Glossary
Boletín eléctrico (CIE, Electrical Installation Certificate)
The Electrical Installation Certificate (CIE), known as the boletín, is the document a registered installation company issues to certify that an installation meets the REBT. It is filed with the Junta de Andalucía.
What the boletín is
It is the certificate with which the installation company declares that it has carried out or inspected the installation and that it complies with the REBT. It comes with the technical design report (MTD) or the project, as applicable, and is filed online with the Junta de Andalucía’s regional industry office. With that registration, the distributor can connect or upgrade the supply. Expats write it boletin, boletín or “electrical certificate”: it is all the same document.
Who can issue it
Only a registered installation company (empresa instaladora habilitada) entered in the Junta de Andalucía register. Since RD 560/2010 there is no individual electrician’s card: the registration belongs to the company. It is not a paperwork step done by the electricity company.
When it is required
- New supply for a new home or shop.
- Power increase beyond what the installation allows.
- Change from single-phase to three-phase.
- New installation or full rewire.
- Legalising installations that never had paperwork.
- EV chargers: every new installation needs one.
What it costs
As a reference, in Seville it averages around 70 euros plus VAT in simple cases; other guides put the range at 80 to 300 euros, and the cost rises if the installation must be upgraded first. For an EV charger, 80 to 150 euros.
Worth knowing
If the installation does not comply, the installer cannot sign until it is fixed. Keep a copy: you will need it with the distributor and, for chargers, for the IRPF tax deduction. See electrical certificate (boletín) in Seville, Spain.
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Electrical certificate (boletín)
The electrical certificate in Spain, known by everyone as the boletín and officially the CIE (certificado de instalación eléctrica), is the document a registered installer company signs to confirm that your installation meets the regulations. You need it to connect the electricity, increase your power or change the account holder with an old installation. We inspect, certify and register it with the Junta de Andalucía in Seville.
New electricity connection
We manage your new electricity connection in Seville, Spain from start to finish: the boletín (electrical installation certificate) for the connection, the application to the distributor, energising the supply and, if needed, a new service connection. Whether you are moving into a new home or bringing back a supply that was cut off, we handle the paperwork and the coordination with e-distribución.
Increase contracted power
You need to increase your electricity power in Spain when the smart meter cuts everything off as soon as the air conditioning, the oven and the washing machine run together. We check what power your installation can take, upgrade the supply cable, main switch and fuse board if needed, and issue the boletín so the distributor approves the increase.
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