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La Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance (consolidated text), aims to expand and strengthen the transparency of public activity, regulate and guarantee the right of access to information relating to that activity and establish the obligations of good governance that must be fulfilled by persons exercising public responsibility.
The Act applies to all public administrations and the entire state public sector, as well as other institutions, such as the House of His Majesty the King, the General Council of the Judiciary, the Constitutional Court, the Congress of Deputies, the Senate, the Bank of Spain, the Ombudsman, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Council and similar autonomous institutions, in relation to activities subject to administrative law.
The Act establishes publication obligations for public bodies to ensure transparency in their activities and regulates citizens’ right of access to public information.
The amendment has been made Article 8(a), by the Law 14/2022, of 8 Julyamending Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, in order to regulate the statistics of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in public procurement.