- This pioneering national standard, which is scheduled for publication towards the end of 2024, has arisen from the need expressed by some councils of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and will be useful for Low Emission Zones (LEZ).
- The aim of the initiative is to harmonise this type of instrument in Spain, and develop a basis for future regulation in this area. Technical standards are a useful tool for public agencies in the effective development and deployment of public policies.
Madrid, 8 November 2023 - The Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, and the Spanish Metrology Centre (CEM) are today hosting a briefing session to provide information about the CEM-backed initiative to develop a UNE standard for instruments used in vehicle emission remote sensing. This pioneering national standard, to be published at the end of 2024, has arisen from the need expressed by some city councils with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and could be of great use for Low Emission Zones (LEZ) in cities.
The aim of the initiative is to harmonise this type of instrument in Spain, and develop a basis for future regulation in this area. Specifically, the future standard will establish the requirements and methods for testing remote sensing systems for motor vehicle exhaust emissions, and will serve to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements established in a potential amendment of Order ICT/155/2020 of 7 February, which regulates the metrological control of the State of certain measuring instruments and includes a specific annex on this type of instrument. Technical standards are a useful tool for public agencies in the effective development and deployment of public policies.
During this event, the initiative was explained in detail and information was provided about the steps needed to create and run a working group to draft the future standard.
Salustiano Ruiz González, Director of Energy, Environment and Health Policies at the CEM. Iván Moya, Director of Sectoral Transformation at UNE; and Iker Iñigo, Metrology Project Manager at UNE.
About the Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE
The Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, is a global organization whose purpose is to develop technical standards or rules that contribute to shared progress of society and the creation of a safer, more sustainable and competitive world.
Standards reflect the market consensus on best practices in key areas for organisations in terms of competition and for the interests of society as a whole, which are the result of dialogue and joint collaboration between economic sectors and government agencies.
With the participation of more than 13,000 professionals in its working groups, UNE is the Spanish representative in international (ISO and IEC), European (CEN-CENELEC and ETSI) and American (COPANT) standardisation bodies.
