16 commitments
Access to Domestic Law Enforcement
Spain will continue its commitment to ensuring that financial intelligence unit, law enforcement agencies and tax agency have full and effective access to beneficial ownership information for companies and other legal entities registered in Spain.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentAccess to International Law Enforcement
Spain is committed to ensure Spanish law enforcement authorities share the beneficial ownership information available in the Spanish central database with counterparts in third countries. We call other countries to follow an equivalent commitment in terms of sharing beneficial ownership information.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentAccountable Repatriation
Since last May 6, a central database of bank accounts is fully operational in Spain. Notwithstanding this significant improvement, Spain will continue its commitment to developing adequate tools to strengthen the ability to trace and recover stolen assets.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Asset recovery
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentAsset Recovery Guidelines
Spain supports the development of internationally-endorsed guidelines for the transparent and accountable management of returned stolen assets.
Country: Spain
Status: no data
Themes: Asset recovery
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentAutomatic Exchange of Information
As one of the signatories of the G5 initiative, Spain is fully committed in the development of the pilot initiative for automatic exchange of beneficial ownership information
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentCentral Register
Spain will continue its commitment to achieve the highest level of transparency, currently guaranteed by the Spanish central register of company beneficial ownership information
Country: Spain
Status: ongoing
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentCentral Register
The Spanish land registry and registry of movable assets centralize all the information regarding the owners of the land, real estate or movable assets irrespective of the citizenship of the acquiring person. The combined use of this tool and the information available concerning the beneficial ownership information of every company buying one of these properties have proved to be a very useful tool. Spain welcomes the establishment of transparent central registers of foreign companies bidding on public contracts and buying property
Country: Spain
Status: ongoing
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentCorrupt Bidders
Spain commits to exploring ways of sharing information on corrupt bidders across borders.
Country: Spain
Status: no data
Themes: Public procurement
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentGlobal Asset Recovery Forum
Spain is willing to participate in the Global Forum for Asset Recovery
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Asset recovery
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentInternational Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre
Spain welcomes the UK initiative to establish an independent International Anti-Corruption Coordination Centre (IACCC) and expresses its willingness to collaborate with this Centre, as well as the readiness of the Spanish law enforcement bodies to keep fighting grand corruption and boosting international cooperation.
Country: Spain
Status: inactive
Themes: Law enforcement
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentLegislation
Spain commits to strictly enforce its asset recovery legislation, including through non-conviction based confiscation, extended confiscation and confiscation from a third party.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Asset recovery
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentLegislation
Spain commits to implement the robust provisions of the Penal Code in the fight against corruption.
Country: Spain
Status: ongoing
Themes: Law enforcement
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentProperty & Public Contracting
Spain will take steps to ensure transparency of the ownership and control of all companies involved in property purchase and public contracting
Country: Spain
Status: ongoing
Themes: Beneficial ownership
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentTraining and Assistance
Spain commits to fully develop the functions for which the Asset Recovery and Management Office was created so it becomes a pillar in the fight against crime.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Asset recovery
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentTransparency and Integrity
Spain will continue to promote maximum transparency in public procurement procedures, only limited by due respect to confidentiality obligations deriving from EU Law (in particular, relevant EU Directives).
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Public procurement
Last updated: December 2020
View commitmentTransparency and Integrity
Spain will set up a governance scheme aimed at detecting non-compliance or problems of systemic character within the public procurement procedures. Results of this activity of surveillance and supervision will be properly disclosed.
Country: Spain
Status: complete
Themes: Public procurement
Last updated: December 2020
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