Spain: Real Decreto 614/2001, protection of workers from electrical risk
Spanish minimum rules for electrical risk at work: employer risk assessment, safe installations, working dead as the default, authorised workers, training.
- 3requirementsin our own words
- 1edition Real Decreto 614/2001 of 8 June
- 1places where it is a duty of 30 assessed
- 18 Oct 2026last checkedat the sources below
Where it applies
It is a duty in 1 of 30 places. The outcome holds under the conditions shown and says nothing about any one site.
| Where | Outcome | Basis | Conditions | Authority and route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | Applies | Required by law In force | None stated National electrical safety rule for workplaces in this country. | Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social; INSST guidance |
| Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia | Does not apply | Required by law In force | None stated National instrument of ES; this country has its own electrical safety rules (not yet in this dataset unless listed). | Not stated |
What it asks for
3 requirements, each in our own words with the evidence an assessor would expect and who on a site usually owns it. Read the clause itself on the scheme owner's page.
| Requirement | Evidence expected | Owner | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base measures on a risk assessment of electrical risk. | Risk assessment Record, checked by document review | EHS | Every year Governance, one site |
| Work without voltage as the default; live work only as the rules allow. | Procedures Policy, checked by document review | EHS | Continuous Governance, one site |
| Train and inform workers. | Training records Record, checked by document review | HR | Every year Governance, the organisation |
Editions
Which text is in force, from when, and which one it replaced.
| Edition | Status | Published | In effect | Replaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Decreto 614/2001 of 8 June | Current | 8 Jun 2001 | 21 Aug 2001 | None named |
About the programme
- Scheme owner
- Reino de España (BOE)
- Assessed by
- The duty holder
- Scope
- electrical installation and work
- Validity
- Continuous duty.
- Accreditation route
- none
- Regulator
- Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social; INSST guidance
- Official body
- Reino de España (BOE)
- Who asks for it
- Regulator, Insurer
- Where it is used
- ES
Sources
Official bodies behind this page, each with the date we last read it.
- BOE (Spanish official gazette)read 18 Oct 2026
Not legal advice. Confirm each duty against the text itself.