WTO notification · TBT
SpainProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Draft Royal Decree amending the Electrotechnical Regulation for Low Voltage (Reglamento Electrotécnico para Baja Tensión), approved by Royal Decree 842/2002, of 2 August, and the Regulation on technical conditions and safety guarantees in high voltage electrical installations and its Complementary Technical Instructions ITC-RAT 01 to 23, approved by Royal Decree 337/2014, of 9 May.
Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se modifican el Reglamento Electrotécnico para Baja Tensión, aprobado por el Real Decreto 842/2002, de 2 de agosto, y el Reglamento sobre condiciones técnicas y garantías de seguridad en instalaciones eléctricas de alta tensión y sus Instrucciones Técnicas Complementarias ITC-RAT 01 a 23, aprobado por el Real Decreto 337/2014, de 9 de mayo.
Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 November 2025. The comment period closed on 6 January 2026.
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Published here:
Low voltage products and medium and high voltage transformers
Productos de baja tensión y transformadores de media y alta tensión
The comment period closed on 6 January 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/ESP/55; it can take them up with Spain.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The draft royal decree consists of a preamble, two articles, one single additional provision, eight transitory provisions, one single repealing provision and three final provisions. It introduces novelties regarding technical requirements with the objective of guaranteeing the safety of installations in accordance with the introduction of self-consumption in a generalized manner. The draft royal decree consists of: - Article one. Modifications are introduced to the Electrotechnical Regulation for Low Voltage (Reglamento Electrotécnico para Baja Tensión), approved by Royal Decree 842/2002, of 2 August, and its complementary technical instructions ITC BT-01, ITC BT-02, ITC BT-03, ITC BT-04, ITC BT-05, ITC BT-06, ITC BT-07, ITC BT-11, ITC BT-12, ITC BT-13, ITC BT-14, ITC BT-15, ITC BT-16, ITC BT-17, ITC BT-23 and ITC BT-40. Likewise, the new ITC BT-53, relating to direct current system installations, is approved. - Article two. Modification of the ITC RAT-09 of the Regulation on technical conditions and safety guarantees in high voltage electrical installations (Reglamento sobre condiciones técnicas y garantías de seguridad en instalaciones eléctricas de alta tensión), approved by Royal Decree 337/2014, of 9 May. - Single additional provision. Updating of references to UNE standards. - First transitory provision. Enabling of control bodies in activities that are affected by this royal decree during a transitory period of eighteen months. - Second transitory provision. The regime is established so that the holders of the installations of which not...
El proyecto de real decreto consta de un preámbulo, dos artículos, una disposición adicional única, ocho disposiciones transitorias, una disposición derogatoria única y tres disposiciones finales. Introduce novedades en cuanto a exigencias técnicas con el objetivo de garantizar la seguridad de las instalaciones de acuerdo con la introducción del autoconsumo de forma generalizada. El proyecto de real decreto consta de: - Artículo primero. Se introducen modificaciones en el Reglamento Electrotécnico para Baja Tensión, aprobado por el Real Decreto 842/2002, de 2 de agosto, y sus instrucciones técnicas complementarias ITC BT-01, ITC BT-02, ITC BT-03, ITC BT-04, ITC BT-05, ITC BT-06, ITC BT-07, ITC BT-11, ITC BT-12, ITC BT-13, ITC BT-14, ITC BT-15, ITC BT-16, ITC BT-17, ITC BT-23 e ITC BT-40. Asimismo, se aprueba la nueva ITC BT-53, relativa a instalaciones de sistemas en corriente continua. - Artículo segundo. Modificación de la ITC RAT-09 del Reglamento sobre condiciones técnicas y garantías de seguridad en instalaciones eléctricas de alta tensión, aprobado por el Real Decreto 337/2014, de 9 de mayo. - Disposición adicional única. Actualización de las referencias a normas UNE. - Disposición transitoria primera. Habilitación de los organismos de control en actividades que se vean afectadas por este real decreto durante un periodo transitorio de dieciocho meses. - Disposición transitoria segunda. Se establece el régimen para que los titulares de las instalaciones de las que no…
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