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Electric transformers – Spain

Draft Royal Decree approving the technical safety regulation for gaseous fuel infrastructure and installations.

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Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se aprueba el Reglamento técnico de seguridad de infraestructuras e instalaciones de combustibles gaseosos.

Spain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 3 September 2026. The comment period closed on 2 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Low-voltage products and medium and high-voltage transformers Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof (HS Code(s): 8504)

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Productos de baja tensión y transformadores de media y alta tensión Transformadores eléctricos, rectificadores y demás convertidores eléctricos estáticos, bobinas 'rollos' de reactancia y de autoinducción; sus partes (Código(s) del SA: 8504)

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 8504 Electrical transformers, static converters, e.g. rectifiers, and inductors; parts thereof
Notifying member
Spain
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • National security requirements
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ESP/62

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 2 November 2026
Proposed adoption
First quarter of 2027
Proposed entry into force
Primer trimestre de 2027

How to comment

The comment period closed on 2 November 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/62; it can take them up with Spain.

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What the notification says

The notified draft Royal Decree consists of a preamble, a single article approving the Regulation, six additional provisions, seven transitional provisions, one repealing provision and seven final provisions. The regulatory structure of the Regulation comprises 30 articles containing general provisions and 13 supplementary technical instructions that establish specific technical requirements.The purpose of this Royal Decree is to update the technical regulations in order to better adapt them to current needs, possibilities and technical solutions relating to gas fuel installations, taking into account technological developments and the experience gained through the application of the current Regulation.The draft Royal Decree consists of:• Single article. Approval of the Regulation.G/TBT/N/ESP/62- 2 - • First additional provision. Technical guide.• Second additional provision. Insurance cover or other equivalent guarantee taken out in another State.• Third additional provision. Acceptance of documents from other member States for the purposes of demonstrating compliance with requirements.• Fourth additional provision. Equivalence of requirements.• Fifth additional provision. Model declaration of responsibility.• Sixth additional provision. Obligations concerning information and complaints.• First transitional provision. Inspection bodies authorized prior to the entry into force of this Royal Decree.• Second transitional provision. Administrative regularization of…

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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