FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA DE MUNICIPIOS Y PROVINCIAS

Approved the grant for operating expenses of the Peace Courts


The Council of Ministers at its meeting on May 7 approved a loan of EUR 3.31058 million for a grant to the municipalities for the costs of operation of the Magistrates' Courts. This appropriation was provided in the Law on State Budget for 2010.


The grant comes to fulfilling the mandate of Article 52 of the Demarcation Act and Judicial Plant. The module for the distribution of subsidies to the municipalities is the right population of each municipality. The stages identified are as follows: for municipalities of between 1 and 499 inhabitants, the annual amount of 489 euros for municipalities of between 500 and 999, amounts to 904 euros, between 1000 and 2999, Euro 1965, between 3,000 and 4,999 inhabitants, of 2434 euros between 5000 and 6999, is of 3,008 euros and 7,000 for 3480 onwards euros.


This agreement provides that, in accordance with the Finance Act 1993, the councils of the municipalities members of each of the groups of justices of the peace secretariats (incorporated under the provisions of the Law of Demarcation and Floor Judicial) receive 50 per 100 of the amount for legal population, they are entitled.


The remaining 50 100 will increase the amount, according to people of their right, corresponds to the municipalities headquarters of the abovementioned groups.
 
Application in six autonomous regions
 
The approved credit applies to the municipalities of the Autonomous Communities which have not been transferred the functions of the state administration in the provision of material and financial means for the functioning of the Administration of Justice. These autonomous communities are the Balearic Islands, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Murcia and La Rioja. It does not apply to the municipalities of the Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Valencia, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Navarra, Madrid, Asturias, Cantabria and Aragon, in accordance with the provisions of their respective royal decrees on the transfer of responsibilities for the provision of material and financial means for the functioning of the Administration of Justice.
 
The contents of this agreement has been reported favorably by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and the Directorate General for Local Cooperation, Ministry of Planning Policy.