Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty choice. However, family members do receive some information concerning the fact of the arrest and the fact that incommunicado detention has been applied. This information is provided through the channels and on the terms indicated in the aforesaid protocol for co-ordination of assistance for persons held incommunicado applied by the Ertzaintza. Legal counsel are present only when formal statements are taken. They may not Legal counsel are present freely visit detainees. According to Article 527.a) of the LECRIM they must in only when formal all cases be legal aid lawyers on duty as per a specific rota for counselling of detainees held incommunicado of the corresponding bar association. Statements are taken in rooms fitted with cameras. Nor do detainees have the right to statements are taken. They have no right to subsequent private meetings private meetings after their statements are taken [Art. 527.c) LECRIM]. 149. The stations visited are subject to regular internal inspections and The Ertzaintza holds a detention process quality audits, during which questionnaires are given out, quality certificate under completion of which is voluntary. The Ertzaintza holds an AENOR quality certificate (1752/2002 ER) under quality management standard UNE-EN ISO standard UNE-EN ISO 9001:2008 9001:2008 for the force’s detention and custody procedures. III.2. Mossos d’Esquadra Establishments 150. The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (PGA 6/2006 of July 19) establishes An armed civilian law that the Generalitat (Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia) is enforcement agency with responsible for “the creation and organisation of the Policía de la Generalitat- over 14,000 officers Mossos d’Èsquadra [Autonomous Police]” [Art. 164.1.b)]. Article 164.5 of the Statute establishes the remit of this force, which is described as an armed civilian law enforcement agency. Its structure and hierarchical organisation are laid down in Article 10.1 of Act 10/1994 of July 11 on the regulation of the force. Its basic principles for action and its functions are set down in Articles 11 and 12 of the said Act. Its disciplinary regime is regulated by Article 66-78 of the same Act. The force is answerable to the Department of the Interior of the Regional Government of Catalonia. It has over 14,000 officers grouped into nine “policing regions”. The graphic below shows its organisation structure. 151. The Mossos d’Esquadra operate in all four provinces of Catalonia, in a territory measuring 32,113,41 km2. The data provided by the Department of the Interior of the Regional Government of Catalonia on the number of detainees held in cells run by the Mossos d’Esquadra in 2010 refer to persons detained by the autonomous police force itself and by local police forces, plus persons admitted to holding cells in courthouses. The total for all three types of detainee was 64,666, distributed as per the table below. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN The force operates in an area of 32,113. 41 km2. In all there were 64,666 arrests with admission to cells 83

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