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Spain

Find details about Spain's commitments to and implementation of beneficial ownership transparency reforms

Records last updated: 12 November 2024

Committed to one or more

  • Live register
    Following the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.

Implemented one or more

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Implementation details

Central Beneficial Ownership Register (Registro Central de Titularidades Reales, RCTIR)

Name
Central Beneficial Ownership Register (Registro Central de Titularidades Reales, RCTIR)
Scope
Full-economy
Register launched
2023
Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
25%
Structured data publicly available
No
Published as BODS
No
Available via API
No

Beneficial Ownership Register (Registro de Titularidades Reales, RETIR)

Name
Beneficial Ownership Register (Registro de Titularidades Reales, RETIR)
Scope
Full-economy
Register launched
2018
Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
25%
Structured data publicly available
No
Published as BODS
No
Available via API
No

Commitment details

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  • At the 2016 UK Anti-Corruption Summit, Spain made a commitment to beneficial ownership disclosure. [12 May 2016] link to commitment
  • As a European Union member, Spain was obliged to create a central register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive by 2017. [20 May 2015] link to commitment
  • As a European Union member, Spain was obliged to create a central, public register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 22 November 2022, member states are no longer required to provide public access, and are instead required to, at a minimum, provide access to those that can demonstrate a legitimate interest. [19 April 2018] link to commitment
  • At the 2023 Summit for Democracy, Spain committed to effective implementation of beneficial ownership transparency measures and the maintenance of a beneficial ownership registry or an alternative mechanism [29 March 2023] link to commitment

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