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Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia is filed with Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto. With Managora you do it 100% online: you answer a few questions, sign a digital mandato (power of representation) and we draft, sign and file your certificate for you. What we charge you: from €149. Official tasa (government fee): Fees of the technician who signs the certificate, separate and paid directly to them: as a guide, roughly 180 to 300 € including VAT for a flat with a visual inspection; from about 600 € including VAT if samples have to be taken and analysed in a laboratory; large commercial units, industrial units and buildings, according to their quote, which we send you before confirming the visit. There is no official fee (tasa) for the certificate.

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Since 3 October 2026, anyone selling or letting a property in Catalonia must give the buyer or tenant a certificate of the presence or absence of asbestos. We check that the obligation applies to you, arrange the visit of a qualified technician in your municipality and review the certificate they issue. We give you the certificate, the clause for your contract and the receipt of delivery for the buyer or tenant to sign.

Practical guide: Asbestos certificate for selling or renting in Catalonia: mandatory from 3 October 2026. Requirements, deadlines and the steps, explained.

What we charge you
from €149
Managora's fee
€149.00 (21% VAT incl.)
Tasa (official government fee)
Fees of the technician who signs the certificate, separate and paid directly to them: as a guide, roughly 180 to 300 € including VAT for a flat with a visual inspection; from about 600 € including VAT if samples have to be taken and analysed in a laboratory; large commercial units, industrial units and buildings, according to their quote, which we send you before confirming the visit. There is no official fee (tasa) for the certificate.
Processing time
As a guide: the visit, depending on the technician's availability, and the certificate a few days after the visit. You need it before signing the contract; according to the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency), it currently has no expiry date.
Where it is filed
Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto ↗
What you receive
Official certificate

Cost breakdown: Our fee: 149,00 € (21 % VAT incl.) for one property (flat, house or commercial unit); 299,00 € (21 % VAT incl.) for a whole building, an industrial unit or several properties at once. It covers checking that the obligation applies to you, arranging the technician's visit, reviewing the certificate, the contract clause, the receipt of delivery and, if asbestos is found, notifying the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency). Separately, and paid directly to the technician: their fees, as a guide roughly 180 to 300 € including VAT for a flat with a visual inspection and from about 600 € including VAT if samples have to be taken and analysed in a laboratory; large commercial units, industrial units and buildings, according to their quote..

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia: how is it filed?

  1. 1Answer the questions (about 5 minutes): where the property is, when it was built, what you are going to sign and when, and who will let the technician in.
  2. 2Before charging you, we use your answers to check that the obligation applies to you: a property in Catalonia built before 2003. If you do not know the year, we look it up in the Catastro before booking the visit.
  3. 3Payment of 149,00 € for one property or 299,00 € for a whole building, an industrial unit or several properties (21 % VAT incl.), and signature of the mandate from your phone.
  4. 4We arrange the visit of a qualified technician (architect, technical architect, engineer or technical engineer) in your municipality and send you their quote before confirming it. You pay their fees directly to them.
  5. 5The technician inspects the accessible areas in person and issues the certificate using the basic template of the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency): visible asbestos, its condition and the risk to people. If they see suspicious materials or there are areas they cannot reach, they record it.
  6. 6We check that the certificate contains the minimum content required by law and identifies the property correctly.
  7. 7We give you the certificate, the clause for your deposit (arras), sale or tenancy contract, and a receipt of delivery for the buyer or tenant to sign.
  8. 8If the certificate finds asbestos, we explain what to do and, if you ask us to, we notify the ARC.

Which documents do you need?

  • •No document is compulsory: the property details come from the Catastro (Land Registry cadastre) and the technician issues the certificate at the visit.
  • •Optional: the draft deposit contract (arras), sale contract or tenancy agreement, if you want the clause built into its text.
  • •Optional: an earlier report on the building (technical inspection, previous asbestos certificate or analysis, or removal certificate).

Legal basis and things to bear in mind

  • The obligation applies only to properties located in Catalonia. In the rest of Spain no national or regional rule currently requires an asbestos certificate to sell or let, although the buyer or tenant may ask for one.
  • The certificate describes the visible asbestos in the accessible areas on the day of the visit, its condition and the risk to people. It is a visual inspection: it does not include sampling or laboratory analysis. If there are inaccessible areas, it is limited to what was inspected and warns that hidden materials may exist; if the technician sees a suspicious material, they may state that it should be analysed, and they quote for that analysis separately.
  • For a flat, office or unit within a building, according to the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency) the certificate covers that unit only and not the communal parts, such as the roof or the façade.
  • According to the ARC, the certificate is required for properties built before 2002, it is enough to have it before signing the contract, and it currently has no expiry date: it is valid for successive lettings as long as the property has not been altered. A property built or refurbished during 2002 may still contain asbestos: we treat it as earlier.
  • Finding asbestos does not prevent you from selling or letting. What you must never do is handle it, break it, paint it or clean it with a pressure washer. It is removed by a specialist company, as a rule one registered in the RERA (Spain's register of companies working with asbestos risk). As at 3 October 2026 there is no open grant scheme in Catalonia for its removal.
  • The law classes failing to hand over the certificate as a minor offence, with a fine of 100 to 3.000 €, but those penalty provisions will not apply until the implementing decree is approved. The obligation towards the buyer or tenant has existed since 3 October 2026. The law does not make signing the deed conditional on handing it over, but it is advisable to bring it to the signing.

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia: frequently asked questions

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia: how much does it cost?

We charge you from €149: our fee plus, where applicable, the fixed official tasa we advance. Our fee: 149,00 € (21 % VAT incl.) for one property (flat, house or commercial unit); 299,00 € (21 % VAT incl.) for a whole building, an industrial unit or several properties at once. It covers checking that the obligation applies to you, arranging the technician's visit, reviewing the certificate, the contract clause, the receipt of delivery and, if asbestos is found, notifying the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency). Separately, and paid directly to the technician: their fees, as a guide roughly 180 to 300 € including VAT for a flat with a visual inspection and from about 600 € including VAT if samples have to be taken and analysed in a laboratory; large commercial units, industrial units and buildings, according to their quote.. Managora's fee is €149.00, 21% VAT included (€123.14 net + €25.86 VAT). The official tasa charged by the authority (a suplido paid on your behalf, no VAT) is: Fees of the technician who signs the certificate, separate and paid directly to them: as a guide, roughly 180 to 300 € including VAT for a flat with a visual inspection; from about 600 € including VAT if samples have to be taken and analysed in a laboratory; large commercial units, industrial units and buildings, according to their quote, which we send you before confirming the visit. There is no official fee (tasa) for the certificate..

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia: how long does it take?

As a guide: the visit, depending on the technician's availability, and the certificate a few days after the visit. You need it before signing the contract; according to the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC, the Catalan Waste Agency), it currently has no expiry date.

Asbestos certificate to sell or let a property in Catalonia: which documents do I need?

You need to have to hand: No document is compulsory: the property details come from the Catastro (Land Registry cadastre) and the technician issues the certificate at the visit., Optional: the draft deposit contract (arras), sale contract or tenancy agreement, if you want the clause built into its text., Optional: an earlier report on the building (technical inspection, previous asbestos certificate or analysis, or removal certificate).. You do not upload them here: we collect the details through the guided chat.

Who files the procedure?

Managora files it in your name with Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto. You only provide the details through the chat and sign a mandato (power of representation); we prepare, sign and register it.

Can it be done online?

Yes. The whole process is online: you answer a few questions in the guided chat, sign a simple mandato on screen and receive the receipt and the official documents by email, with full legal validity.

Related procedures

Based on the legislation in force and on the official site of the competent authority: Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto ↗.

Managora Gestion SL (company number B88823893) is a private company. We are not Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto, we are not affiliated with, authorised or endorsed by any public authority, and this website is not an official government portal. What you pay on this page is our fee for preparing, signing and filing the procedure on your behalf: it is separate from the official tasa, which where applicable belongs to the authority and is shown to you separately. You can carry out this procedure yourself, directly with Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC), modelo básico de certificado de amianto.

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