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Which foreign judgments are enforced in the Spain
This page collects the routes for enforcing a foreign judgment or arbitral award in Spain, organised by country of origin. Each route depends on the regime linking that jurisdiction to Spain: an EU instrument, a bilateral framework, or the ordinary exequatur procedure. Fees and limitation periods are stated only where a registry entry confirms them for that specific route.
Index
Each link below covers one origin country and the specific basis Spain uses to recognise a judgment from it. The basis differs: an EU instrument, a bilateral framework, or the ordinary exequatur procedure under national law.
- UK judgments in Spain — outside the EU recognition regime since Brexit.
- UAE judgments in Spain — no treaty basis, ordinary exequatur applies.
- US judgments in Spain — recognition depends on the issuing state, not a federal rule.
- Swiss judgments in Spain — governed by the Lugano Convention.
- Singapore judgments in Spain — no EU or bilateral instrument covers this route.
- Cyprus judgments in Spain — an EU judgment under EU recognition rules.
Arbitral awards and the grounds for refusing recognition sit separately, under O8. The full country index is at the enforcement hub.