SpainLey 9/2017, de Contratos del Sector Público, Article 126(1), accessibility criteria in technical specifications
Ley 9/2017, de 8 de noviembre, de Contratos del Sector Público, art. 126.1
In force since .
A procurement conditions rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
As of .
What it requires
- If you sell goods, services or works that a contracting administration procures for use by natural persons, whether the public or its own staff, expect its technical specifications to take into account the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the criteria of universal accessibility and universal design or design for all persons, except in duly justified cases (Ley 9/2017, Art. 126(1)); the paragraph names no technical standard.
- Where the specifications cannot be defined to take those criteria into account, the contracting body gives sufficient reasons for it (Art. 126(1)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
Article 126(1) requires that, where the object of a contract is intended for use by natural persons, whether the public or the staff of the contracting administration, the technical specifications be drafted, except in duly justified cases, so as to take into account the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the criteria of universal accessibility and universal design or design for all persons.
Where the specifications cannot be defined to take those criteria into account, Article 126(1) requires sufficient reasons to be given.
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