The Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, and the Spanish Metrology Centre (CEM) are presenting today the details of the initiative promoted by the CEM for the development of a UNE standard for instruments used in the remote sensing of motor vehicle exhaust emissions. 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.
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.
Find more information on the event on the UNE website.
