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# TEMA 18 - PARTE I ## El Ministerio de Sanidad **Estructura y competencias** - The declaration in March 2020 of the situation of emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, as well as the subsequent actions to control the disease by the Spanis...

# TEMA 18 - PARTE I ## El Ministerio de Sanidad **Estructura y competencias** - The declaration in March 2020 of the situation of emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, as well as the subsequent actions to control the disease by the Spanish Government, have marked a turning point in relation to the management of health policy and have highlighted the need to strengthen the Ministry of Health in the face of possible outbreaks of the disease, as well as in the face of the emergence of new potentially pandemic diseases. - In this regard, the Congress of Deputies has established the Commission for the Social and Economic Reconstruction of Spain following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission has debated a package of health measures, including the development of contingency plans to prevent and address potential outbreaks, the update of national and regional health legislation, or the strengthening of the National Health System, among other measures. - In order to implement these new measures effectively, and in order to address the increased workload of the Ministry of Health as a result of the pandemic caused by COVID19, it is necessary to strengthen the structure of the Department. - Therefore, in the last 3 years, the initial structure of the Department (Royal Decree 139/2020, which establishes the basic organic structure of ministerial departments) has been modified on several occasions, the last being in October 2021. - The current structure of the Ministry of Health is established by Royal Decree 852/2021, of October 5, which amends Royal Decree 139/2020 of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of ministerial departments, and Royal Decree 735/2020 of August 4, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Health, and amends Royal Decree 139/2020 of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of ministerial departments. - Any provisions of equal or lower rank that contradict the provisions of this Royal Decree are repealed, in particular, Royal Decree 454/2020 of March 10, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Health, and amends Royal Decree 139/2020 of January 28, which establishes the basic organic structure of ministerial departments. ### Organization Chart This document includes a diagram of the Ministry of Health's organization chart, but the actual organization chart cannot be reproduced here. The diagram depicts the organizational relationships between the various offices and their hierarchy within the Ministry of Health. ### General Organization - The Ministry of Health is responsible for proposing and implementing the Government's policy on health, planning and health care, as well as for exercising the functions of the General State Administration to ensure that all citizens have the right to health protection. - The powers assigned to the Ministry of Health in this Royal Decree are understood to be coordinated and without prejudice to those assigned to other ministerial departments. - Under the overall leadership of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health performs the following legal and regulatory functions through the following superior and executive bodies: - The Secretary of State for Health - **Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System** (which is responsible for the Director General for Digital Health and Information Systems for the National Health System). - Director General for Public Health - Director General for the Common Portfolio of Services for the National Health System and Pharmacy - Director General of Professional Regulation - The Government Delegation for the National Drug Plan, with the rank of Director General. - The Undersecretariat of Health: - **Secretariat General for Technical Affairs** - The Advisory Council for Health and Social Services, which has a consultative role and assists in health policy formulation, regulated by specific legislation; and the Committee of the Health and Social Care Professions, regulated by specific legislation. - There is also a Secretariat, with the rank of Director General, that provides direct support to the Minister of Health. ### Structure and functions of the Ministry's key offices - ***Undersecretariat of Health*** - Is responsible for exercising the functions listed in Article 63 of Law 40/2015 of October 1, and the direction, impetus, and supervision of its dependent executive bodies and, where applicable, of the public bodies assigned to it. - Also, the Undersecretariat coordinates the Department's actions in relation to those matters referred to the Government's collegiate bodies. - **Specific functions:** - Managing staff (functionary, statutory, and labor), including the preparation of job descriptions, the draft of public job offers and employment plans, the calling and resolution of the selection processes for functionary and labor staff and the competition for functionary staff of the Department and its autonomous bodies; staff training and promotion, social assistance and relations with the staff - committee and with the company committee, health and safety at work, and the economic and control regime of staff costs. - Preparing the draft budget proposal for the Department and its bodies, the budget modifications of the Department and, where applicable, - those corresponding to the assigned bodies; as well as providing advice and technical assistance in budgetary matters. - Managing the economic-financial and treasury management of the Department's budgetary appropriations; - carrying out enabling and payment duties; processing contracting and other expenditure files not assigned to other bodies of the Department; - and the prior programming and accounting of budgetary credits. - Planning, directing, and coordinating the development of the Ministry's horizontal systems; - determining the needs for the corresponding technological resources; and directing and coordinating the publication of content and procedures on the website, the electronic - headquarters and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - Developing, preparing, and proposing the needs for the technological resources of the Department, its electronic headquarters, and the Intranet. - **The Secretariat General for Technical Affairs** - The Secretariat General for Technical Affairs, with the rank of Director General, will perform the functions assigned in Article 65 of Law 40/2015 of October 1. - Specifically, the Secretariat General for Technical Affairs will carry out the following functions: - Processing and coordinating transactions relating to the Ministry’s participation in the Council of Ministers, the Government’s Delegated Committees and the General Committee of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries, preparing the matters referred to the deliberation of these collegiate bodies, as well as the study and report on those matters that the other ministerial departments submit to the Government’s collegiate bodies. - Coordinating the preparation, follow-up, and execution of the Department’s annual normative plan in collaboration with the other executive bodies. - Participating in the legislative drafting process, coordinating draft legislation initiated by the Department, and its administrative processing in accordance with Law 50/1997, of November 27, on the Government. - Issuing the required report on draft legislation and other normative proposals of the Ministry, in accordance with Law 50/1997 of November 27. - Coordinating the Ministry with other Departments and bodies of the General State Administration and advisory bodies. - Promoting and coordinating the transposition of European legislation whose incorporation into the Spanish legal system is the Department’s responsibility. - Participating, where appropriate, in the drafting of the corresponding normative projects. - Following up and coordinating infraction proceedings within the EU, as well as EU preliminary ruling cases and other actions before the Court of Justice of the European Union. - It is the body that instructs and proposes resolutions for administrative challenges brought against the Department’s acts and ordinances, and for - official scrutiny reviews in relation to these, for claims of pecuniary liability for the operation of the Department’s services and those of its assigned bodies. - It plays a role in the corresponding relations with bodies of the Administration of Justice. - It monitors the provisions and acts of the autonomous communities, without prejudice to the competence given in this area to the Directorate General for Professional Regulation - It also ensures the coordination and communication of the Ministry's actions in relation to consumers and users. - It implements the provisions and acts of the autonomous communities, without prejudice to the competence given in this area to the Directorate General for Professional Regulation, - It also ensures the coordination and communication of the Ministry's actions in relation to consumers and users. - It implements the provisions and acts of the autonomous communities, without prejudice to the competence given in this area to the Directorate General for Professional Regulation, - It also ensures the coordination and communication of the Ministry's actions in relation to consumers and users. - ***Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System*** - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - The Secretariat General for Digital Health, Information, and Innovation of the National Health System is responsible for the development of public digital services and for - promoting digital health and the electronic interoperability of clinical and health information, both nationally and internationally. - ***Secretary of State for Health*** - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - Also, the Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is responsible for carrying out the following activities: - those related to digital health and information systems, as well as for implementing the projects related to the modernization and - transformation of the National Health System. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. - The Secretary of State for Health is the senior body of the Department, which is responsible for addressing the modernization, innovation, improvement, and transformation of the National Health System in light of the new challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. ## The Ministry of Consumption **Structure and Competencies** - The organisational structure of the Ministry of Consumption is established by Royal Decree 495/2020 of April 28, which develops the basic organisational structure of the Ministry of Consumption and amends Royal Decree 139/2020 of January 28, which establishes the basic organisational structure of ministerial departments. ### General Organisation - The Ministry of Consumption is the Department of the General State Administration that is responsible for proposing and implementing the Government's policy on consumer protection and gambling, with a focus on consumer protection. - The Ministry of Consumption, under the overall leadership of the Minister, carries out the following legal functions through the following executive bodies: - The Secretariat General of Consumption and Gambling - The Undersecretariat of Consumption - The powers assigned in this Royal Decree are understood to be coordinated and without prejudice to those assigned to other ministerial departments. - There is a Secretariat, with the rank of Director General, that provides direct support to the Minister of Consumption. ### Organization Chart This document includes a diagram of the Ministry of Consumption's organization chart, but the actual organization chart cannot be reproduced here. The diagram depicts the organizational relationships between the various offices and their hierarchy within the Ministry of Consumption. ### Structure and functions of the Ministry's key offices - ***Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling*** - The General Secretariat for Consumption and Gambling is the executive body responsible for promoting and coordinating the government's consumer and gambling policies, taking into account guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest, under the overall leadership of the Minister of Consumption. - This body coordinates the various directorates General that report to it, and promotes interregional institutional cooperation and participation in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - **Specific functions:** - Strategic Planning of public policies relating to the Ministry of Consumption's area of competence. - Proposing the inclusion of the draft legislation of the directorates general that report to the General Secretariat in the annual - normative plan, at the request of the General Directorates that report to the General Secretariat, as well as coordinating - the implementation of the directorates general’s powers and proposing and formalising their objectives and - implementation plans. - Promoting inter-regional institutional cooperation and participating in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - Coordinating the participation of the executive bodies of the General Secretariat for Consumption and Gambling. - Coordinating the participation of the executive bodies of the General Secretariat for Consumption and Gambling in the development and application of EU law in the consumer and gambling sectors. - Supporting the work, agreements, and deliberations of the Sectoral Conference on Consumption, through the chairmanship of the Consumption Sectoral Commission. - Coordinating policies and strategies of action that guarantee information, education, and promotion of consumption and - responsible and sustainable gambling. - Promoting and coordinating public policies on consumption and healthy eating, offering guarantees of food safety - and quality information to consumers and the businesses in Spanish agriculture sector. - Promoting and coordinating public consumption and healthy eating policies, offering guarantees of food safety - and quality information to consumers and businesses. - Encouraging the strengthening of consumer rights and providing informed advice, paying special attention to - those consumers that may be vulnerable. - Promoting and coordinating responsible and informed gambling policies, paying attention to public health and - the rights of vulnerable consumers, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda. - Organizing institutional awareness campaigns to increase information for and educate the public in relation to themes - falling within the remit of the Ministry. - Performing the functions listed in points 62.2. b) and 64 of Law 40/2015, of October 1. - The Director General for Consumption - The Director General. for the Regulation of Gambling - ***The Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling*** - The Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling is responsible for promoting and coordinating the government's consumer and gambling policies, taking into account guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest, under the overall leadership of the Minister of Consumption. - This body coordinates the various directorates General that report to it, and promotes interregional institutional cooperation and participation in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - The Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling is responsible for promoting and coordinating the government's consumer and gambling policies, taking into account guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest, under the overall leadership of the Minister of Consumption. - This body coordinates the various directorates General that report to it, and promotes interregional institutional cooperation and participation in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - The Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling is responsible for promoting and coordinating the government's consumer and gambling policies, taking into account guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest, under the overall leadership of the Minister of Consumption. - This body coordinates the various directorates General that report to it, and promotes interregional institutional cooperation and participation in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - The Secretariat General for Consumption and Gambling is responsible for promoting and coordinating the government's consumer and gambling policies, taking into account guaranteeing constitutional rights and the general interest, under the overall leadership of the Minister of Consumption. - This body coordinates the various directorates General that report to it, and promotes interregional institutional cooperation and participation in international and EU institutions working on the same issues. - ***The Directorate General for Consumption*** - The Directorate General for Consumption is responsible for proposing regulation in the state-level area of competence, which impacts the protection and promotion of consumer and user rights. It fosters effective mechanisms to protect these rights, inter-regional institutional cooperation in this area, promotes consumer and user associations and provides support to the Consumer Council. - **Specific functions:** - Providing information, education, and training to the public, public agencies, and stakeholders involved, in particular, - to the most vulnerable, focusing on promoting responsible consumption. - Managing and administering the Consumer Arbitration System, as well as accrediting and communicating to the Commission - the entities of alternative dispute resolution, according to what is set down in Law 7/2017, of November 2, 2017, which brought into Spanish law Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2013, on alternative dispute resolution in consumer matters. - Carrying out analyses, tests, and trials through the Center for Research and Control of Quality (CICC) on the various products - present on the market, both food products and industrial products, that may be made available to consumers, in order to verify the - quality, safety, and veracity of the information presented in the labeling and to verify that the products meet the relevant regulations. - It also develops work on training and advising technical staff for the investigation, development, and validation of effective analytical methods. - Promoting the sustainability and registration of consumer and user associations of a supra-regional scope. - Providing support and maintaining the Consumer Council. - Managing the Non-Food Product Alert Network as a national contact point through which information exchange takes place between the General State Administration, the Autonomous Communities, and the European Commission. - Providing support to cooperation bodies existing within the EU, the Autonomous Communities, and the Sectoral Conference on Consumption. - Cooperating and providing technical support to the consumer services of the Autonomous Communities. - and other public administrations in relation to official control and market surveillance of goods and services, to fight against fraud, protect health and safety, and protect the economic interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - ***The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling*** - The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the regulation, authorization, supervision, control, and, if applicable, sanctions of state-level gambling activities. - It is also the body that coordinates the participation of the Ministry of Health in the work of the Commission of the Markets and Competition, which was created by Law 3/2013 of June 4. - Specifically, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the following: - Processing the authorization of occasional gambling activities at the national level. - Drafting and analyzing the impact of the regulation on the activity and on the technical systems used. - Processing procedures for applying for licenses for gaming activities. - Processing administrative disciplinary proceedings related to gambling in relation to the points of sale of the State Lottery and Betting Company. - Institutional relations with other bodies or bodies of the General State Administration, Autonomous Communities and Cities of Ceuta - and Melilla, local authorities, international organizations and any other public institution with regulating power in relation - to gambling. - Relations with public or private entities in relation to the social or economic dimension of gambling. - The economic management of the financial guarantees related to general gambling licenses. - Managing the resources and infrastructure related to electronic systems for supervising gambling operators and for communicating with operators, participants, and other public administrations. - Reporting, as required, on the authorization of lottery activities subject to reserve. - Processing procedures for authorization or, if applicable, when the violation is not authorized in the Spanish state, the persecution of - illegal gambling. - The request for information from entities, gambling operators, gambling service providers and those participating in the games. - Requiring any provider of payment services, entities providing communication services, electronic communication services or channels - for disseminating advertising and the promotion of games to cease the services they are providing. - Establishing technical and functional requirements of the games and the homologation of the game systems and technical - systems. - Promoting and supervising the mechanisms of relations between participants and gambling operators, as well as protection of - the interests of participating parties and operators. - Promoting and carrying out studies and investigations on the subject of gambling. - The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the regulation, authorization, supervision, control, and, if applicable, sanctions of state-level gambling activities. - It is also the body that coordinates the participation of the Ministry of Health in the work of the Commission of the Markets and Competition, which was created by Law 3/2013 of June 4. - Specifically, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the following: - Processing the authorization of occasional gambling activities at the national level. - Drafting and analyzing the impact of the regulation on the activity and on the technical systems used. - Processing procedures for applying for licenses for gaming activities. - Processing administrative disciplinary proceedings related to gambling in relation to the points of sale of the State Lottery and Betting Company. - Institutional relations with other bodies or bodies of the General State Administration, Autonomous Communities and Cities of Ceuta - and Melilla, local authorities, international organizations and any other public institution with regulating power in relation - to gambling. - Relations with public or private entities in relation to the social or economic dimension of gambling. - The economic management of the financial guarantees related to general gambling licenses. - Managing the resources and infrastructure related to electronic systems for supervising gambling operators and for communicating with operators, participants, and other public administrations. - Reporting, as required, on the authorization of lottery activities subject to reserve. - Processing procedures for authorization or, if applicable, when the violation is not authorized in the Spanish state, the persecution of - illegal gambling. - The request for information from entities, gambling operators, gambling service providers and those participating in the games. - Requiring any provider of payment services, entities providing communication services, electronic communication services or channels - for disseminating advertising and the promotion of games to cease the services they are providing. - Establishing technical and functional requirements of the games and the homologation of the game systems and technical - systems. - Promoting and supervising the mechanisms of relations between participants and gambling operators, as well as protection of - the interests of participating parties and operators. - Promoting and carrying out studies and investigations on the subject of gambling. - ***The Directorate General for Consumption*** - The Directorate General for Consumption is responsible for proposing regulation in the state-level area of competence, which impacts the protection and promotion of consumer and user rights. It fosters effective mechanisms to protect these rights, inter-regional institutional cooperation in this area, promotes consumer and user associations and provides support to the Consumer Council. - **Specific functions:** - Providing information, education, and training to the public, public agencies, and stakeholders involved, in particular, - to the most vulnerable, focusing on promoting responsible consumption. - Managing and administering the Consumer Arbitration System, as well as accrediting and communicating to the Commission - the entities of alternative dispute resolution, according to what is set down in Law 7/2017, of November 2, 2017, which brought into Spanish law Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2013, on alternative dispute resolution in consumer matters. - Carrying out analyses, tests, and trials through the Center for Research and Control of Quality (CICC) on the various products - present on the market, both food products and industrial products, that may be made available to consumers, in order to verify the - quality, safety, and veracity of the information presented in the labeling and to verify that the products meet the relevant regulations. - It also develops work on training and advising technical staff for the investigation, development, and validation of effective analytical methods. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - ***The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling*** - The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the regulation, authorization, supervision, control, and, if applicable, sanctions of state-level gambling activities. - It is also the body that coordinates the participation of the Ministry of Health in the work of the Commission of the Markets and Competition, which was created by Law 3/2013 of June 4. - Specifically, the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling is responsible for the following: - Processing the authorization of occasional gambling activities at the national level. - Drafting and analyzing the impact of the regulation on the activity and on the technical systems used. - Processing procedures for applying for licenses for gaming activities. - Processing administrative disciplinary proceedings related to gambling in relation to the points of sale of the State Lottery and Betting Company. - Institutional relations with other bodies or bodies of the General State Administration, Autonomous Communities and Cities of Ceuta - and Melilla, local authorities, international organizations and any other public institution with regulating power in relation - to gambling. - Relations with public or private entities in relation to the social or economic dimension of gambling. - The economic management of the financial guarantees related to general gambling licenses. - Managing the resources and infrastructure related to electronic systems for supervising gambling operators and for communicating with operators, participants, and other public administrations. - Reporting, as required, on the authorization of lottery activities subject to reserve. - Processing procedures for authorization or, if applicable, when the violation is not authorized in the Spanish state, the persecution of - illegal gambling. - The request for information from entities, gambling operators, gambling service providers and those participating in the games. - Requiring any provider of payment services, entities providing communication services, electronic communication services or channels - for disseminating advertising and the promotion of games to cease the services they are providing. - Establishing technical and functional requirements of the games and the homologation of the game systems and technical - systems. - Promoting and supervising the mechanisms of relations between participants and gambling operators, as well as protection of - the interests of participating parties and operators. - Promoting and carrying out studies and investigations on the subject of gambling. - ***The Directorate General for Consumption*** - The Directorate General for Consumption is responsible for proposing regulation in the state-level area of competence, which impacts the protection and promotion of consumer and user rights. It fosters effective mechanisms to protect these rights, inter-regional institutional cooperation in this area, promotes consumer and user associations and provides support to the Consumer Council. - **Specific functions:** - Providing information, education, and training to the public, public agencies, and stakeholders involved, in particular, - to the most vulnerable, focusing on promoting responsible consumption. - Managing and administering the Consumer Arbitration System, as well as accrediting and communicating to the Commission - the entities of alternative dispute resolution, according to what is set down in Law 7/2017, of November 2, 2017, which brought into Spanish law Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2013, on alternative dispute resolution in consumer matters. - Carrying out analyses, tests, and trials through the Center for Research and Control of Quality (CICC) on the various products - present on the market, both food products and industrial products, that may be made available to consumers, in order to verify the - quality, safety, and veracity of the information presented in the labeling and to verify that the products meet the relevant regulations. - It also develops work on training and advising technical staff for the investigation, development, and validation of effective analytical methods. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It is the body that prepares legal actions in defense of the collective interests of consumers. - It