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Country data: Spain

Transposition of Single Market directives (Spain)

Single Market infringement cases (Spain)

Internal Market Information System (Spain)

Technical regulations information system (Spain)

On these, the Commission issued 3 detailed opinions and 4 comments, while other Member States issued 10 detailed opinions and 5 comments.

 

SOLVIT (Spain)

Responsive administration and burden of regulation (Spain)

IndicatorYearESEU average
Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = Overly complex, 7 = Extremely easy)2025 3.89
Digitalisation of cross-border business procedures2025 21%
Payment delays by public authorities2024 16.76 days
Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (share of respondents considering business regulation an obstacle.)2024 66%

Access to public procurement (Spain)

Indicator2024EU average
Single bidder

33%

28%

No calls for bids

8%

6%

Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronics Daily, in % of GDP)

3.2%

5.8%

Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid)

19%

54%

Decision speed (days)

110 

74 

SME contractors

55%

71%

SME bids

55%

72%

Procedures divided into lots

32%

32%

Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators.

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