Hi all

Please see below which was received from our Spanish Solicitor.

Has anyone heard about this?


Dear client,

We hope that you are well.

We are writing to you to inform you of new legal developments that might affect you.

On April 5th 2013, the Spanish Government approved Royal Decree 235/13, a new law which complements the current European legislation regarding energy efficiency for properties built before 2008. This new law comes into effect on June 1st 2013. You might be aware that already all electrical appliances have an energy performance sticker, ranged from A to G. Now, all buildings will need to have something similar. The certificate can only be issued by qualified architects/technical engineers.

According to this new law, properties must have an Energy Performance Certificate that measures how efficiently the building deals with the different types of energy: solar, thermal, etc. It will also show several guidelines to increase this efficiency. At the moment we are not aware of any fines/penalties that might be accrued if you do not obtain this certificate. However, without this certificate you will not be able to sell or rent your Spanish property.

Our advice is that you get this certificate for your Spanish property. Then you should keep it with all the documentation related to your property so that you can produce it if you need to.