Article 54

A High Council of Security is hereby created, as a body for consultation on the strategies of the country's internal and external security and for the management of crisis situations. The Council shall also ensure the institutionalization of the standards of good security governance. The King shall preside over this Council and may delegate to the Head of Government the presidency of a meeting of the Council, on the basis of a determined agenda. The High Council of Security shall comprise, in addition to the Head of Government, the President of the Chamber of Representatives, the President of the Chamber of Councillors, the deputy president of the High Council of the Judicial Power, the ministers responsible for the interior, foreign affairs, justice and the administration of national defence, as well as the heads of the administrations competent in security matters, senior officers of the Royal Armed Forces, and any other personality whose presence is useful to the work of the said Council. The internal rules of the Council shall set the rules of its organization and operation.