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Regulations governing the Office operations

Creation of electronic offices

Royal Decree 203/2021, of 30 March, approving the Regulations and functioning of the public sector through electronic means, establishes that the electronic office or the associated electronic office shall have, among the minimum content indicated in article 11.1, the identification of the act or provision of its creation, directly or through a link to its publication in the corresponding Official Gazette, as established in section (b) of the aforementioned article 11.1.

Articles 10.1 and 10.2 of the aforementioned Royal Decree establish that the associated electronic office shall be considered an electronic office for all purposes, and that the act or resolution creating or deleting an electronic site or an associated electronic site shall be published in the corresponding official gazette depending on the Public Administration that owns the site or the associated site.

The sixth additional provision of the aforementioned Royal Decree 203/2021 establishes that the electronic offices existing on the date of entry into force of the decree become electronic offices associated with the electronic office of the General State Administration, which is the site of the electronic General Access Point (PAGe, as per the Spanish acronym). The electronic sub-offices shall also become associated electronic offices. Likewise, the electronic offices of the public bodies or entities governed by public law that are linked or dependent on the date of entry into force of this Royal Decree shall maintain their nature as electronic offices and their sub-offices shall become associated electronic offices.

Information Security Policy of the Ministry (PSI)

Electronic Administration must be reliable so that citizens carry out their corresponding processes through same with absolute security and trust. For this reason, Royal Decree 311/2022, of 3 May, regulating the National Security Framework within the e-government scope, determined by Article 156 of Law 40/2015, of 1 October, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, seeks to strengthen confidence on the basis of which the information systems provide services and manage information in accordance with the functional specifications, without interruption or modification beyond control and ensuring that information does not come into the knowledge of unauthorised persons.

The Information Security Policy is the reference framework intended to contribute to the definition, management, administration and implementation of security mechanisms and procedures established by virtue of Royal Decree 311/2022 of  3 May.

Order HFP/873/2021, of 29 July, approved the information security policy in the field of the digital administration of the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration.

Information on Office Registry

The Ministry of Finance uses the General Electronic Register of the General State Administration (REG-AGE), which allows for the reception and submission of applications, letters and communications relating to its scope, in accordance with the provisions of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public Administrations and Law 40/2015, of 1 October, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.

Pursuant to Article 37, public bodies and public law entities linked to or dependent on each Administration may have their own electronic register that is fully interoperable and interconnected with the General Electronic Register of the Administration to which they are linked or on which they depend. In the Ministry of Finance there are other Electronic Registers owned by its Public Bodies, including the AEAT and the FNMT.

Consultation of registry entries:

From the electronic registration service, accessible from the electronic headquarters of the General Access Point, the interested party may consult their registration entries made in the REG-AGE by accessing the Carpeta ciudadana, which will contain, at least: 

  • The status of submissions. 

  • The receipt of registration entries

  • The documents attached to the registration entry.