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The Union Custom Code - adopted on 9 October 2013 as Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 - Title V provides for the following customs simplifications:
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All the essential information on the product must be labeled or counter-labeled in Spanish (+ other joint official languages, potentially for commercial reasons).
In 2021, grocery retail distribution was dominated by:
• Mercadona SA (supermarkets) with EUR 25.5 billion sales in 2021 and 26.7% market shares
• Carrefour (hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores) : 7.3% market shares
• Grupo Eroski (hypermarkets and supermarkets) : 4.5% market shares
• Auchan retail : 3% market shares
• Lidl supermercados (discount store) : 5.8% market shares
• Dia retail (discount store) : 5.4% market shares
• Consum : 3.4% market shares
This is not an effective form.
This is a recent (started in the 90s) but dynamic sector. It presents a guarantee for the small retailer and it is being consolidated. The franchise sector has steadily grown over the past several years. According to the 2020 report by Spanish Franchise Association (AEF), the Spanish franchise system consisted of a total of 1,381 brands in 2019 - 0.36% more than in 2018, when there were 1,376 networks. There were 1,120 signs of Spanish origin (81.9% of the total) and the remaining 249 (18.1%) came from a total of 26 countries, in particular France (56 brands), the United States (46), Italy (44), the United Kingdom (16) and Germany and Portugal (14). In total there were 5 more networks, 2 domestic and 3 foreign, compared to December 2018. Of these 1,381 franchises, the sector with the highest number of brands was "Fashion", with a total of 242 networks (5 fewer than the previous year), followed by "Hospitality/Catering", with 207 chains (11 more than in 2018), and "Aesthetics/Aesthetics", with 113 networks (2 more than in the last relationship).
The entire Spanish franchising system at the end of 2019 recorded a turnover of 26,154.3 million Euro, compared to 27,707.2 million Euro achieved in 2018, which is equivalent to a 5.9% decrease. As regards the number of outlets in operation, at the end of 2019 there were a total of 77,819 outlets in Spain, of which 19,787 owned and the remaining 58,032 franchised. A key aspect of the franchising system is that it generates employment in Spain: at the end of last year the system employed 294,231 people, 359 more (0.13%) than in 2018.
When drawing up contracts, franchise companies - whether Spanish, foreign, or the master franchisee - must register with a special administrative Franchisors Registry and need to meet the requirements of the Disclosure of Pre-Contractual Information. The intended franchisee must receive all the required information in writing at least 20 days prior to signing a franchising contract or a pre-contract, or prior to any payment to the franchisor. All new contracts should comply with Spanish and EU legislation. Current contracts should also be reviewed whenever possible.
Legislation regulating franchise matters in Spain includes:
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