In accordance with the provisions of article 26.2 of Law 50/1997, of November 27, of the Government, the public consultation is carried out prior to the elaboration of the draft Royal Decree amending the Regulations of the Integrated Industrial Register, approved by Royal Decree 559/2010, of May 7.

The evolution of the regulatory framework of the European Union in the field of supply chain resilience requires that the authorities can identify the industrial operators affected by the obligations arising from this regulation. Likewise, the application of some of these instruments may require having information on the industrial fabric that facilitates the exercise of the functions of planning, monitoring or response to situations of disturbance of the supply chains.

On the other hand, experience from recent global shocks has highlighted the importance of up-to-date information on national industrial capacities and their integration into value chains. In this scenario, it is necessary to redefine and develop new industrial policies that strengthen the resilience of the industrial fabric, in order to guarantee the economic security, competitiveness and sustainability of the productive model against future external disturbances.

As is clear from the purposes established in article 21 of the Law of 21/1992 of 16 July, on Industry, the Integrated Industrial Register is the instrument of information, supervision and control of industrial activity throughout the national territory. Therefore, its expansion is considered to be the appropriate action to respond to the needs arising from this new geopolitical context.

The initiative aims to modify the Regulation of the Integrated Industrial Register approved by Royal Decree 559/2010, of 7 May to adapt it to the new European regulatory context so as to expand the information available on national industrial capacities, in order to facilitate the formulation of industrial policies and respond swiftly to crisis situations.

The information provided by companies will be subject to the appropriate guarantees of confidentiality provided in the legal system.

The project aims to adapt the content of the Integrated Industrial Register to the new regulatory context of the European Union in response to the need to expand information on industrial capacities due to the new geopolitical landscape.

In particular, the initiative aims to:

• adapt the Integrated Industrial Register to the new European regulations;
• enabling manufacturing companies to communicate information regarding their industrial capabilities, production processes, strategic supplies and other relevant elements of value chains; and
• To improve the aggregate knowledge of the national industrial fabric in support of the development of industrial public policies.

The following alternatives have been considered:

• Not to create or modify any instrument to collect such information that would prevent compliance with the recent European regulatory context mentioned above.
• Create a new sectoral register to collect such information, this option not being consistent with the principles of effectiveness, efficiency and administrative simplification.

Given that none of the above alternatives is adequate, the amendment of the Regulation of the Integrated Industrial Register approved by Royal Decree 559/2010, of May 7 is proposed as the regulatory alternative that would allow to integrate these functionalities in an already existing administrative instrument, avoiding the creation of new sectoral registers.

However, during the public consultation, it is considered appropriate to seek the opinion of the potentially affected parties on the advisability of this solution and the possible existence of other regulatory or non-regulatory alternatives.

Only responses in which the sender is identified will be considered. In general, the responses will be considered non-confidential and freely disseminated. The parties that are considered confidential must be specifically indicated and delimited in the comments, motivating the reasons for such qualification.

Issues that are subject to consultation

Potentially affected subjects and organizations are invited to make any comments they deem appropriate and to comment on the following issues:

1. Is it considered necessary to adapt the Integrated Industrial Register to meet the new needs arising from European regulations on industrial capacities and supply chain resilience?
2. What kind of information on industrial capacities and value chains do you think could be useful for the effective exercise of public competences in industrial policy and crisis response?