United States–Spain Treaties in Force, January 1, 2009
the United States forces was involuntarily terminated other than for cause will be given priority consideration in the selection process; 5.3 Notify the Spanish Military Administration of the selection of personnel, and request appointment and detail for persons so selected by the United States forces; 5.4 Determine, in accordance with the Spanish Regulations, reassignments, promotions, and terminations of utilization, and notify the Spanish Military Administration thereof; 5.5 Propose disciplinary action to the Commander of the base or establishment, in his capacity as Chief of the Establishment in accordance with the Spanish Regulations, who will lend maximum attention to said proposal and to the immediate imposition of a penalty, which will be executory in nature, which corresponds to the minor offenses provided for in said Regulations, without prejudice to the definitive decision, which could be issued if it were the subject of an appeal; 5.6 Initiate disciplinary action for other than minor faults defined as such in the Spanish Regulations, collaborate on the preliminary proceedings to verify the facts, and forward the report to the Spanish Military Administration. Such report may include a proposal of penalty; 5.7 Organize the work of local labor personnel in order to take care of the needs of their own service most efficiently, specifying working schedules and vacation periods. In no case may vacation periods be less than the minimums required by the Spanish Regulations; 5.8 Adopt pertinent measures for the training and developing of local labor personnel, including where appropriate participation in occupational safety programs; 5.9 Prepare local labor personnel payrolls and submit them in due time to the Spanish Military Administration; 5.10 Make available to the Spanish Military Administration the necessary funds to meet payments to the local labor personnel of the remuneration referred to in Article 4.4 of this Annex and the legally recognized compensation, as well as the administrative expenses incurred as agreed by the Joint Committee for Politico-Military Administrative Affairs. ARTICLE 6 Reduction-in-Force
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