Spain · España
- WAD regulator
- MTDFP
- EAA application date
- 28 June 2025
- Technical standard
- EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
- Status
- Partially confirmed
Last reviewed: 28 May 2026 · Sources: EU WAD monitoring reports + national gazettes.
Applicable regulation
These are the EU directives that apply in Spain, with the national act that transposed each one and the body responsible for oversight.
Translation
Royal Decree 1112/2018 of 7 September on the accessibility of websites and mobile apps of public sector bodies
Standard
EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA
Monitored by
MTDFP — Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service digital.gob.es ↗
Complaints
URA — Accessibility Responsible Unit (URA)
Transposes the EU Web Accessibility Directive (WAD) into Spain law.
Translation
Law 11/2023 of 8 May on the transposition of EU Directives on the accessibility of certain products and services — Title I
Standard
EN 301 549 + sector-specific requirements
Enforced by
Autonomous Communities — designated market surveillance authorities
Sector supervisors
Autonomous Communities — designated market surveillance authorities, CNMC, AESA, AESF, DGMM, BdE
Coordinator
Technical Unit of the General State Administration
Transposes the EU European Accessibility Act (EAA) into Spain law.
Supervisory bodies
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MTDFP — Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
- Phone
- +34 91 273 47 00
- Postal address
- Paseo de la Castellana 3, 28046 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Central WAD monitoring and coordination authority per RD 1112/2018 Art. 18–19. Reports to the European Commission. Successor to the Ministerio de Política Territorial y Función Pública for accessibility competences.
URA — Accessibility Responsible Unit (URA)
- Languages accepted
- ES
- Note
- First-instance WAD complaints body and methodology coordinator per RD 1112/2018 Art. 13 and 16. Each public body designates its own URA. Users file accessibility complaints with the URA of the body operating the website/app.
Autonomous Communities — designated market surveillance authorities
P1, P2.a, P2.b, P2.c, P2.d, P3, P4, P5, S1, S2, S3.bus, S3.urban, S5, S6, S7
- Languages accepted
- ES
- Note
- Each autonomous community designates the competent authority for EAA market surveillance on its territory per Ley 11/2023 art. 27.3. Concrete authority varies — typical pattern is the regional consumer protection agency (e.g. Agencia Catalana del Consumo, Consumo Andalucía, Kontsumobide in País Vasco).
CNMC — National Markets and Competition Commission
S1, S2
- Phone
- +34 91 432 96 00
- Postal address
- C/ Alcalá 47, 28014 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Sectoral regulator for electronic communications and audiovisual markets. Holds sectoral competence over S1 (electronic communications) and S2 (access to AV media) when CCAA designations defer to state-level authorities.
AESA — State Aviation Safety Agency
S3.air
- aesa@seguridadaerea.es
- Phone
- +34 91 396 80 00
- Postal address
- Av. General Perón 40, 28020 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Sectoral civil aviation regulator. Holds sectoral competence over S3.air digital elements at the state level alongside CCAA designations.
AESF — State Railway Safety Agency
S3.rail.dom, S3.rail.intl
- Phone
- +34 91 363 80 00
- Postal address
- Plaza de los Sagrados Corazones 7, 28036 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Sectoral rail safety regulator. Holds sectoral competence over S3.rail.dom and S3.rail.intl digital elements at the state level alongside CCAA designations.
DGMM — Directorate-General of the Merchant Marine
S3.water
- Postal address
- C/ Ruiz de Alarcón 1, 28014 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Sectoral maritime transport regulator within the Ministry of Transport. Holds sectoral competence over S3.water digital elements at the state level alongside CCAA designations.
BdE — Bank of Spain
S4
- info@bde.es
- Phone
- +34 91 338 5000
- Postal address
- C/ Alcalá 48, 28014 Madrid
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Central bank and prudential supervisor. Holds sectoral competence over S4 consumer banking services at the state level alongside CCAA designations.
Technical Unit of the General State Administration
- Languages accepted
- ES, EN
- Note
- Central fallback market surveillance authority per Ley 11/2023 art. 28.2.g — competent when no autonomous community has designated its own authority or when matters span the whole national territory. Operates within the Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública.
No bodies match this filter.
Primary sources
- Real Decreto 1112/2018, de 7 de septiembre, sobre accesibilidad de los sitios web y aplicaciones para dispositivos móviles del sector público
- Ley 11/2023, de 8 de mayo, de trasposición de Directivas de la Unión Europea en materia de accesibilidad de determinados productos y servicios — Título I
- Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
- National Markets and Competition Commission
- State Aviation Safety Agency
- State Railway Safety Agency