Public policies

The Public Sector Contracts Act 9/2017 establishes that public procurement processes shall include qualitative, environmental, social and innovative aspects. As a way of demonstrating the fulfilment of these aspects, it includes in many of its articles specific mentions to the employment of technical standards and certified conformity assessors. To facilitate a full use of technical standards and accreditation in purchasing processes to professionals of civil service, ENAC and UNE have drawn up the "Guide to the use of the standards and the accreditation in the public procurement." 

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MINCOTUR) page on standardisation activity has been updated; all information regarding standards has been updated, from the most basic concepts to the more complex ones, such as participation in standardisation activities.

​This document was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in order to raise the awareness of the legislators as to the benefits of choosing to use and refer to ISO and IEC standards in regulations and that such use can support good legislative practice.

​In order to provide public authorities with information on the various options arising from the use of standards as support for the development of legal documents and general public policies, the European standards bodies CEN and CENELEC have published this guide.