El órgano concedente decide la cuantía según el criterio de valoración.

Órgano concedente is a formal administrative expression. It means something like the granting body, the awarding authority, or the authority that grants the aid/subsidy.

• órgano = body, authority, department, official entity
• concedente = granting / awarding

In this kind of official Spanish, two words often combine to form one institutional concept. So instead of translating each word very literally, it is usually better to understand the whole phrase as the authority responsible for granting something.

Concedente is a more formal, compact way of saying que concede.

So:

• el órgano concedente = the body that grants
• el órgano que concede = the body that grants

The first version is more typical in legal, bureaucratic, and administrative Spanish. Native speakers may use this kind of participle/adjectival form a lot in official texts.

Cuantía is a formal word meaning amount, usually of money.

In everyday Spanish, people often say:

• la cantidad
• el importe

But in official or legal language, la cuantía is very common, especially for:

• grants
• subsidies
• fines
• payments
• compensation

So here it means the amount to be awarded/granted.

Spanish often uses the definite article where English might not.

Here, la cuantía refers to a specific amount being determined in a known context, such as an application, subsidy, or assessment process. So Spanish naturally says decide la cuantía = decides the amount.

This does not necessarily mean the reader already knows the exact amount; it means the sentence is referring to the amount in question within that procedure.

Decide is the third person singular present indicative form of decidir.

The subject is el órgano concedente, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular:

• el órgano concedente decide = the granting body decides

Compare:

• decidir = to decide
• decide = decides
• decidirá = will decide
• decidió = decided

Official texts often use the present tense to state procedures, rules, or general facts.

Según means according to, based on, or depending on.

In this sentence, it introduces the basis or standard used to decide the amount:

• según el criterio de valoración = according to the assessment criterion
• or based on the evaluation criterion

It tells you how the decision is made.

Criterio de valoración is a formal phrase meaning something like:

• assessment criterion
• evaluation criterion
• criterion for assessment

Word by word:

• criterio = criterion
• valoración = assessment, evaluation

In official contexts, this usually refers to the rule, standard, or factor used to judge applications or determine outcomes.

The singular suggests one criterion is being referred to, or it is being used in a generic, institutional way.

So según el criterio de valoración can mean:

• according to the assessment criterion
• according to the applicable criterion of assessment

If there were several criteria, Spanish would more likely say:

• según los criterios de valoración

The singular is common when the text is referring to a defined criterion in a regulation or procedure.

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun, especially in formal or technical language.

So:

• órgano concedente = correct
• concedente órgano = not natural here

Even though concedente comes from a verb-related form, it works like an adjective in this phrase, so it follows the noun.

It is grammatical and natural, but it sounds very formal and administrative, not conversational.

A more everyday version might be something like:

• La entidad que concede la ayuda decide la cantidad según el criterio de evaluación.

The original sentence sounds like something from:

• legal texts
• public administration
• grant or subsidy rules
• official documentation

So it is useful to recognize it, but not something you would normally say in casual conversation.

Sometimes, but not usually in this sentence.

Valoración can mean:

• evaluation / assessment
• appraisal
• sometimes valuation

Here, because of the administrative context, valoración is best understood as assessment or evaluation, not as monetary value.

So criterio de valoración is not about market price; it is about the standard used to evaluate something.

Yes, mainly these points:

1. Formal vocabulary

   • órgano
   • concedente
   • cuantía
   • valoración

2. Official register

   • The sentence uses bureaucratic Spanish, which can feel less direct than everyday Spanish.

3. Article use

   • Spanish says la cuantía and el criterio, where English may phrase things more flexibly.

4. Condensed structure

   • órgano concedente packs a relative clause idea into two words.
   • English often expands it: the body that grants.

So the grammar is not extremely hard, but the register and vocabulary make it challenging.