Hearing and public information on the project of Royal Decree approving the Statute of the profession of administrative manager.
Term: since September 11, 2026 to the point October 2, 2026
Summary
The draft Royal Decree approving the Statute of the Profession of Administrative Manager is subject to public consultation until 2 October 2026.
The purpose of public information hearings is to obtain the opinion of citizens who have rights and legitimate interests affected by a draft legislation already drafted, either directly or through the organizations or associations that represent them, as well as to incorporate any additional contributions that may be made by other interested persons or entities.
In this regard, Article 133 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, in relation to Article 26.6 of Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government, provides that, without prejudice to the consultation prior to the preparation of the text, when a rule affects the rights or legitimate interests of individuals, the competent management center must publish this text on the corresponding website3 in order to give a hearing to the affected citizens and collect any contributions that may be made.
In compliance with the above and in accordance with the provisions of Order PRE/1590/2016, of 3 October, which publishes the Agreement of the Council of Ministers of 30 September 2016, issuing instructions to enable public participation in the process of elaboration of regulations through the web portals of the ministerial departments, citizens, organizations and associations that consider it, may send their comments on the project of Royal Decree approving the Statute of the profession of administrative manager until 2 October 2026, through the following e-mail box: consultapublicasefp@digital.gob.es
Deadline
The contributions may be submitted for at least FIFTEEN WORKING DAYS counted from the day following the publication of this announcement on the ministerial web portal.
Publication: September 11, 2026
Deadline: until October 2, 2026
Presentation of allegations
The observations should preferably be sent electronically through the address that is authorized for this purpose or through the departmental electronic headquarters.
Objectives of the standard
The current Statute of the profession of Administrative Manager was approved by Decree 424/1963, of 1 March. Since then, it has undergone five modifications, the last of which was dated December 12, 1998.
The elaboration of this regulation, at the initiative of the Plenary of the General Council of Colleges of Administrative Managers of Spain, responds to the need to provide the profession with an updated statutory framework, adapted to the normative, technological and organizational evolution of the sector, reinforcing the legal security of professionals and recipients of the services provided.
This project aims, in this way, to modernize the legal regime of the profession, adapting it, in particular, to the modifications introduced in Law 2/1974, of 13 February, on Professional Associations, by Law 17/2009, of 23 November on free access to the activities of services and their exercise, and by Law 25/2009, of 22 December, amending various laws to adapt to the aforementioned Law 17/2009.
From a legal perspective, the project entails a profound modernization of the profession, reinforcing legal certainty, digitalization, user protection and the self-regulation capacity of the collegiate organization. The changes with the greatest legal significance are:
- The definition of the Administrative Managers, and it is established as a novelty that the agreements, decisions and acts of the Colleges will be governed by the provisions of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007, of 16 November, which approves the General Law for the defense of consumers and users and other complementary laws
- It is established, next to the test track of access to the profession, that of passing a Master's Degree in Administrative Management. In addition, in order to acquire the professional title of Administrative Manager, for which the fulfillment of the requirements established in these Statutes must be requested and accredited before the competent collegial organization and, as for the issuance of the title, the person in charge of such task will be the ministry of secondment or the competent administration.
- It is established that the Official Colleges will issue the corresponding accreditation on their incorporation and their situation of exercise in the College to which they have been attached.
- The professional practice of company form, provided that the Administrative Manager is a collegiate member of the Board and has effective control of the company. Los rights As stated in Article 25 of the previous Statute, they become exclusive to the collegiate members who exercise them for the sake of consistency with the content of the precept.
- Also, the figure of the job manager with the aim of providing administrative management services free of charge to those with scarce resources, provided that the manager is registered as Official Manager. In this regard, it must be the Professional Associations that establish one or more official shifts and it will be the Governing Board of each Professional Association that establishes whether the personal benefit of the professionals included in the official shift is paid or free. However, the surcharges will always be paid in the case of intervention in the official shift free of charge.
- The profession and its services are fully adapted to Law 39/2015 and to e-government. About the use of electronic media, in accordance with Law 39/2015, it is included that Administrative Managers will assist interested parties who request it through electronic means.
- The territorial reorganization and modernization of the school structure The Governing Board is included as the governing body of the Professional Associations, along with those already established historically in the Statute. In addition, with regard to the Governing Boards, it is established that these must be regulated by the particular Statutes of each Professional College.
- Los Honours and rewards, are modified and will gain a personal and lifelong character.
- The regime is comprehensively reformed disciplinary with incorporation of very serious infringements and new sanctions. It includes for the first time a series of infringements referred to as very serious. At the same time, new articles referring to the sanctioning regime are created.
- Safeguards and obligations of equality and non-discrimination. The rights of consumer and users.
- It establishes the additional nature for articles 34 to 46 of this Statute, in the absence of applicable regional legislation in accordance with the provisions of article 149 of the Spanish Constitution.
Identifying data:
The contributions must indicate name and surname or social reason, contact details and, where appropriate, representation that is held. Only contributions that allow the identification of its author will be taken into consideration.
Advertising and data protection:
In general, the contributions received will be considered to be open to public dissemination. The parts of the information submitted that, in the opinion of the person concerned, must be treated confidentially, must be expressly identified and adequately justified.
Responsible body:
Secretariat of State for the Civil Service
Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service.