{"id":1818,"date":"2026-10-13T12:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/spain-vehicles-compliance-guidebook\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:04","slug":"spain-vehicles-compliance-guidebook","status":"publish","type":"guidebook","link":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/spain-vehicles-compliance-guidebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Vehicles Compliance Guidebook for Automotive Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">What this guidebook covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every ITV (periodic roadworthiness inspection) records the mileage, and any buyer can see it in the DGT (Directorate-General for Traffic) vehicle report. Selling a car with the odometer wound back is fraud: up to 3 years in prison, or 6 if aggravated. The buyer can cancel the sale, claim damages and report it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guidebook covers 6 standards for selling and managing vehicles, with 14 checkpoints: real mileage, transfers and stock, safety recall campaigns, trade plates, a true vehicle history, and the fuel consumption and CO2 label. The guidebook PDF is in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"standards\">The 6 vehicle standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table as-papertable as-gbtable\"><table><thead><tr><th>Code<\/th><th>Standard<\/th><th>Ideal fix time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>VEH-01<\/td><td>Real mileage<\/td><td>Immediate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VEH-02<\/td><td>Transfers and stock<\/td><td>7 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VEH-03<\/td><td>Recall campaigns<\/td><td>72 hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VEH-04<\/td><td>Trade plates<\/td><td>7 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VEH-05<\/td><td>True vehicle history<\/td><td>72 hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VEH-06<\/td><td>Fuel consumption and CO2 label<\/td><td>72 hours<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"steps\">How to run a Spanish vehicle sales and records audit, step by step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list as-gbsteps\">\n<li><strong>Confirm what applies.<\/strong> Consumer fines depend on the region and DGT procedures change: confirm the current DGT procedure for each transaction before the audit.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Walk the site, standard by standard.<\/strong> Score each of the 14 checkpoints Pass, Fail or N\/A. N\/A only where the standard rules it out, with the reason recorded. Check 10 used cars and 10 stock cars against their DGT reports, 10 VINs in the brand&#039;s recall system, one month of the trade plate log, 10 ads against history reports, and the labels in the showroom.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Capture the evidence.<\/strong> A pass counts only with proof captured at the time of the audit: DGT vehicle reports, the recall campaign report, the trade plate log, history reports and photos of the showroom labels.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Give every fail an owner and a fix time.<\/strong> Record what you saw and who owns the fix. Each standard carries an ideal fix time, from immediate to 7 days, counted from audit submission (see the table above).<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Fix it, then prove it.<\/strong> The site fixes the cause and uploads proof of closure; the auditor checks the proof before closing the finding.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Re-check at the next audit.<\/strong> Confirm closed findings stay closed, and look for the same fail at your other sites so one gap doesn&#039;t repeat across the network.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who\">Who this guidebook is for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list as-gbwho\">\n<li>Management: answers for what is sold<\/li>\n\n<li>Used car and registration teams: check mileage, history and paperwork<\/li>\n\n<li>Auditors: cross-check cars against DGT reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"as-gbnote wp-block-paragraph\">A reference document, not legal advice. Fines and rules change: check the current text with the regulator or your legal adviser before acting.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mileage, transfers, recalls, trade plates, history and labels: what the DGT, Consumo and the courts check, and why winding back the odometer is fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1871,"menu_order":57,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_as_region":"Spain","_as_topic":"Vehicle standards","_as_edition":"Edition 1 \u00b7 2026","_as_standards":"6","_as_checkpoints":"14","_as_pages":"11","_as_language":"Spanish","_as_law":"Criminal Code (arts. 248\u2013250) \u00b7 General Vehicle Regulation (RGV, RD 2822\/1998) \u00b7 General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023\/988 \u00b7 Unfair Competition Act (Law 3\/1991) \u00b7 Fuel Consumption and CO2 Labelling Decree (RD 837\/2002)","_as_regulator":"DGT (Directorate-General for Traffic) and its provincial Traffic Offices, consumer authorities (Consumo and the regions)","_as_facts":"3 years | in prison for fraud\n6 years | if the fraud is aggravated\nITV | every inspection records the mileage","_as_pdf":1819,"_as_checklist_1":874,"_as_checklist_2":872,"_as_checklist_3":0,"_as_guide":0,"_as_solution":557},"class_list":["post-1818","guidebook","type-guidebook","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guidebook"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1818\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}