applicable rules.

Additional provision second. Inter-Ministerial Commission for Food Management.

The Chair of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency is the Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Commission for Food Management, regulated by Royal Decree 1456/1982 of 18 June.

Additional provision third. Creation of the National Hospital Physical Radio Commission.

The National Hospital Radiophysical Commission is created, as an advisory body to the Ministries of Education, Culture and Sport, and Health, Social Services and Equality, in the field of the specialty to which it refers, with the composition and functions set out in Article 28 of Law 44/2003 of 21 November 2003 for the management of health professions.

Additional provision fourth. Board of Coordination of Adjudications.

The Board of Coordination of Adjudications, as regulated in Article 6 of Law 17/2003 of May 29, will be composed of the following members:

a) Presidency: The head of the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

b) Vice-Presidency: The person in charge of the General Administration Subdirectorate of the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

c) Vocalias, with a general deputy director level or equivalent:

1. A person representing the Ministry of the Interior.

2. º Three persons representing the Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations.

3. º A person representing the Ministry of Justice.

4. The Advocate of the State-Chief, State Advocate of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, with a voice but without a vote.

d) Act as secretary, with voice but no vote, an official from the Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan.

Additional provision fifth. Supply of the heads of the management bodies.

In the cases of vacancy, absence or illness of the holder of a management body, and in default of appointment of an alternate as provided for in Article 17 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of the Public Administrations and the Common Administrative Procedure shall be responsible for the supply to the Deputy Directors General in the same order in which they appear in the respective structure established in this Royal Decree.

Additional provision sixth. Removal of organs.

The following governing and assimilated organs are deleted:

1. From the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality.

a) Technical Cabinet Division of the General Secretariat for Social Policy and Consumption.

b) General Management, Legal Affairs and Institutional Relations Subdirectorate.

c) General Planning and Coordination Subdirectorate General.

d) The General Subdirectorate for the Prevention and Management of Knowledge on Gender Violence.

2. From the General Secretariat for Health.

a) General High Inspection Subdirectorate and Service Portfolio.

b) Subdirectorate-General for Economic Analysis and Cohesion Fund.

c) Office of Health Planning and Quality.

d) Institute for Health Information.

Additional provision seventh. Exception in the appointment of Directors-General.

1. The holders of the Directorates-General who are currently excluded from the general rule of appointment provided for in Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, maintain in force the characteristics and reasons justifying the application of that derogation.

2. Similarly, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 18.2 of Law 6/1997 of 14 April 1997, the persons holding the Directorates-General, which are listed below, shall not be required to provide the official status, in particular to the specific characteristics of the same:

a) General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

b) General Directorate of Disability Support Policies.

c) General Directorate of Family and Children's Services.

Additional disposition octave. Delegation of powers.

The delegations of privileges granted by the various organs of the extinct Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality and not revoked until the date of entry into force of this royal decree, will continue to be valid and they may make use of them the competent bodies for the reason of the matter that they come to replace the delegates, until they are expressly revoked or again granted to the different organs resulting from the application of this royal decree.

Additional provision ninth. Collegiate bodies.

The head of the Department is responsible for the presidency of the collegiate bodies whose presidency corresponds to the holder of the defunct Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality in the fields of competence of the Department or any other organ in which it is attributed to it.

Additional provision 10th. Reference to deleted organs.

The references that are made in the legal order to the organs that are deleted by this royal decree will be understood to be those that are created, replaced or assume their competences in this same norm.

Additional provision eleventh. Carlos III Health Institute.

1. The Carlos III Health Institute, a self-governing body of public research, assigned organically to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, will have a double functional dependency on the Ministries of Health, Services Social and Equality and Economic and Competitiveness, in the sphere of their respective competences.

In particular, the Carlos III Health Institute will be functionally dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality for the development of health, planning and health activities. health care and, in coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, of those other applied research when they have translation into the National Health System.

2. Within three months from the date of entry into force of this royal decree, the Royal Decree 785/2009 of 30 April 2009, which constitutes the Joint Commission of Coordination between the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the the Ministry of Health and Social Policy, in relation to the Carlos III Health Institute, in order to adapt it to the new ministerial structures and the competences of the Ministries of Economy and Competitiveness and Health, Social Services and Equality in relation to that Institute.

Single transient arrangement. Units and jobs with lower organic level than general sub-direction.

1. The units and posts with a lower organic level than the general sub-directorate shall remain subsist and shall be paid from the same budgetary appropriations until the relations of the posts adapted to it are approved. organic structure of this royal decree.

2. The posts in the bodies deleted in this royal decree, or which are affected by the changes in the powers laid down therein, shall be provisionally assigned by the Secretariat for Health, Social services and Equality to the relevant management bodies, according to the functions assigned to each one in this royal decree and until the new relations of jobs are approved.

Single repeal provision. Regulatory repeal.

1. Royal Decree 263/2011, of 28 February, is repealed and the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality is developed.

2. The additional provision of Royal Decree 774/1997 of 30 May 1997 establishing the new regulation of the Institute for Women is hereby repealed.

3. Similarly, the provisions of equal or lower rank are repealed as set out in this royal decree.

Final disposition first. Amendment of Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011 establishing the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments.

Paragraph (C) of Article 13 (1) of Royal Decree 1887/2011 of 30 December 2011 establishing the basic organic structure of the ministerial departments is worded as follows:

" (C) The General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, with the rank of Sub-Secretariat, on which the following management bodies depend:

1. The Directorate-General for Public Health, Quality and Innovation.

2. The General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

3. The General Directorate of Professional Management. "

Final disposition second. Amendment of Royal Decree 42/2010 of 15 January, which regulates the National Commission of Assisted Human Reproduction.

Article 8 of Royal Decree 42/2010 of 15 January, which regulates the National Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, is worded as follows:

" Article 8. The Vice-Presidency.

The Vice Presidency of the Commission shall be performed by the titular person of the General Directorate of the Basic Portfolio of Services of the National System of Health and Pharmacy.

It is established that in cases of vacancy, absence, illness or other legal cause, the person holding the Presidency shall be replaced by the person who holds the Vice-Presidency. "

Final disposition third. Amendment of Royal Decree 774/1997 of 30 May establishing the new regulation of the Institute of Women.

Article 7 (1) of Royal Decree 774/1997 of 30 May 1997 establishing the new regulation of the Institute of Women is worded as follows:

" Article 7. The Director General.

1. The Directorate-General of the Women's Institute shall be the head of the Directorate-General for Equal Opportunities. "

Final disposition fourth. Amendment to the Statute of the Food Safety and Nutrition Agency, approved by Royal Decree 709/2002 of 19 July 2002, approving the Food Safety and Nutrition Agency.

Article 6 of the Food Safety and Nutrition Agency Statute is worded as follows:

" Article 6. Chair of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency.

The Chair of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs shall hold the Chair of the Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency. "

Final disposition fifth. Amendment of Royal Decree 1087/2003 of 29 August establishing the organic structure of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs.

Article 9 of Royal Decree 1087/2003 of 29 August establishing the organic structure of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs is worded as follows:

" Article 9. The National Consumer Institute.

1. The National Consumer Institute is the body that exercises, in accordance with the provisions of Article 51 of the Constitution and in the recast text of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws, approved by the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007 of 16 November, the functions of promoting and promoting the rights of consumers and users, within the competence of the General Administration of the State.

2. The President of the body shall be the head of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs, with the following tasks:

a) The body's senior management, as well as the approval of the Institute's overall activity plans.

b) The legal representation of the body.

c) The execution and strategic direction of the overall plans, their assessment and the control of their results.

d) The disposition of the expense and the ordering of payments.

e) The conclusion of contracts and agreements with public and private entities that are accurate for the fulfilment of their purposes.

f) The personnel address.

g) Institutional relationships.

h) The overall coordination of the Institute's units.

3. The National Institute of Consumption is structured in the following organic units with a general sub-direction range:

(a) The General Secretariat for Coordination, Quality of Consumption and Institutional Cooperation.

b) The Subdirectorate-General for Arbitration, Regulations, and Consumer Association.

4. They correspond to the General Secretariat for Coordination, Quality of Consumption and Institutional Cooperation, the following functions:

(a) The proposal for consumer management, technical support for consumer inspection services of other public administrations, as well as the development of functions related to the smooth functioning of the market for consumer protection.

b) The management of the alert network for non-food products.

c) The control and supervision of the Research and Quality Control Centre in carrying out analyses, tests and trials on the quality and safety of the goods and services of use and consumption, training and advice technical staff, as well as activity aimed at promoting the quality of those.

d) The dialogue with the economic sectors for the promotion of good practices and transparency in their relationship with consumers.

e) The secretariat of the cooperation bodies with the General Administration of the State, with the autonomous communities, including the Consumer Sectoral Conference and the Consumer Cooperation Commission, and with the representation of local corporations.

f) Information, training and education of consumers.

g) The promotion and conduct of surveys and studies in relation to consumption.

h) Develop the preliminary draft budget and prepare the annual report on the Institute's activities.

5. The National Institute of Consumption is hereby assigned, through the General Secretariat for Coordination, Quality of Consumption and Institutional Cooperation, the Center for Research and Quality Control, with the organic level to be determined in the of the job, which will carry out the analysis, testing and testing on the quality and safety of the goods and services of use and consumption, promoting the analytical and technological quality in the area of control of goods and services, as well as to form and advise the technical staff.

6. They correspond to the Subdirectorate-General for Arbitration, Regulations and Consumer Association, the following functions:

(a) The management and management of the Arbitration System of Consumption, in accordance with the legal provisions in force.

b) Technical support to the Consumer Arbitration Boards.

c) The Secretariat of the National Arbitration Board.

d) The preparation of judicial actions in defense of the general interests of consumers, as provided for in the legislation in force.

e) The proposal and analysis of standards for consumer regulation.

f) The promotion and registration of consumer and user associations, as well as support to the Consumer and Users Council. "

Final disposition sixth. Amendment of the Staff Regulations of the Carlos III Health Institute, approved by Royal Decree 375/2001 of 6 April.

The Statute of the Carlos III Health Institute, approved by Royal Decree 375/2001 of 6 April, is amended as follows:

One. Article 1 (1) is worded as follows:

" The Carlos III Health Institute is a public body of research with a self-governing body, as provided for in Article 43.1.a) of Law 6/1997, of April 14, of the Organization and the Functioning of the General Administration of the State, whose mission is to develop and offer scientific and technological services of the highest quality directed to the National Health System and to the society as a whole, organically attached to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the Secretariat of State for Research, Development and Innovation, and functionally to the Ministries of Health, Social Services and Equality and of Economics and Competitiveness, in the sphere of their respective competences. "

Two. Article 7 (1) is worded as follows:

" 1. The Governing Council shall be composed as follows:

(a) President: the head of the Secretariat of State for Research, Development and Innovation.

(b) First Vice-President: the holder of the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs.

c) Second Vice President: the head of the Directorate of the Health Institute Carlos III.

d) Vocals:

1. Three vowels with a category of director-general, one on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, one representing the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, and one on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, appointed by the ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture.

2. º Three vowels with a category of director general representing the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, appointed by the head of that department.

3. Three vowels with a category of director general representing the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, appointed by the head of that department.

4. A vowel with a category of director-general representing the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, designated by the head of that department. "

Three. Paragraph 1 of Article 10 is worded as follows:

" The Director of the Health Institute Carlos III, with the rank of director general, is appointed and separated by royal decree agreed in the Council of Ministers, on a proposal from the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, compliance with the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. "

Final disposition seventh. Adaptation of organs attached to or related to the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.

1. References in the legal order to the deleted organs shall be construed as being made to those who, by those same rules, are created, replaced or assumed their powers or, failing that, to the body of which they relied.

2. In particular, references made to the holders of the Secretary of State for Equality, the General Secretariat for Social Policy and Consumer Affairs and the General Secretariat for Health shall be construed as being made to the holders of the Secretariat of State for Services. Social and Equality and the General Secretariat for Health and Consumer Affairs in the field of their respective competences.

Final disposition octave. Powers of development.

The head of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is authorized to take the necessary measures for the development and execution of this royal decree.

Final disposition ninth. Budgetary changes.

The Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations will make the necessary budgetary modifications to comply with this Royal Decree.

Final disposition tenth. Entry into force.

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

Given in Madrid, on January 23, 2012.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Finance and Public Administrations,

CRISTOBAL MONTORO ROMERO