Procurement directives and technical specifications
A separate element of work order and service contracts are the necessary technical specifications. Here it becomes apparent, that the implementation of directives in detail is carried out by standards.
Technical specifications in the sense of the procurement directives can be:
- Technical specifications (in the case of public works contra): comprising technical prescriptions defining the characteristics required of a material, product or supply and rules for the design of structures
- Standards: are technical specifications approved by a recognised standardising body for repeated or continuous application, compliance with which is not compulsory and which falls into one of the following categories:
International standard: Standard adapted by an international standards organisation and made available to the general public
European standard: Standard adopted by a European standards organisation and made available to the general public
National standard: Standard adopted by a national standards organisation and made available to the general public
- European technical approval: a favourable technical assessment of the fitness for use of a product for based on the fulfilment of the essential requirements for building works
- Common technical specification: technical specification laid down in accordance with a procedure recognised by the Member States which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union;
- Technical reference: any product produced by European standardisation bodies, other than official standards, according to procedures adopted for the development of market needs.
