Certificate request

• To access the application by this method, you must have a certificate for a legal person issued by a Certification Service Provider (CSP) accepted by the Banco de España, or a certificate issued by the Banco de España itself.
• In this case, the Banco de España certificate application will be electronically signed using the certificate used to access the application.
• Use this access mode in the following cases:
  • Application to the PKI of the Banco de España for a certificate which contains the same information (ID number and name) of the entity which holds the certificate used to access the application.
  • Life cycle management (renovation, revocation, ...) of the certificates issued by the Banco de España for the holder of the certificate used to access the application.
• Application user manual in case of access with authentication by certificate
• Access the application with authentication by certificate
• Setup program for the electronic signature component for Chrome and Firefox
• Technical requirements (download video -spanish-)

• The application may be accessed using this method with no need to hold an electronic certificate.
• In this case the certificate application to the Banco de España will be made on paper and will be hand-signed. Therefore, only applications signed by a person who is already included in the Banco de España as a representative of the entity for which the certificate is requested will be accepted.
• Use this access channel if you have been directed to do so by law or directly by the Banco de España department have relations with. The hand-signed application document must be sent to that Department.
• Application user manual in case of access without authentication
• Access the application without authentication

An electronic certificate may cease to be reliable before its expiry date. There are several reasons why this situation may occur: Suspicion that someone has used the certificate in a fraudulent way, that the password is known to an unauthorised person, etc. In these cases, we strongly recommend that you request the revocation of the certificate.

You may request the revocation of a certificate by accessing the computing application to request and obtain certificates by the access with certificate section indicate above, or by following these steps:

• Click here to obtain the revocation form (in Spanish only)  (77 KB)
• Fill out the form and print it off, preferably using a two sided printer.
• Sign the form and send a copy for the Banco de España by post to the department with which you have relations.