Starting August 12, 2025, Spain will require an electronic signature on valuation reports under Order ECM/599/2025. If your organization operates in real estate, finance, or legal advisory in Spain, now is the time to prepare. This new rule replaces the older Order ECO/805/2003 and aligns with both Spain’s digital strategy and the EU’s eIDAS regulation.

It’s not just a digital upgrade — it’s a legal shift towards traceability, integrity, and fraud prevention in real estate processes.

Who must use electronic signature on valuation reports?

The regulation applies to all professionals involved in the creation and review of property appraisals:

• Appraisers
• Technical engineers
• Reviewers or supervisors

Order ECM/599/2025 explicitly states:

“The obligation to electronically sign the valuation report is extended to all individuals who sign the appraisal, to ensure that everyone endorses its content.”

Only advanced or qualified electronic signatures are accepted — ensuring:

• Verifiable signer identity
• Protection against tampering
• Full legal audit trail

Paper-based reports and handwritten signatures will no longer be valid in the Spanish Land Registry.

Why electronic signature on valuation reports is now mandatory

Spain’s goal is to eliminate document manipulation and increase legal transparency in real estate operations. With these changes:

• You gain legal certainty
• You reduce administrative errors
• You speed up transactions
• You comply with both national and European digital trust laws

Practical example: A German bank financing a property in Málaga

Imagine a German bank financing a home in Málaga, Spain:

• The valuation report must be signed by a certified Spanish appraiser.
• The reviewing engineer and any other technical experts must also sign.
• All signatures must be advanced or qualified, compliant with eIDAS.
• The digital process must ensure traceability, integrity, and legal validity.

Without this, the report could be rejected, delaying the financing process and exposing the deal to legal risk.

How to prepare for electronic signature on valuation reports by August 2025

To comply with ECM/599/2025, you’ll need to work with a Qualified Trust Service Provider (QTSP).

At Lleida.net, we provide a ready-to-deploy digital signature ecosystem:

Documentary evidence for every signature

Every document signed using Lleida.net generates documentary evidence, including:

• Identity of the signer
• Timestamp (qualified)
• Type of signature
• Document status and version integrity

All documents are stored securely for 5 years, extendable to meet contractual or regulatory needs.

End of paper-based valuation documentation

Under the new law, paper or scanned copies will no longer be accepted for property registration. Only digitally certified, up-to-date reports are considered legally valid.

This ensures:

• Fraud prevention
• Regulatory compliance

Registered notifications for supporting documents

Using Lleida.net, you can send related files — like licenses, planning certificates, legal notices — through:

• Registered email
• Registered SMS

Each message includes full proof of delivery, content, and access, equivalent to a digital burofax.

Your roadmap to compliance

To be ready by August 2025:

1. Audit your current valuation process
2. Identify everyone who signs
3. Select a certified provider
4. Automate your signature flow
5. Train your team and partners
6. Archive signed documents securely

Be the first to comply — and lead the Spanish market

This regulation isn’t just a box to tick — it’s an opportunity to streamline your operations, reduce risk, and gain legal peace of mind in every real estate transaction.

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Lleida.net blackout business continuity is not just a concept—it became a reality on 28 April 2025, when Spain faced the largest power outage in its modern history...

Strategic planning and team commitment ensured uninterrupted services despite the national power outage

The successful activation of our Business Continuity Plan (BCP), combined with the unwavering dedication of our team, allowed Lleida.net to maintain full-service availability during the major blackout that hit mainland Spain on 28 April 2025..

Despite the widespread disruption, our systems operated at 100% capacity. “Even with the scale of the incident, we managed to carry on as normal,” said Jordi Ramon Piñol, CTO of Lleida.net. “It was the result of thorough analysis, careful forecasting and planning — both in terms of infrastructure and people — to handle adverse scenarios.”

Spain’s worst blackout tested Lleida.net business continuity

The power cut left over 55 million people without electricity for more than 12 hours. Like the rest of the country, it caught us by surprise — but we were ready.

This event highlighted the importance of having a strategic foresight and a resilient operational structure. In such moments, preparation and commitment become tangible values. Many of our employees continued working, even after hours, to monitor systems and guarantee real-time service stability.

Here’s how we ensured 100% service availability.

Immediate activation of the BCP (Business Continuity Plan)

At Lleida.net, scenarios like this had already been contemplated. As part of our commitment to business continuity and information security, and following ISO 27001 standards, we immediately activated our Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

This plan is designed to ensure the continuity of operations during critical incidents such as cyberattacks, natural disasters, fires, or other high-impact events. This event truly tested our Lleida.net blackout business continuity strategy and proved its strength in real time. Every action is clearly outlined, and while it may have seemed like a protocol we’d never need, being prepared proved essential: “It enabled us to keep all services running smoothly, without interruption.”

Lleida.net blackout business continuity: our real-time response

At 12:30 p.m., the lights suddenly went out in Lleida.net’s headquarters. Moments later, power was restored to our facilities, while the rest of the country was still in chaos.

Our backup power system was activated without any issues, supplying the necessary energy for an extended period. Energy-saving and low-consumption measures were also put in place.

Guaranteed connectivity during the blackout

Because Lleida.net operates with several redundant and dedicated internet lines, our connectivity was never affected.

Even under extreme conditions, our network infrastructure remained stable and robust.

Trust is built during times of crisis

Activating our protocols didn’t result in any service degradation. On the contrary — it confirmed the reliability of our operations and our commitment to maintaining a secure infrastructure, regardless of external challenges.

Thanks to a combination of planning, technology and human effort, we ensured uninterrupted services with no impact on our clients. The Lleida.net blackout business continuity case proves that preparation, infrastructure and people are the foundation of digital trust.

Do you have questions or need more information?
Get in touch — our team is always here to help.

Thank you for trusting Lleida.net.

Lleida.net’s 30th anniversary takes us back to 1995, when the internet was still an enigma for most. Thirty years later, we haven’t just observed our clients' digital transformation—we’ve helped shape it.

As we mark our 30th anniversary, we do so at the pinnacle of our journey so far: Q1 2025 has delivered the strongest financial performance in our company’s history. With €5.29 million in revenue—up 12% year-on-year—and an EBITDA of €1.22 million, this success highlights the strength of Lleida.net’s 30th anniversary year.

It’s a fitting achievement in a year when we’ve firmly cemented our position as one of Spain’s most prominent trusted electronic service providers. Our proprietary technology portfolio empowers remote interactions between businesses and end customers, offering varying levels of legal certainty tailored to each communication. From simple, lower-evidence SMS notifications
to services with the highest level of legal robustness, such as issuing qualified digital certificates compliant with EU eIDAS regulations, on par with those from Spain’s national authority, FNMT.

We take pride in developing all our technology in-house. This independence has always been central to our identity and allows us to deliver every service without relying on third parties. It also gives us tighter quality control, cost efficiency, agile client adaptation, and secure data management.

Growing globally. Innovating boldly.

In 2024, we launched an ambitious cost-control and commercial growth strategy, backed by a refreshed brand identity: a bolder colour palette, new team structures, and a renewed push for innovation reflected in our expanding patent portfolio. We’re building bridges between the past and the future— a strategy that’s already bearing fruit as we celebrate this milestone year.

“When we launched our Recovery Plan in November 2023, we knew we had work ahead of us—restoring market position and shareholder trust,”says our CEO, Sisco Sapena.

'We’ve always been an innovation-driven company.'

Robust performance across all business lines

All business lines showed stable performance, with two areas standing out:

Registered contracting services grew by 31%

Commercial SMS rose by 29%

We also continued to strengthen our financial position, reducing net debt by 7%, close to €500,000.

"We’re focusing on high-margin, standardised product lines, which now account for 48% of total sales,” explains Beatriz García, our Chief Business Officer. "It’s a key year for product development. We’ve rolled out new features that our clients have responded to enthusiastically".

New solutions for our 30th anniversary

Responding to client needs, we’ve launched a suite of new tools in 2025. According to Carlos Rodriguez, EMEA Sales Director:

One highlight is Click & Sign via WhatsApp, which makes it easier than ever to sign documents in everyday scenarios while verifying sender identity. We also introduced a new KYC process with liveness detection—a customisable, ready-to-deploy-in-48-hours tool that prevents identity fraud before it happens. It is fully compliant with SEPBLAC, AML/KYC, CTF, and eIDAS.

Click & Automate, our process automation platform, also continues to evolve, letting users design and manage workflows intuitively.

"These upgrades let us better align with real client needs and deliver value from day one.”

And it’s not just for large enterprises. More individuals are turning to our services for everyday legal certainty, whether to register a key communication or secure a quick digital signature. We’re here for all of them.

Lleida.net’s 30th Anniversary: A pioneering spirit that hasn’t faded

We’re proud to mark 30 years of a company that has never lost its entrepreneurial spark. The story of Lleida.net began, as many great tech stories do, almost by chance. In the mid-90s, a group of friends with a shared passion for amateur radio built what was then called a BBS, a rudimentary forerunner to today’s internet.

From that small, curious experiment, something remarkable grew.
They launched Lleida’s first internet service provider—a bold step that gave rise to the company we are today. Lleida.net was born out of curiosity, rooted in its local community but always looking outward.

As technology progressed, so did we. We moved from simple SMS services to become a European pioneer in the certification of electronic communications, both outgoing and incoming—a natural step into the world of secure digital contracting.

Since then, we’ve consistently evolved. We’ve built a broad portfolio of services and invested in developing our technology, enabling businesses and institutions to digitise critical processes—from communication to documentation—with speed, legal certainty, and peace of mind.

Today, we operate internationally and are listed on several stock exchanges.
We’re proud to be a reference in the digital trust space, and the only telecom operator that is also a qualified trust service provider authorised to issue digital certificates.

Celebrating 30 years—together

We’re celebrating this milestone with the same passion and curiosity that started it all. Lleida.net’s 30th anniversary is a celebration of innovation, resilience, and our commitment to digital trust.

To thank everyone who has joined us on this journey, we’re organising a series of commemorative events throughout the year. We’ll share highlights of our past, present, and, most importantly, our vision for the future.

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Thank you for being part of Lleida.net’s 30th anniversary celebration.