Railway Safety Agency

The Railway Safety Agency, in Spanish, Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Ferroviaria (AESF) is a Spanish government agency within the Department of Transport. The AESF is the highest railway authority and responsible for the railway safety. It carries out safety management and supervision of all elements of the railway system: infrastructures, rolling stock, railway personnel and railway operation. The agency is responsible for granting, suspending and revoking the licenses of railway companies.
Functions.
As the responsible authority of the railway safety, the AESF is responsible for:
Organization.
The agency is structured into three main governing bodies as follows:
Presidency.
The President is the institutional representative of the agency and its Governing Council. The President of the Agency is the head of the Secretary-General for Infrastructure. The President, since 23 March 2019 Julián López Milla.
Governing Council.
The highest governing body of the agency is the Governing Council, which includes representatives of the Ministry of Development; the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
Director.
The Director is the executive officer of the Agency and responsible for its ordinary management. The director is appointed by the Governing Council. The director of the agency is Pedro M. Lekuona García, since 2017.
The first directo of the agency was Carlos Díez Arroyo, who served from 2015 to 2017.
Budget.
The 2020 budget was 13.88 million per the Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenditures (Secretaría de Estado de Presupuestos y Gastos).