Reorganizes public bodies and simplifies procedures for citizens and businesses

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1. At the Defense Ministry, the Military Construction Service is merged into INVIED, and three research bodies (the El Pardo Hydrodynamics Experimental Canal, the La Marañosa Technological Institute and the General Marvá Engineers Laboratory) are merged into INTA.
2. Several public foundations are merged into public bodies: Universidad.es is dissolved and its activity moves to the new SEPIE, and the ANECA foundation becomes an autonomous body that evaluates university teaching staff.
3. The Obra Asistencial Familiar of the province of Seville is abolished. People living in its apartments keep lifetime use of them and have a preferential right to buy them.
4. For the first time, members of a consortium are given the right to leave it, along with rules on the separation share and on liquidation if the consortium is dissolved.
5. The Women's Institute is renamed the Institute for Women and for Equal Opportunities and takes over the duties of the Directorate General for Equal Opportunities, which is abolished.
6. A single sports license is created: one regional license allows competing anywhere in Spain, cutting paperwork and costs for athletes and clubs.
7. Notifications by public announcement are centralized in the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado), including tax and cadastral matters, free of charge and in a single place to check.
8. Public employees will get five days a year of leave for personal matters, mobility rules are made more flexible, and a new administrative status is created for military personnel serving in the civil administration.

Who it affects

• People who play sports: With the single license, they will face less paperwork and lower costs to compete anywhere in the country.
• Public employees: They will get five days a year for personal matters and new mobility rules; military personnel will be able to serve in the civil administration.
• Citizens with open proceedings with public authorities: Notifications by announcement will be published in the Official State Gazette, a single and free place to check.
• Residents in apartments of the Obra Asistencial Familiar of Seville: They keep lifetime use of their apartments and have a preferential right to buy them after the body is abolished.
• Members of administrative consortia: They must adapt their statutes within six months, and rules on leaving, dissolution and liquidation are now set.

Words worth knowing

Organismo autónomo (autonomous body)

A public entity with its own legal personality that carries out specific tasks for a public administration, with some management independence.

Consorcio (consortium)

An organization created jointly by several administrations (state, regions or municipalities) to manage a shared service or purpose.

Usufructo vitalicio (lifetime usufruct)

The right to live in and use a home for life, even though someone else owns it.

Encomienda de gestión (management assignment)

A task that one administration entrusts to another public entity so it provides a service on its behalf.

Tablón edictal único (single announcements board)

A single place for publishing official announcements and notifications, in this case the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado).

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