Regulations

The figure of the freight forwarder has been regulated in Spain since 1987. In Article 121 of Law 9/2013, of 4 July, which amends Law 16/1987, of 30 July, on the Regulation of Land Transport (LOOT) and Law 21/2003, of 7 July, on Aviation Safety, "freight forwarders are considered to be companies specialised in organising, for third parties, international transport of goods, receiving goods as consignees or delivering them to those who have to transport them and, where appropriate, carrying out the administrative, administrative and financial formalities, as well as those related to the transport of goods, international transport of goods, receiving goods as consignees or delivering them to those who have to transport them and, where appropriate, carrying out the administrative, fiscal, customs and logistical formalities inherent to this type of transport or intermediating in their contracting".