Law 40/2015, of October 1, of the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, has introduced several changes in the functions of the higher organs and directors of the General Administration of the State that affect the the Ministers, the Secretaries of State and the Deputy Secretary.

From the perspective of the management of expenditure and payment, Article 61.l) of Law 40/2015, of October 1, attributes to the Ministers the functions of administering the appropriations for expenditure of the budgets of the Ministry, to approve and to commit expenditure other than to the competence of the Council of Ministers, to approve any budgetary changes which fall within its competence, to recognise the economic obligations and to propose its payment under the plan for the provision of funds of the Public Treasury, as well as setting the limits below which these powers shall, in their respective fields, correspond to the Secretaries of State and the Department's Undersecretary.

In addition, Article 62.2.j of Law 40/2015 of 1 October provides that it is for the Secretaries of State to administer the appropriations for expenditure in the budgets of the Ministry for its own matter of the Secretariat of State, approve the budgetary modifications thereof, approve and commit the expenses charged to those credits and recognize the economic obligations and propose their payment in the framework of the plan of provision of funds from the Public Treasury, all within the amount which, where appropriate, the Minister establishes for the purpose and provided that the These acts do not fall within the competence of the Council of Ministers.

With regard to the granting of subsidies and aid, Article 61.p of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015 gives the Ministers the task of granting subsidies and aid from the own resources of the Community. Department, as well as fix the limits below which may be granted by the Secretaries of State or the Assistant Secretary of the Department.

In addition, Article 62.2.h of Law 40/2015 of 1 October 2015 provides that it is for the Secretaries of State to grant grants and aid from the State Secretariat's own expenditure appropriations, with the limits of established by the holder of the Department.

In application of these articles, this order is intended to determine by the staff of the Department of the Department of the limits below which the Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State (a) Social Security may exercise its powers in relation to the management of expenditure, economic obligations and their payment and with the award of grants.

Together with these limits, the order also proceeds to ratify the delegations of powers of the Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security in these matters established in the Order. ESS/619/2012 of 22 March, for which the delegations of the exercise of powers are delegated and approved in the administrative bodies of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security and its public bodies, and in Order ESS/855/2012, of 23 April, for which errors are corrected in that.

This order has been the subject of a report of both the Delegate and State Advocacy in the Department.

In its virtue, in accordance with Articles 9, 61.l) and p) and 62.2.h) and j) of Law 40/2015, of 1 October, of the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, and Article 20 of Law 50/1997 of 27 November 1997, of the Government, I have:

Article 1. Setting limits for the administration of appropriations for expenditure.

1. The Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security shall exercise the competence to approve and commit the expenditure and to recognise the economic obligations and to propose their payment up to the limit of EUR 12,000,000 in respect of of the appropriations entered in their budgetary services in the field of their own resources.

2. The Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security shall exercise the competence to approve and commit expenditure and to recognise the economic obligations and to propose their payment up to the amount of the amount of the have entered in their budgetary services referred to in the programme 000X, "Internal Transfers", in their field of competence.

3. The Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security shall exercise the competence to approve and commit expenditure and to recognise the economic obligations and to propose their payment up to the amount of the amount of the they are entered in their budgetary services for the management of the payroll in their field of competence.

Article 2. Limit fixing for the granting of grants and aid.

The Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security shall exercise the competence to grant grants and aid up to the limit of EUR 12,000,000 from the appropriations entered in the their budgetary services relating to the subject matter which is their own.

Article 3. Ratification of the delegation of powers.

1. The delegations of powers carried out by the Secretary of State for Employment and the Secretary of State for Social Security in matters of expenditure laid down in Order ESS/619/2012 of 22 March, for which they are delegated and are hereby ratified, are ratified. approve the delegations of the exercise of powers in the administrative bodies of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security and its public bodies, and in Order ESS/855/2012 of 23 April, for which errors are corrected in that order.

2. The delegations of powers made by the Secretary of State for Employment in the field of grants and aid set out in Order ESS/619/2012 of 22 March, for which the delegations are delegated and approved, are ratified. the exercise of powers in the administrative bodies of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security and its public bodies, and in Order ESS/855/2012 of 23 April, for which errors are corrected.

Single end disposition. Entry into force.

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

Madrid, 4 November 2016. -Minister for Employment and Social Security, Fatima Banez García.