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Selling machinery in Spain from 2027
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies in the same way across the EU, but each country decides languages, penalties and who enforces. Machinery manufacturers in Spain: about 5,651 (Eurostat 2022). Here is what we found.
No national law foundTo be verified
- National law
- We found no national act adapting to the Regulation. Royal Decree 1644/2008, which transposes the Machinery Directive, still applies.(To be verified)
- Penalties
- Not published yet. The general regime of the Industry Act will probably apply: to be verified.(To be verified)
- Mandatory languages
- Castilian Spanish, as today. Some autonomous communities may also require the regional language.
- Who enforces
- The autonomous communities (to be verified).(To be verified)
Data collected on 2026-10-22 from public sources. We did not always find the official text: check it in the national gazette and with your CE consultant before relying on it.
What it means in practice
- Delayed national rules do not move the date: from 20 January 2027 new machinery must be declared under the Regulation in Spain too.
How TARGA helps
- Set Spain among the delivery countries of a serial number and TARGA warns you if a mandatory language is missing (Spanish).
- The manual is composed for the configuration of each serial number and translated with AI plus human review, using your glossary.
- The QR page picks the language from the visitor's browser and says whether it shows the original or a translation.
- Published versions stay online for at least 10 years, and paper copy requests arrive with their one-month deadline.
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