National Registration (NRU) & EU Rules

Spain's NRU registration number, the annual February declaration and the EU short-term rental regulation that applies in full from 20 May 2026.

The national registration number (NRU)

Royal Decree 1312/2024 created Spain's single digital rental registry (the Ventanilla Unica Digital de Arrendamientos). Every short-term rental needs a national registration number (NRU), obtained through the Land Registry. Registration opened on 2 January 2025, and displaying the number on every advert and platform listing has been mandatory since 1 July 2025. The application fee is around 27 euros, and more than 215,000 applications were filed in the first six months alone.

The annual February declaration

Hosts must also file an annual informative declaration with the Land Registry every February, reporting the previous year's rental activity (Article 10.4 of RD 1312/2024 and Order VAU/1560/2025). The first cycle ran in February 2026. Missing the filing can put your registration number, and with it your platform listings, at risk.

The EU layer: Regulation (EU) 2024/1028

From 20 May 2026 the EU short-term rental regulation applies in full across the Union. Platforms such as Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo must share host and activity data with the authorities every month through the single digital entry point, and listings without a valid registration number face removal. Fines for non-compliance typically range from 10,000 to 60,000 euros depending on the region and the severity of the breach.

The Andalucian layer

In Andalucia these national and EU rules sit on top of Decreto 31/2024: registration in the Registro de Turismo de Andalucia (RTA), an occupation or habitability licence and minimum equipment standards remain mandatory. Since March 2025, town halls can suspend new tourist-rental licences for up to three years in saturated zones, and since April 2025 communities of owners can authorise or veto new tourist flats by a three-fifths majority - see the community approval law page.

Last reviewed: July 2026.