Spain and the WTO

This page gathers information on Spain's participation in the WTO. Spain has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 29 August 1963. It is a member State of the European Union (more info). All EU member States are WTO members, as is the EU (until 30 November 2009 known officially in the WTO as the European Communities for legal reasons) in its own right.

National site
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad
(This site is selected by the Spanish delegation)

Member profiles

News

Goods schedules and tariff data

Get tariff data — includes explanations of bound and applied rates, the HS system and related jargon
See the goods schedules gateway for explanations and background
For current situation of goods schedules see the European Communities
Spain's Uruguay Round goods schedules are included in those of the European Communities (zip format, 759KB)

Services schedules and MFN exemptions

Spain is included in services schedules for the European Communities
help on reading a services schedule
services database (opens new window)
You can use this database to retrieve the services schedule for a Member, or to compare services commitments across Members. The database does not include data on current negotiations.
all commitments and exemptions on services. Provides the original official documents from Spain. Not consolidated (i.e. first documents may be amended/substituted by subsequent documents).

Trade Policy Reviews of Spain

Spain is included in TPRs of the EU/EC
See the TPR gateway for explanations and background

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European Communities TPR documents > search > help

Dispute cases involving Spain

Spain is also included in dispute settlement cases of the EU/EC.

Place your mouse over a dispute number in the table below to see the title of the dispute. Click on the dispute number to go to a page giving detailed information for that dispute.

See the dispute settlement gateway for explanations and background.

Notifications from Spain

Notifications submitted by the European Union (formerly European Communities) are valid for all EU members. However, occasionally individual EU members notify certain measures which are specific to their country only. These are included below.

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Agriculture (Document code G/AG/N/ESP/*) > search
Antidumping (Document code G/ADP/N/* and ESP) > search
Balance of payments (Document code WT/BOP/N/*) > search
Customs valuation (Document code G/VAL/N/* and ESP) > search
Government procurement (Document code GPA/* and keyword varies) > search
Import licensing (Document code G/LIC/N/* and ESP) > search
Information technology products (Document code varies) > search
Intellectual Property Rights (see TRIPS below)
Regional trade Agreements (Document code WT/REG* and N) > search
Rules of origin (Document code G/RO/N/*) > search
Safeguards (Document code G/SG/N/* and ESP) > search
Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (Document code G/SPS/N/ESP/*) > search
Services (Document code S/C/N/*) > search
State trading enterprises (Document code G/STR/N/* and ESP) > search
Subsidies and countervailing measures (Document code G/SCM/N/* and ESP) > search
Technical barriers to trade notifications under the TBT Agreement can be found under the TBT gateway
Textiles notifications can be found by Article under the textiles gateway
Trade and development (Document code WT/COMTD/N/*) > search
Trade-related investment measures (Document code G/TRIMS/N/* and ESP) > search
TRIPS notifications can be found by Article under the Members’ transparency toolkit

Acceptance of multilateral instruments

Membership of plurilateral agreements

Membership of RTAs & PTAs

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