diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/IOrderAuthorizationDAO.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/IOrderAuthorizationDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb1e655e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/IOrderAuthorizationDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.daos;
+
+import org.navalplanner.business.common.daos.IGenericDAO;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.OrderAuthorization;
+
+/**
+ * DAO interface for the {@link OrderAuthorization} entity.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+public interface IOrderAuthorizationDAO extends IGenericDAO<OrderAuthorization, Long> {
+
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAO.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3ac20a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.daos;
+
+import org.navalplanner.business.common.daos.GenericDAOHibernate;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.OrderAuthorization;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+/**
+ * Hibernate DAO for the {@link OrderAuthorization} entity.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+@Repository
+public class OrderAuthorizationDAO extends GenericDAOHibernate<OrderAuthorization, Long>
+    implements IOrderAuthorizationDAO {
+
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorization.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorization.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1f51163d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.entities;
+
+import org.hibernate.validator.NotNull;
+import org.navalplanner.business.common.BaseEntity;
+
+/**
+ * Base entity for modeling a order authorization.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+public abstract class OrderAuthorization extends BaseEntity {
+
+    private OrderAuthorizationType authorizationType;
+
+    public void setAuthorizationType(OrderAuthorizationType authorizationType) {
+        this.authorizationType = authorizationType;
+    }
+
+    @NotNull(message="an authorization type must be set")
+    public OrderAuthorizationType getAuthorizationType() {
+        return authorizationType;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorizationType.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorizationType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9a7a103f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/OrderAuthorizationType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.entities;
+
+import static org.navalplanner.business.i18n.I18nHelper._;
+
+/**
+ * Available types of {@link OrderAuthorization}.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+public enum OrderAuthorizationType {
+
+    READ_AUTHORIZATION(_("Read authorization")),
+    WRITE_AUTHORIZATION(_("Write authorization"));
+
+    private final String displayName;
+
+    private OrderAuthorizationType(String displayName) {
+        this.displayName = displayName;
+    }
+
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return displayName;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/ProfileOrderAuthorization.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/ProfileOrderAuthorization.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b64bc8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/ProfileOrderAuthorization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.entities;
+
+/**
+ * Entity for modeling a order authorization related with a {@link Profile}.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+public class ProfileOrderAuthorization extends OrderAuthorization {
+
+    /**
+     * Necessary for Hibernate.
+     */
+    public ProfileOrderAuthorization() {}
+
+    public ProfileOrderAuthorization(OrderAuthorizationType type) {
+        setAuthorizationType(type);
+    }
+
+    public static ProfileOrderAuthorization create() {
+        return create(new ProfileOrderAuthorization());
+    }
+
+    public static ProfileOrderAuthorization create(OrderAuthorizationType type) {
+        return create(new ProfileOrderAuthorization(type));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/UserOrderAuthorization.java b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/UserOrderAuthorization.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e6ca7d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/UserOrderAuthorization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.users.entities;
+
+/**
+ * Entity for modeling a order authorization related with a {@link User}.
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ */
+public class UserOrderAuthorization extends OrderAuthorization {
+
+    /**
+     * Necessary for Hibernate.
+     */
+    public UserOrderAuthorization() {}
+
+    public UserOrderAuthorization(OrderAuthorizationType type) {
+        setAuthorizationType(type);
+    }
+
+    public static UserOrderAuthorization create() {
+        return create(new UserOrderAuthorization());
+    }
+
+    public static UserOrderAuthorization create(OrderAuthorizationType type) {
+        return create(new UserOrderAuthorization(type));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/Users.hbm.xml b/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/Users.hbm.xml
index b1781da69..6ff6a17fe 100644
--- a/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/Users.hbm.xml
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/main/resources/org/navalplanner/business/users/entities/Users.hbm.xml
@@ -61,4 +61,32 @@
             </element>
         </set>
     </class>
+
+    <class name="OrderAuthorization" table="ORDER_AUTHORIZATION">
+        <id name="id" access="property" type="long">
+            <generator class="hilo">
+                <param name="max_lo">100</param>
+            </generator>
+        </id>
+
+        <discriminator column="ORDER_AUTHORIZATION_SUBCLASS" type="string"/>
+
+        <version name="version" access="property" type="long" />
+
+        <property name="authorizationType" not-null="true">
+            <type name="org.hibernate.type.EnumType">
+                <param name="enumClass">org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.OrderAuthorizationType</param>
+                <!-- 12 is java.sql.Types.VARCHAR -->
+                <param name="type">12</param>
+            </type>
+        </property>
+
+        <subclass name="UserOrderAuthorization" discriminator-value="USER">
+        </subclass>
+
+        <subclass name="ProfileOrderAuthorization" discriminator-value="PROFILE">
+        </subclass>
+
+    </class>
+
 </hibernate-mapping>
diff --git a/navalplanner-business/src/test/java/org/navalplanner/business/test/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAOTest.java b/navalplanner-business/src/test/java/org/navalplanner/business/test/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAOTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a70ef32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navalplanner-business/src/test/java/org/navalplanner/business/test/users/daos/OrderAuthorizationDAOTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of ###PROJECT_NAME###
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade Industrial e
+ *                    Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.navalplanner.business.test.users.daos;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.navalplanner.business.BusinessGlobalNames.BUSINESS_SPRING_CONFIG_FILE;
+import static org.navalplanner.business.test.BusinessGlobalNames.BUSINESS_SPRING_CONFIG_TEST_FILE;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.navalplanner.business.common.exceptions.InstanceNotFoundException;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.daos.IOrderAuthorizationDAO;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.OrderAuthorization;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.OrderAuthorizationType;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.ProfileOrderAuthorization;
+import org.navalplanner.business.users.entities.UserOrderAuthorization;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { BUSINESS_SPRING_CONFIG_FILE,
+        BUSINESS_SPRING_CONFIG_TEST_FILE })
+/**
+ * Test for {@link OrderAuthorizationDAO}
+ *
+ * @author Jacobo Aragunde Perez <jaragunde@igalia.com>
+ *
+ */
+@Transactional
+public class OrderAuthorizationDAOTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    IOrderAuthorizationDAO orderAuthorizationDAO;
+
+    private UserOrderAuthorization createValidUserOrderAuthorization() {
+        return UserOrderAuthorization.create(OrderAuthorizationType.READ_AUTHORIZATION);
+    }
+
+    private ProfileOrderAuthorization createValidProfileOrderAuthorization() {
+        return ProfileOrderAuthorization.create(OrderAuthorizationType.READ_AUTHORIZATION);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInSpringContainer() {
+        assertNotNull(orderAuthorizationDAO);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSaveOrderAuthorization() {
+        UserOrderAuthorization userOrderAuthorization = createValidUserOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(userOrderAuthorization);
+        assertNotNull(userOrderAuthorization.getId());
+
+        ProfileOrderAuthorization profileOrderAuthorization = createValidProfileOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(profileOrderAuthorization);
+        assertNotNull(profileOrderAuthorization.getId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRemoveOrderAuthorization() throws InstanceNotFoundException {
+        UserOrderAuthorization userOrderAuthorization = createValidUserOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(userOrderAuthorization);
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.remove(userOrderAuthorization.getId());
+        assertFalse(orderAuthorizationDAO.exists(userOrderAuthorization.getId()));
+
+        ProfileOrderAuthorization profileOrderAuthorization = createValidProfileOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(profileOrderAuthorization);
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.remove(profileOrderAuthorization.getId());
+        assertFalse(orderAuthorizationDAO.exists(profileOrderAuthorization.getId()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testListOrderAuthorizations() {
+        int previous = orderAuthorizationDAO.list(OrderAuthorization.class).size();
+        UserOrderAuthorization userOrderAuthorization = createValidUserOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(userOrderAuthorization);
+        ProfileOrderAuthorization profileOrderAuthorization = createValidProfileOrderAuthorization();
+        orderAuthorizationDAO.save(profileOrderAuthorization);
+        assertEquals(previous + 2, orderAuthorizationDAO.list(OrderAuthorization.class).size());
+    }
+}