Regarding its organization, there are various general bodies,[17] at a national level (all of them democratically elected by the collegiate community) and a transposition to the demarcations in the governing bodies. The Management Committee is made up of José Javier Díez Roncero, General Secretary of the Association, the lawyer, partner of Aguillaume and Linde Abogados, Pablo Linde Puelles"), Legal Director; Carlos Gasca Cuota, Technical Director and Member Services; Luis Pena Lasso, Director of Production, Financing and General Services, Rafael Macía Villa, Director of Digital Communication and Lorenzo Martínez Lavado, Director of Library and Publications.[18].
The Government Board of Santamera and Loureda (mandate 2012-2016) was committed, from the beginning of its mandate, to the recognition of the master's level of the title of Civil Engineer, which was achieved in April 2015.[19] This demand was initiated by a group of road, canal and port engineers grouped in the blog #soymastereuropeo,[20] led by the civil engineer Marta Serrano.
In Spain, to practice as a Civil, Canal and Port Engineer, prior registration is required. In recent years, after the appearance of the new Law on Professional Companies, the registration of this type of companies can also be carried out in this College and, in the same way, in any of the districts and offices that are distributed throughout Spain.
The academic title of Civil Engineer, Canals and Ports or the Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports and membership in the College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports qualify for the exercise of the regulated profession of Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports. At the European level, this degree has the highest university level of Directive 2005/36/EC, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of September 7, 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (art. 11.e) and Royal Decree 1837/2008 that incorporates it into the Spanish legal system (art. 19.5 and Annex VIII). The Technical Engineering of Public Works has a lower level: that of article 11.d of the aforementioned Directive and that of article 19.4. of Royal Decree 1837/2008.
The title of Technical Engineer or Degree in Civil Engineering has the level of Bachelor and corresponds to the EQF-6, and does not give access to the College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports. The above titles give rise, in the professional field of civil engineering, to two regulated professions with mandatory registration for their exercise with different competencies, Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports - which is accessed with the title of Civil Engineer, Canals and Ports or with the Qualifying Master in Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports (ORDER CIN 309/2009) - which is the only profession in which all its professionals have extensive and global competence. field of civil engineering and public works and Technical Engineering of Public Works - which is accessed with the title of Technical Engineer of Public Works or with the Qualifying Degree of Civil Engineering (ORDER CIN 307/2009) which is a profession with partial competencies depending on the specialty studied and that can only carry out, according to jurisprudence, minor and minor jobs.
The current regime is based on the current Law 12/1986, which regulates the professional powers of technical architects and technical engineers and which grants powers and powers in the exercise of their profession only and exclusively within the scope of their respective technical specialty.
This regime was maintained by Royal Decree 1837/2008, of November 8, by which Directive 2005/36/EC, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of September 7, 2005, and Directive 2006/100/EC, of the Council, of November 20, 2006, relating to the recognition of professional qualifications, are incorporated into the Spanish legal system. Annex VIII of said RD 1837/2008 provides that the profession of Public Works Technical Engineer (such as Aeronautical Technical Engineer, Agricultural Technical Engineer, Mining Technical Engineer, Telecommunications Technical Engineer, Forestry Technical Engineer, Industrial Technical Engineer, Naval Technical Engineer) is a profession regulated by specialties.
Based on these regulations, the Supreme Court Ruling of October 9, 2013 confirmed that the Degree in Civil Engineering is a degree for “specialties” (Civil Construction/ or Transport and Urban Services/ or Hydrology) and not “global” or “generalist”. The College of Civil Engineers, Canals and Ports supported, as co-defendant, the position of the State Administration (ANECA) confirmed by the Sentence. According to the Ruling, the titles corresponding to the Degree in Civil Engineering may result in the graduate only being able to professionally practice the regulated profession of Technical Public Works Engineering in their field of specialty: or in civil constructions, or in hydrology, or in transportation and urban services.