The functions and organisation of the Directorate-General for Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Entities are regulated by Article 12 of Royal Decree 1127/2008, of 4 July, setting out the basic organisational structure of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, in its wording given by Royal Decree 352/2011, of 11 March.
Article 12. Directorate-General for Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Entities.
The Directorate-General for Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Entities will have the following functions:
a. The application and administration of the regional funding system.
b. The evaluation of the effective costs of the services and functions being transferred, the proposal and adoption of the required measures until the incorporation of these costs into the funding system, and the administration of other state resources funding the autonomous regions.
c. Supporting the Secretariat of the Fiscal and Financial Policy Commission of the Autonomous Regions and relations with other co-ordinating bodies between the General State Administration and the Autonomous Regions.
d. Exercising the faculties attributed to the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in relation with the debt of the Autonomous Regions and the application of these to the budget stability regulations.
e. The study, report and proposal for regulations and measures relating to the taxation system of territorial bodies and to the special taxation systems for territorial reasons, the responsibilities of the Directorate-General for Taxation notwithstanding.
f. The application of the Basque economic agreement system and the system of the Agreement with the Chartered Community of Navarre, as well as the study, report and proposal of the regulations and measures relating to them.
g. The study, report and proposal of the regulations and measures relating to the funding of the autonomous regions, and the drawing up of studies on the application of the funding system and the economic and financial aspects of the autonomous regions, and support for the Standing Technical Assessment Committee.
h. Evaluation of the impact of the regional public sector on the economic and financial activity of the General Government, and their volume, structure and evolution.
i. The processing of information and the analysis, monitoring and creation of reports, statistics and publications relating to accounting, budgetary and organisational aspects of economic and financial management in the autonomous regions.
j. The application and administration of the local financing system.
k. The study, report and proposal of the regulations and measures relating to the financing of local authorities, and the secretariat of the Subcommittee of the Economic, Financial and Fiscal Regime of the National Committee for Local Administration.
l. The management of other state resources which finance local authorities.
m. Technical assistance and issuing of legal opinions regarding local authorities' budgetary and financial systems.
n. The exercise of faculties regarding authorisations legally attributed to the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in relation to the debt levels of local authorities and the monitoring of compliance with budgetary stability targets.
ñ. Gathering, processing and publishing economic and financial data concerning local authorities.
o. The design and maintenance of corporate computer systems.
The Director General of Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Authorities is responsible for the work of the secretariat of the Autonomous Regions Fiscal and Financial Policy Committee, and for relations with other bodies co-ordinating between the General State Administration and the autonomous regions and local corporations in the sphere of responsibility of the Directorate General.
In the matters for which it is responsible, the Directorate-General for Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Entities will take on collaborative relationships with the different units of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Administration as necessary for the effective execution of the functions corresponding to both ministerial departments.
The Directorate-General for Financial Co-ordination with the Autonomous Regions and Local Entities will consist of the following units with the structural level of subdirectorate general:
- The Subdirectorate General for Financing Autonomous Regions, which will execute the functions listed in paragraphs a) and b) of section 1, and the financial aspects of those listed in paragraph f).
- The Subdirectorate General for Financial Relations with the Autonomous Regions, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraphs c) and d).
- The Subdirectorate General for Taxation Relations with Territorial Taxation Departments, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraph e) of section 1, and the taxation aspects of those cited in paragraph f).
- The Subdirectorate General for Autonomous Regions Financing Surveys, which will undertake the functions listed in paragraph g) of section 1, and the study, report and proposal functions of paragraph f).
- The General Subdirectorate for Budgetary Analysis and Institutional Organisation of the Regional Public Sector, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraphs h) and i).
- The Subdirectorate General for Surveying and Financing of Local Authorities, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraphs j) and k).
- The Subdirectorate General for Financial Relations with Local Authorities, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraphs l), m) n) and ñ).
- The Subdirectorate General of Systems and Organisation, which will carry out the functions listed in paragraph o).
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