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What's banned in 
Spain?
Out of 44 things One Map has mapped, here is where Spain stands.
Banned in Spain
- Dog MeatBanned
A 2023 animal-welfare law bans using pets, dogs included, as food.
- SurrogacyBanned
Since 2025 it won't even register surrogacy babies born abroad.
- Plastic BagsBanned
Thin plastic bags banned since 2021 unless they are compostable.
- Wild Circus AnimalsBanned
Wild animals banned from circuses nationwide since March 2024.
- Potassium BromateBanned
Not on the EU's list of allowed additives, so no bromate in bread.
- SpankingBanned
Hitting your own kid is against the law here, since 2007.
- PufferfishBanned
EU law: pufferfish can't be sold as food anywhere in the EU.
- LandminesBanned
Joined the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in 1999.
- Titanium Dioxide (E171)Banned
Banned in food across the EU since August 2022.
- Plastic GlitterBanned
Loose plastic glitter banned from sale since October 2023.
- Declawing CatsBanned
2023 law bans any mutilation of pets; treaty since 2018.
EU law: no cosmetics tested on animals since 2013.
Restricted in Spain
- Pit BullsRestricted
Listed as potentially dangerous: owners need a licence.
- HomeschoolingRestricted
No law allows it; in 2025 a court fined parents who did it.
- Raw MilkRestricted
Farm-direct only, within 100 km, label says heat it first.
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