Includes websites relevant to selling US products and services in this country, highlighting resources for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Last Published: 6/21/2019

United States:
U.S. Embassy in Spain
U.S. Department of Commerce’s web page for exporters 
U.S. Department of Commerce in Spain
U.S. Commercial Service, USEU
Safe Harbor
IPR Toolkit 

Spain:    
Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC 
Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Guide to Investing in Spain
Data Protection Agency 
Industrial Property Office
One Stop Shop 
Spanish Regions
 
Associations:
Spanish Federation of E-Commerce and Direct Marketing 
Spanish Better Business Bureau 
Legislation: Telecommunications, Technology and Internet Law

European Union:
Coordination of the laws of the member states relating to self-employed commercial agents (Council Directive 86/653/EEC)
Directive on Late Payment
European Ombudsman
EU’s General Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC)
Safe Harbor
Information on contracts for transferring data outside the EU
EU Data Protection Home Page
Distance Selling Rules 
Distance Selling of Financial Services
E-commerce Directive (2000/31/EC)
VAT on Electronic Service 
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
Information to Patients - Major developments
Nutrition and health claims made on foods - Regulation 1924/2006
Regulation on Food Information to Consumers:  Regulation 1169/2011
EU-27 FAIRS EU Country Report on Food and Labeling requirements
Guidance document on how companies can apply for health claim authorizations -   Summary document from EFSA 
Health & Nutrition Claims 
Tobacco 
Product Liability 
Product Safety 
Legal Warranties and After-Sales Service 
Copyright 
Harmonization of certain aspects of Copyright and related rights in the Information Society - Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC)
Industrial Property 
Trademark 
European Patent Office (EPO) 
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Madrid

 

Prepared by our U.S. Embassies abroad. With its network of 108 offices across the United States and in more than 75 countries, the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce utilizes its global presence and international marketing expertise to help U.S. companies sell their products and services worldwide. Locate the U.S. Commercial Service trade specialist in the U.S. nearest you by visiting http://export.gov/usoffices.