How to get accredited to obtain an electronic certificate

Legal entity accreditation

The certifying authority establishes the documentation that the applicant must present to prove their identity. This information is usually published on the website of the certifying entity, and therefore you should contact the entity you have chosen to obtain your electronic certificate from if you need to clarify any doubt about this matter.

In general, the procedure for obtaining an electronic certificate requires accreditation of the applicant's identity in a registry office authorized by the entity issuing the certificate. Contact the issuing entity you have chosen to find out which registration offices are enabled or consult their website, where you will also find information about the documentation that a legal entity must provide and how to present it.

In the case of FNMT , for a certificate of Representative of Legal Entity it will be necessary to appear at a registry office with the required documentation or be accredited on line on the Tax Agency website, only for entities with NIF A, B, C and D

In-person accreditation

For this type of certificates, in-person accreditation can be carried out at the offices of:

• State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT). By appointment.

• Email . No appointment required. To prove your identity at the Post Office, the process to obtain the Application Code is the same. In addition, an online application form must be filled out electronically with contact information, available on the FNMT website. Once completed, along with the necessary documentation to accredit the identity of the representative, his powers of representation and the entity represented, you must go to a Post Office with the documentation detailed on the website of the .

  Any error in filling out or lack of documentation will result in the certificate not being issued; The FNMT will inform the user through its User Service service, and the complete accreditation process must be repeated, providing the documentation again.

• National Securities Market Commission with which it has signed an agreement for the issuance of these certificates. First you must deliver the necessary documentation to the Registry and subsequently the owner will be summoned by telephone to appear at the office and prove his or her personality.

• Foral Community of Navarra .

If for any reason you cannot do it personally, a third person may go on your behalf. but you will be required to previously legitimize your signature of the contract before a notary.

Online accreditation

For a Certificate of Representative of a Legal Entity with NIF A, B, C and D the AEAT has of a procedure that allows the presentation of documentation for online accreditation. This accreditation can only be carried out by the representative of the entity , legal or voluntary, identifying themselves with their personal electronic certificate by entering the Electronic Office in "All procedures" or "All procedures", "Other services", "Electronic certificates of legal entity representative", "Request electronic certificates of representative" and finally in "Submission of documentation Electronic Certificates of Legal Entity Representative".

Once you have selected the electronic certificate, consult the notice at the top, which is mandatory reading.

Then, fill in all the fields.

And then attach the documents necessary for accreditation described in the notice.

Click on the "Add files" link to select the file with the documentation that must be submitted. The "Help" link shows the list of supported formats for submitting files for this procedure, with the maximum size allowed for each file being 64 MB.

Select or drag the file. It is preferable that the file name does not have punctuation marks and is saved on your local disk, within the " AEAT " folder.

The added file will appear in the "Attached Documentation" section. Once all the files have been attached, click "Submit" at the bottom. Next, the data to be sent is displayed and if you agree, press "Sign Send". Once this procedure has been carried out, an electronic Registration file is generated.