Label requirements · Spain

Spain label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Spain must carry for food and drinks, other consumer goods, medical devices, item by item, each with the law it comes from. Paste your label below: Drict shows what it found, on which line, and what is missing.

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Drict looks for the items each label law names, by key words. It is not legal advice and does not say a label is compliant: read the official text, and ask the authority or a specialist before you print.

Food and drinks — what a Spain label must show

6 mandatory · 4 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (contenido neto / peso neto) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • List of ingredients (ingredientes) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Expiry date (consumir preferentemente / fecha de caducidad) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / elaborado por) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Batch number (lote) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Nutrition information (informacion nutricional / declaracion nutrimental) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (contiene / alergenos) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Storage conditions (conservar / conservacion) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Origin (hecho en / producto de) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Directions for use (modo de empleo / instrucciones) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011

Language: No Spanish found — labels sold in Spain are at least in Spanish (Real Decreto 1334/1999, art. 18).

Check by eye: Name of the food: check it yourself — the “denominación” in Spanish; allergens emphasised in the ingredients.

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Other consumer goods — what a Spain label must show

1 mandatory · 5 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / elaborado por) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011

Only if it applies

  • Net quantity (contenido neto / peso neto) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Origin (hecho en / producto de) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Directions for use (modo de empleo / instrucciones) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Warnings (advertencia / precaucion) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011
  • Name and address of the importer (importado por / importador) — RD 1334/1999 · (EU) 1169/2011

Language: No Spanish found — labels sold in Spain are at least in Spanish (Real Decreto 1334/1999, art. 18).

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in the languages the law requires. Safety symbols, logos and certification marks are images — they cannot be found as text.

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Medical devices — what a Spain label must show

5 mandatory · 6 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Manufacturer’s name and registered address — MDR Annex I 23.2(c)
  • Lot number (LOT) or serial number (SN) — MDR Annex I 23.2(g)
  • UDI carrier — MDR Annex I 23.2(h), Art. 27
  • Use-by date, or the date of manufacture when there is none — MDR Annex I 23.2(i)(j)
  • The indication that it is a medical device (“MD”) — MDR Annex I 23.2(q)

Only if it applies

  • Authorised representative in the EU (“EC REP”), if the manufacturer is outside the Union — MDR Annex I 23.2(d)
  • Importer’s name and address, for an imported device — MDR Art. 13(3)
  • Sterile state and method of sterilisation — MDR Annex I 23.2(l)
  • Special storage or handling conditions — MDR Annex I 23.2(k)
  • Warnings and precautions to bring to the user’s attention — MDR Annex I 23.2(m)
  • Single use (“Do not re-use”) — MDR Annex I 23.2(n)

Language: No Spanish found — devices sold in Spain are labelled in Spanish (MDR Art. 10(11), Real Decreto 192/2023).

Check by eye: The device’s name and what it is for (23.2(a)(b)); the CE marking, with the notified body’s four-digit number where one was involved (Art. 20); ISO 15223-1 symbols (factory, LOT, SN, hourglass, MD, EC REP, STERILE, do not re-use) are pictures — Drict reads only words, so a symbol used alone shows as not found.

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