Ministerial Order 319/2018 has enshrined the beneficial ownership rules of the European Union's fourth Money Laundering Directive in Spanish law.

There appears not to be any desire to widen the number of people who can search the register (still not open) to the general public, and perhaps not even to compliance/money laundering reporting officers. Reports indicate that "any person with a legitimate interest" can find out the details of companies' ownership but does not say whether everybody has to prove his credentials with each enquiry.