El Corte Inglés Castellana

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 4 official records from 4 official sources are on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The company website was already online in 1996. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-03. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• Listed as a distributor on a manufacturer's own site (record type: named-by-manufacturer) [our inference from comparing records, not an official record; status green] A manufacturer names this company as its distributor. checked 2026-08-23. Parfums de Marly distributor list
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. checked 2026-08-16. Registro Integrado Industrial (Ministerio de Industria y Turismo, España)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-16. VIES (European Commission)
• Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 47 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2026-04-17. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2026-04-17. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), EU public procurement award notices Hier draagt de gunning ook een controle van een ander: in de EU en de EER moet een publieke inkoper inschrijvers uitsluiten die zijn veroordeeld voor fraude, corruptie of witwassen, en degenen bij wie een definitief besluit belasting of premieschulden heeft vastgesteld. Die controle gold voor die aanbesteding op de datum van gunning: ze toont niet de huidige situatie van het bedrijf, en een gunning toont niet dat het contract is uitgevoerd. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
• Has received public funding (record type: public-subsidy-received) [official record; status green] A public body awarded this company a grant and published the amount and the date. It shows the state knows the company by its tax number and paid it. Open the source for the grants themselves. checked 2026-08-16. BDNS, Base de Datos Nacional de Subvenciones (Ministerio de Hacienda)

Import rules for these goods

Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog categories Geur & Parfum, Persoonlijke verzorging: neither the company's own description nor an official activity code shows that its own goods are of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

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• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)