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Guide for the transfer of tax information electronically to Public Administrations for the exercise of their powers (PROTGEN)

3.3.2. Prerequisites to use this route

  1. Registration request

    The form “Registration request to request information through Web Services ” must be sent in PDF format through the electronic registration process of the corresponding procedure of the electronic headquarters of the Tax Agency:

    Along with the form in PDF format, a ZIP file will be sent with the public key of the electronic certificate (.cer extension).

    When registering the documentation, an acknowledgment of Receipt of the Submission will be provided with the assigned Secure Verification Code, which must be kept by the requesting organization during processing.

    The bodies of the General Administration of the State, including its Territorial Services, where applicable, must direct the form to the Planning and Institutional Relations Service.

    It is noted that the bodies dependent on the Autonomous Administration will send the form to the Special Delegations of the Tax Agency through the single interlocutor designated in accordance with its Agreement on the transfer of information for non-tax purposes ( Tax Agency Collaboration - Autonomous Communities: Agreements on the provision of information for non-tax purposes New window ), while the bodies dependent on the local administration will do so to the Delegations through the single interlocutor designated in accordance with the Agreement on the Supply of Information or the Agreement on Exchange and Collaboration in Collection Management ( Agreements signed between the Tax Agency and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces regarding the provision of tax information or the exchange of tax information and collaboration in collection management New window ).

    The form can be obtained and completed directly at the following link on the Tax Agency website: Registration form to request information through web services New window . All sections must be completed in accordance with the instructions found on the last page and signed by the head of the body and the sole interlocutor in the case of regional and local bodies.

    The form must indicate whether the requests from SW ECOT and NIVRENTI will be made with its own infrastructure or with a third party in charge of processing (Intermediation platform admitted by the Tax Agency – see letter c) of this section -). In the case of using a third party's infrastructure to carry out the necessary processing for the management of the exchange of data transferred by the Tax Agency in the terms provided for in the Resolution of June 28, 2012, of the Secretary of State for Public Administrations, by which the Technical Standard for Interoperability of Data Intermediation Protocols is approved, the transferee must have a legal act signed with it that guarantees the appropriate security and protection measures for personal data in the terms established by the Regulation (EU). 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free circulation of these data and repealing Directive 95/46 /CE (General Data Protection Regulation).

    In the event that correction is required, it will be communicated, and said correction will be sent through the electronic registration procedure for Answer requirements or present documentation related to a document received from the AEAT New from the electronic headquarters of the Tax Agency . It will be necessary to refer to the Secure Verification Code (CSV) provided in the Submission Receipt of the documentation to which the correction refers, so that both documentations are correctly linked.

    Once the registration has been made, the requesting body, agency or entity will be notified so that it can proceed to obtain the electronic certificate(s), if it does not have them.

    When it is necessary to communicate new purposes or procedures for which a supply is already authorized, the same procedure will be followed as for registration, but the circumstance of that it is such a communication and that it does not require the processing of new registrations.

    When for any circumstance a public body or one of its users no longer requires access to the information for which they are authorized, the Tax Agency will be notified so that the corresponding deregistration of organizations and/or users can be managed. , using the cancellation form available in the support documentation and following the same rules described regarding registration in terms of the recipient unit ( Cancellation form - web services New window ).

    Additionally, these authorizations are periodically purged .

  2. Obtaining electronic certificate

    For the web services route , an electronic certificate of type is required. Qualified electronic certificate of Representative of a legal entity, Qualified electronic certificate of Entity Seal or Qualified electronic Certificate of Seal in the field of Public Administrations in accordance with Law 40/2015 .

    The electronic certificates accepted are those included in the list of Service providers authorized by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism New window as provided in Order HAP/800/2014, of May 9, which establishes specific rules on identification and authentication systems by electronic means with the State Tax Administration Agency.

    The procedure for issuing these certificates will depend on the certification service provider used.

    When the renewal of a previously authorized electronic certificate is required, a specific replacement form may be used New window that will follow the same procedure described for registrations in the previous point.

  3. Treatment managers or intermediation platforms

    In order for a platform to act as an intermediary for organizations that need to make requests to the Tax Agency, it must request authorization to act as an intermediation platform and be recognized in the Tax Agency's systems. To request this authorization you must send a request to the Planning and Institutional Relations Service (comunicacion.sepri@correo.aeat.es).