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CHAPTER V Consultative bodies in the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency

• Article 40. Consultative Committee.
• Article 41. Consultative bodies.

Article 40. Consultative Committee.

1. The Consultative Committee of the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency is created as an advisory body that is seconded to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, which makes social participation in the System effective on a permanent basis and exercises the institutional participation of the trade union and employers’ organisations in same.

2. Its functions shall be to inform, advise and formulate proposals regarding materials that are of special interest for the functioning of the said System.

3. The Committee shall be a tripartite composition, as it shall be formed by the Public Administrations, the employers’ and trade union organisations and shall be a joint committee between the Public Administrations on the one hand and the trade union and employers’ organisations on the other, according to the terms laid down in the following item. The Committee’s agreements shall be adopted by a majority of the votes issued in each of the parties and therefore the majority of the votes from the Public Administrations and the majority of the votes from the trade union and employers’ associations shall be required.

4. The Consultative Committee shall be chaired by the representative from the General State Administration that is appointed by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Its functioning shall be regulated by its internal regulations. It shall be formed by the following members, who shall be appointed according to the terms that are established in the regulations:

1. Six representatives from the General State Administration.
2. Six representatives from the administrations of the Autonomous Communities.
3. Six representatives from the Local Entities.
4. Nine representatives from the most representative employers’ organisations.
5. Nine representatives from the most representative trade union organisations.

Article 41. Consultative bodies.

1. The following shall be consultative bodies with institutional participation in the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency:

The Consultative Committee of the System for Autonomy and Care for Dependency.
The State Council for Older Persons.
The National Council for the Persons with Disabilities.
The State Council of Non-Governmental Social Work Organisations.

2. The functions of these bodies shall be to inform, advise and formulate proposals on issues that are of special interest for the functioning of the System.