Import regulations in Spain

For all foreign residents who pretend to return to Spain should request information to the Consulates of Spain, Ministries of Labour and Social Affairs of the countries where they reside in order to obtain an orientation adapted to his personal circumstances.

The Spanish residents living abroad who wish to return to Spain must apply for the Consular low. Upon arrival at the new place of residence must register at the nearest Municipal Register corresponding to their domicile in Spain.

The Spanish Consular low facilitates certain procedures with the entry of their goods at customs, as well as other, so it is very useful to ask before the end of your stay abroad. In addition, the certificate of the complete period of residence and matriculation in a consular jurisdiction uses as official voucher on the totality of time resided abroad.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) provides Spanish emigrants and their families who request it, when they return permanently to Spain, reduced price for airline tickets.

Those interested can contact the headquarters of the IOM in Madrid (c / Ferdinand # 10, 1 A. Tel. N º + 34 91 445 71 16, Fax No. + 34 91 594 32 83), or Local Offices of the IOM that can be founded at the capitals of most countries, where they provide punctual information about the requirements and procedures to be followed to obtain these benefits. On the Internet, can be found at: www.iom.int

• The intended effects for personal use or household needs of the family members living (provisions, household furniture, furniture, bicycles, motorcycles and private car use and their trailers not commercial vehicles or industrial) as well as camping caravans, yachts, private aircraft all of them for private use.
• Portable instruments needed for the exercise of the profession or occupation of the importer, as well as domestic animals who live at home.

In any case the personal property must have, by their nature or quantity, any commercial character aim.

The goods to be imported duty free must be used for a period not less than six months and have to be for personal matter at the final destination.

The final importation of goods and personal belongings must be made within twelve months counted from the date on which the parties interested has taken up normal residence in the EU customs territory. In the case of VAT this residence refers to the territory of application of taxes at the Peninsula and Balearic Islands.

• The failure to submit required documentation at the time of customs clearance may lead to by the Customs is required for the provision of a guarantee in the form and amount established by it.
• The failure to submit documentation needed for custom clearance may result the requirement for the provision of a guarantee in the form and amount established.
• Failure to comply with any conditions or time limits specified will result in the non-application of the franchise.
• Personal effects that may have benefited from the application of relief at customs clearance can not be lent, hired out or transferred for consideration or free of charge until it has completed a period of twelve months.

In the case of the person who moves residence the vehicle, must have been acquired under the normal conditions of taxation in the country of origin and have been used at least for a period not less than six months.

The term indicated of six months will be extended to twelve months if the mentioned transports were acquired or imported under the protection of exemptions established in the rate diplomatically or consular or in favor of members of international organizations with headquarters in the country of origin of the interested parties.

Besides the notable steps of matriculation, be noted that if the vehicle is not approved in the EU it will have to surrender to a technical special review in official laboratory, which cost will be chargeable to the owner.

• Legislation: Law 38/92.