Article 6 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, provides that each Administration must have a general electronic register of powers of attorney, which must be interoperable with the registers of the rest of the administrations.

That is, these registers must guarantee their interconnection and compatibility, as well as the electronic transmission of the requests, writings and communications that are incorporated into them, so that the representations registered in the proxy register of an AAPP must be able to be consulted by another AAPP that does not use that same register.

THE POWER OF ATTORNEY is the electronic register of powers of attorney of the General State Administration, which allows the registration of representations so that the proxies can act before the Public Administrations on behalf of third parties.

However, to exchange information between REPRESENTA and APODERA (or other similar registers) it is necessary to previously approve the corresponding Technical Standard for Interoperability of the data model and interoperability conditions of electronic registers of powers of attorney, which is currently being developed.

On the other hand, the aforementioned law also contemplates that general registers of powers of attorney will not prevent the existence of particular registers where the powers granted for carrying out specific procedures of the organization are registered.

In this sense, the Electronic Register of Bidding Companies of the Generalitat de Catalunya (RELI) aims to facilitate the competition of companies and streamline the actions of Catalan public administrations in contract award procedures (Decree 107/2005, of May 31).

Among the various data registered in the RELI, those relating to the representation of the bidding companies stand out, such as:

  • Date of the document and number of the protocol granting powers of representation in contractual procedures.
  • Surnames and first names of the representatives.
  • Identification of the powers of representation attributed: bidding, signing contracts, granting credits, making deposits and collecting.
  • Duration of powers of representation.
  • Action regime for the powers of representation.
  • Number and expiration date of the identity document of the representatives.

In view of what is provided for in the administrative procedure regulations, the REPRESENTA service is planned to be integrated with APODERA and RELI, as soon as the indicated technical standard is approved and the integrations are available.