Spain Winery Compliance Reporting: INFOVI, SILICIE and 2026 Deadlines

What does a winery in Spain have to report?

Short answer: Spanish wineries may need INFOVI wine-and-must declarations, regional harvest and supplier declarations, and excise accounting through SILICIE. The frequency depends on production, activity and tax status. Smaller INFOVI producers generally file in August and December, while larger producers and storers file monthly. DOP/IGP, food-safety and VAT obligations sit alongside this core wine-reporting system.

Spain winery reporting at a glance

The statutory INFOVI thresholds and deadlines above come from the consolidated Royal Decree 739/2015 on mandatory wine-sector declarations. For SILICIE and Modelo 553, use the current AEAT guidance for authorized wine producers.

Before you file: REOVI, installations and your reporting profile

INFOVI contains the Registro General de Operadores del Sector Vitivinícola (REOVI). Producers and storers must request REOVI registration through the autonomous community where the operator has its registered office when activity begins. New installations must also be registered. The national rule sets a deadline of no later than one month after activity begins, and the same one-month period applies to communicating closure and relevant changes or detected errors in registered data. See Article 4 of Royal Decree 739/2015.

Before building a filing calendar, answer four questions:

1. Are you a producer, a storer, or both? The legal definitions matter. A producer that also stores wine remains a producer for classification purposes, while still reporting the wine or must connected with storage activity.
2. What is your INFOVI production average? The 1,000 hl threshold is based on average declared wine-and-must production across the relevant prior campaigns. Where a producer did not produce in one or more of the four previous campaigns, the rule uses the campaigns in which it actually produced. A new producer communicates estimated production when registering.
3. How many installations do you operate? INFOVI declarations are made by installation. Do not roll several facilities into one filing merely because they have the same owner.
4. What is your excise-accounting route? An authorized wine producer may be on SILICIE electronic accounting or, if eligible and specifically authorized, paper excise books. That decision determines whether Modelo 553 applies.

How INFOVI winery reporting works

INFOVI is Spain's wine-sector market information system. It holds REOVI and the mandatory market declarations used to report wine and must activity. The system is coordinated nationally, while autonomous communities participate in registration, controls and related regional procedures.

Who files INFOVI monthly?

Storers and producers whose average production of wine and must is at least 1,000 hl file a declaration for each installation every month. The declaration is due no later than the 20th day of each month. This is the Annex IIIa reporting track. Royal Decree 739/2015, Article 5.2.

Who files only in August and December?

Producers below the 1,000 hl average threshold generally file a declaration for each installation in December and August, no later than the 20th day of those months. This is the Annex IIIb track. The reduced frequency is set nationally. It is not simply a regional option. Royal Decree 739/2015, Article 5.3.

Who can be exempt from INFOVI declarations?

Article 5 includes narrow exemptions, including certain harvesters who fall under the harvest-declaration exemptions, producers making less than 10 hl from purchased products when that wine is not marketed, and qualifying cooperative members that deliver their production to the cooperative while reserving less than 10 hl for private consumption. Do not assume that a small commercial winery is exempt simply because its output is low. Check the exact Article 5.5 conditions.

What data does an INFOVI declaration capture?

The statutory annexes are built around a physical balance of wine and must by installation. Depending on the applicable form and month, the data set includes beginning and ending stocks, production, entries, exits, adjustments, packaging status and product categories. Expanded blocks also capture production and stocks by categories such as DOP, IGP, varietal wine without a geographical indication, and wine without DOP/IGP.

Use the current application instructions as the final field-level reference. The official AICA wine-sector declarations help page publishes INFOVI guidance, forms and autonomous-community contacts. The AICA INFOVI questions and answers is the best current operator-facing companion to the legal text.

Step by step: prepare and submit an INFOVI declaration

1. Confirm the installation and reporting track. Verify the REOVI data and whether the producer is on the monthly Annex IIIa track or the August/December Annex IIIb track.
2. Close the physical movement period. Reconcile cellar and inventory records for production, receipts, transfers, packaging, dispatches and adjustments.
3. Reconcile opening and closing stock. Investigate unexplained differences before submission instead of forcing the government return to match an unreconciled cellar ledger.
4. Break quantities into the required legal product categories. Keep DOP, IGP, varietal and non-geographical categories consistent with how the wine is actually classified and documented.
5. Complete the current INFOVI application. Article 5.6 requires the covered declarations to be made directly through the INFOVI application. A required filing must still be made when all reportable data are zero.
6. Save the submission evidence. Retain the confirmation and the source reconciliation used to prepare the filing so a later correction or official control can be traced back to cellar records.

Harvest declarations and the December 1-10 supplier window

Annual grape-harvest declaration

Winegrowers generally submit an annual declaración de cosecha using the electronic support provided by the relevant autonomous community. The national deadline is December 10. Exemptions include grapes destined entirely for fresh consumption, raisins or direct juice processing, and certain vineyards under 0.1 ha where the statutory non-commercialization or cooperative-delivery conditions are met. Royal Decree 739/2015, Article 3.

This is why a guide that tells every Spanish grower to use the same national portal is wrong. The national rule defines the obligation and minimum data, but the autonomous community provides the filing system and may connect the declaration with regional agricultural registers.

Annex IVa and IVb: a 2025 rule change worth putting on the calendar

Producers on the Article 5.2 or 5.3 INFOVI tracks must also provide the Annex IVa and IVb information concerning suppliers and purchase/sale supporting documents, by installation and referring to November 30. Following the 2025 amendment, this information is filed between December 1 and December 10 each year with the competent autonomous-community authority. See the current Article 6.2.

Operationally, that makes early December a double-check point for many wineries: harvest information and Annex IV supporting data may be due at the same time, but they are not the same filing.

SILICIE: excise accounting for Spanish wine producers

SILICIE is the electronic system used for accounting records for products subject to Spain's manufacturing excise framework. AEAT states that an authorized wine producer is a factory for excise purposes and is generally subject to SILICIE, unless the establishment has been specifically authorized to keep excise accounts using foliated paper books. AEAT's wine-producer SILICIE FAQ is the controlling practical reference for common tax territory.

There is not one SILICIE deadline

The filing clock depends on how the winery supplies its accounting records:

• Direct supply to the AEAT electronic office: the electronic accounting entry must generally be supplied within 24 working hours after the movement, operation or process that creates the entry.
• Supply from the winery's internal computerized accounting system: the entry must be recorded in that internal system within 24 working hours, but the electronic supply to AEAT may be made by the last working day of the following month. AEAT says August may be treated as non-working for this supply calculation.
• Qualifying producers at or below 100,000 liters using the internal-system route: a special schedule applies. Movements from August through November may be supplied by the last working day of December, and movements from December through July may be supplied by the last working day of August.

The small-producer threshold is based on annual wine production across the holder's establishments as described by AEAT. If the activity existed for less than a full prior calendar year, AEAT annualizes the production; for a new activity, estimated production is used. The official SILICIE 2.0 small-winery webinar gives the practical examples behind these special deadlines.

What changed with SILICIE 2.0?

SILICIE 2.0 is the current technical environment for 2025-and-later movements. For a working winery team, the important point is not the version label itself. It is that cellar movements, production events, receipts, dispatches, adjustments and opening balances need to map cleanly to the excise accounting records required by AEAT. A cellar ledger that cannot explain its own inventory changes will create problems before the XML or web-service layer ever matters.

Modelo 553: when a winery still files it

Modelo 553 is not a universal quarterly return for every Spanish winery. AEAT can authorize a wine producer whose annual production does not exceed 100,000 liters, calculated across the holder's establishments, to keep excise accounting in foliated paper books. Those paper-accounting establishments file Modelo 553 for the previous natural quarter within the first 20 days of January, April, July and October.

By contrast, AEAT explicitly states that Modelo 553 is not required for establishments that keep their excise accounting through electronic supply to AEAT. This distinction is confirmed both in the wine-producer FAQ and the AEAT 2026 excise filing calendar.

If your current compliance calendar has both routine SILICIE electronic accounting and Modelo 553 for the same establishment, verify the setup with the responsible excise office. That combination may be carrying forward an obsolete workflow.

SII VAT reporting: important, but not winery-specific

The Suministro Inmediato de Información (SII) is an electronic VAT ledger system, not a wine-sector declaration. It matters to wineries that fall into the taxpayer categories required to keep VAT books through AEAT. One major trigger is having a monthly VAT period because the previous year's volume of operations exceeded EUR 6,010,121.04. Other monthly-VAT categories and voluntary participation can also bring a business into SII.

AEAT's current guidance states a general transmission period of four calendar days for invoice records, with specific start points, outer limits and day-count rules depending on the record type. Do not reduce SII to a simple "four days after every transaction" rule. Read AEAT's updated SII guidance for the exact timing that applies to issued, received and other invoice records.

Wineries in the Basque Country or Navarre should confirm the competent tax administration and applicable foral procedure rather than assuming every AEAT common-territory instruction applies unchanged.

Other compliance checkpoints that sit beside the reporting calendar

Food-business registration

Spain's Registro General Sanitario de Empresas Alimentarias y Alimentos (RGSEAA) is the national food-business registration framework under Royal Decree 191/2011. The correct registration path depends on the establishment and activity, and autonomous-community procedures are part of the process. Use the current AESAN RGSEAA page and its registration guide rather than copying another winery's registration category.

Wine labeling and electronic ingredient information

The EU wine-labeling framework introduced by Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 applies to the post-December 8, 2023 regime for nutrition and ingredient information. The rules can permit the full nutrition declaration and ingredient list to be provided electronically under statutory conditions, while required physical-label information remains on the package. MAPA's current guidance also emphasizes conditions such as avoiding user tracking and commercial material in the electronic disclosure. See MAPA's current wine-labeling guidance.

DOP and IGP reporting

A Rioja, Cava, Jerez or Rias Baixas winery should not copy another denomination's reporting workflow. Protected designations and geographical indications operate under denomination-specific specifications, competent authorities and control arrangements. MAPA maintains a current directory of Spanish DOPs and IGPs, including wine specifications and authority information. Start there, then follow the current rules for your specific denomination.

Practical Spanish winery compliance checklist

1. Verify REOVI registration and every installation. Make sure legal name, tax ID, location and activity details match the current operation.
2. Calculate your INFOVI reporting tier. Do this before the campaign begins so the team knows whether the winery is on monthly or August/December reporting.
3. Map cellar events to government categories. Production, receipts, transfers, bottling, dispatches, adjustments and stocks should be traceable from source records to the filing.
4. Reconcile physical inventory before submission. An unexplained stock difference is an operating problem first and a reporting problem second.
5. Put December 1-10 on the calendar. This is the current Annex IVa/IVb window for covered producers, and harvest declarations also reach their national deadline by December 10.
6. Confirm your excise route. Know whether the establishment uses SILICIE directly, SILICIE from an internal computerized accounting system, or specifically authorized paper books.
7. Do not file Modelo 553 by habit. Confirm whether the establishment is actually in the paper-accounting category that requires it.
8. Check SII separately. SII depends on VAT status, not on being a winery.
9. Layer in the regional and denomination rules. Add the autonomous-community procedures and the exact DOP/IGP specification that applies to the winery.
10. Keep evidence with the filing. Save the reconciliation, source reports and submission confirmation so the return can be reconstructed later.

Common mistakes this guide is designed to prevent

• Calling every INFOVI filing monthly. Producers below 1,000 hl average production generally use the August/December track, while storers and larger producers use monthly reporting.
• Using the current year's production as the INFOVI threshold test. The rule looks to the applicable production average, with special handling for new producers and campaigns without production.
• Assuming Spain has one regional filing portal. Harvest declarations and supporting regional information go through autonomous-community procedures.
• Treating Modelo 553 as a second return on top of routine SILICIE. AEAT says electronically supplied SILICIE establishments do not file Modelo 553.
• Using a five-day SILICIE deadline from old or generic material. Current AEAT wine-producer guidance uses a 24-working-hour direct rule, a longer internal-system supply route, and a special schedule for qualifying producers at or below 100,000 liters.
• Assuming an XML export equals government submission. Confirm the live official portal and the operator's submission responsibility before calling any software workflow an integration.
• Generalizing a DOP portal. Denomination rules are local to the protected specification and control structure.

How winery software can make Spanish reporting easier

The hard part of most winery reporting is not typing numbers into a government form. It is proving where those numbers came from. A useful winery system should preserve the chain from harvest and cellar work through inventory, bottling and dispatch so the reporting team can reconcile government categories to actual operations.

Solera's winery-management platform connects vineyard, cellar, lab, inventory and compliance records in one operating system. For Spain, treat government submission capability separately from record preparation: Solera does not claim in this guide that it files INFOVI, SILICIE, SII or regional DOP/IGP returns directly. Confirm the current Spain-specific export or submission workflow before relying on any software for a statutory filing.

Explore more source-verified winery compliance material in the Solera Guides, or see Solera pricing if you are evaluating a connected winery operations system.

Frequently asked questions

Is INFOVI monthly for every Spanish winery?

No. Storers and producers with average wine-and-must production at or above 1,000 hl file monthly. Producers below 1,000 hl generally file in August and December. Statutory exemptions can remove the obligation for certain narrow cases.

What is the INFOVI deadline?

For monthly filers, the national rule requires the declaration no later than the 20th day of each month. Producers on the reduced-frequency track file no later than the 20th day of August and December.

Does a Spanish winery file a harvest declaration through INFOVI?

The annual grape-harvest declaration is handled through the electronic support provided by the relevant autonomous community and is generally due by December 10. It is distinct from the operator's recurring INFOVI wine-and-must declaration.

What changed for Annex IV supplier information?

Current Article 6.2 requires covered producers to provide Annex IVa and IVb information referring to November 30 between December 1 and December 10 each year to the competent autonomous-community authority. This timing reflects the 2025 amendment.

Do small wineries still use SILICIE?

Yes, in general. AEAT says authorized wine producers are subject to SILICIE unless specifically authorized for paper excise books. Qualifying producers at or below 100,000 liters that use the internal computerized accounting route can use special August and December supply deadlines.

Does every winery file Modelo 553?

No. Under current AEAT guidance, Modelo 553 applies to establishments authorized to keep excise accounting on paper. Establishments that supply their excise accounting electronically through AEAT do not file Modelo 553.

Is SII a wine tax?

No. SII is Spain's electronic VAT ledger system. A winery uses it because of its VAT reporting status, not because it produces wine.

Can one Spain guide give the exact DOP forms for Rioja, Cava and every other denomination?

Not safely. Each protected denomination has its own current specification, competent authority and control structure. Use MAPA's DOP/IGP directory to identify the correct body and then follow that denomination's live instructions.

Can Solera submit INFOVI or SILICIE automatically?

This guide does not make that claim. Solera can support the winery recordkeeping and operational data that feed compliance work, but Spain-specific government submission or certified integration must be verified before a winery relies on it.

Official sources and references

All material regulatory claims in this guide were checked against official sources available on August 5, 2026. Native Spanish sources control where a translation or summary differs.

1. Royal Decree 739/2015, consolidated text, Boletin Oficial del Estado. Core law for harvest declarations, REOVI, INFOVI, Annex IV supporting information and deadlines. Accessed August 5, 2026.
2. Ayuda declaraciones sector vinicola, Agencia de Informacion y Control Alimentarios. Official INFOVI operator help and autonomous-community contacts. Accessed August 5, 2026.
3. Preguntas y respuestas sobre las declaraciones del INFOVI, AICA, January 31, 2025. Accessed August 5, 2026.
4. Preguntas frecuentes: Establecimiento autorizado como elaborador de vino, Agencia Tributaria. SILICIE deadlines, small-winery rules, paper books and Modelo 553 applicability. Accessed August 5, 2026.
5. SILICIE 2.0 webinar: pequenas bodegas de vino, Agencia Tributaria, July 2025. Accessed August 5, 2026.
6. 2026 taxpayer calendar: manufacturing excise taxes, Agencia Tributaria. Current Modelo 553 timing and paper-accounting applicability. Accessed August 5, 2026.
7. Suministro Inmediato de Informacion del IVA (SII), Agencia Tributaria, updated July 20, 2026. Accessed August 5, 2026.
8. Registro General Sanitario de Empresas Alimentarias y Alimentos (RGSEAA), AESAN, updated January 27, 2026. Accessed August 5, 2026.
9. Guia para el Registro Sanitario de las Empresas y Establecimientos Alimentarios, AESAN, June 11, 2025. Accessed August 5, 2026.
10. MAPA guidance on wine labeling under Regulation (EU) 2021/2117, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, adopted September 25, 2025. Accessed August 5, 2026.
11. DOP and IGP directory, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, current July 2, 2026. Accessed August 5, 2026.

Verification notes

The source research supplied for this guide was treated as a lead list, not as authority. Current BOE, AICA, AEAT, AESAN and MAPA material was checked before publication. Claims that could not be safely generalized across autonomous communities, foral tax territories or individual DOP/IGP systems were narrowed instead of presented as nationwide rules.

Material corrections from the source draft: the INFOVI filing frequency for producers below 1,000 hl; the current December 1-10 Annex IV window; the current SILICIE timing rules for wine producers; the limited applicability of Modelo 553 when electronic SILICIE accounting is used; and the removal of unsupported claims about a single national DOP reporting architecture or a universal third-party INFOVI API.