FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2
DFARS 252.228-7006 Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance.
The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.
In plain English
This clause applies when a contractor is not a Spanish concern and will perform work in Spain. It requires the contractor to follow applicable Spanish laws, carry specified insurance at its own expense, and hold the U.S. Government harmless from related liabilities. The contractor must also confirm in writing to the Contracting Officer that the required insurance is in place.
Applies to: Contractors that are not Spanish concerns performing work in Spain under this contract
What it requires
- Comply with all applicable Spanish Government laws relevant to contract performance, including sanitation, traffic, security, and employment of labor
- Hold the United States Government harmless from liability resulting from failure to comply with those laws
- Provide and maintain workmen's compensation, employees' liability, bodily injury insurance, and other required insurance during the entire contract performance
- Indemnify and hold harmless the U.S. Government from liability for claims for damages from death, injury, or property damage related to contract performance
Key terms: Spanish concern · Notice to Proceed · workmen's compensation · subrogation · Contracting Officer
Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.
The text
As prescribed at 228.371(e), use the following clause:
Compliance with Spanish Laws and Insurance (DEC 1998)
(a) The requirements of this clause apply only if the Contractor is not a Spanish concern.
(b) The Contractor shall, without additional expense to the United States Government, comply with all applicable Spanish Government laws pertaining to sanitation, traffic, security, employment of labor, and all other laws relevant to the performance of this contract. The Contractor shall hold the United States Government harmless and free from any liability resulting from the Contractor's failure to comply with such laws.
(c) The contractor shall, at its own expense, provide and maintain during the entire performance of this contract, all workmen's compensation, employees' liability, bodily injury insurance, and other required insurance adequate to cover the risk assumed by the Contractor. The Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States Government from liability resulting from all claims for damages as a result of death or injury to personnel or damage to real or personal property related to the performance of this contract.
(d) The Contractor agrees to represent in writing to the Contracting Officer, prior to commencement of work and not later than 15 days after the date of the Notice to Proceed, that the Contractor has obtained the required types of insurance in the following minimum amounts. The representation also shall state that the Contractor will promptly notify the Contracting Officer of any notice of cancellation of insurance or material change in insurance coverage that could affect the United States Government's interests.
(e) The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer with a similar representation for all subcontracts with non-Spanish concerns that will perform work in Spain under this contract.
(f) Insurance policies required herein shall be purchased from Spanish insurance companies or other insurance companies legally authorized to conduct business in Spain. Such policies shall conform to Spanish laws and regulations and shall—
(1) Contain provisions requiring submission to Spanish law and jurisdiction of any problem that may arise with regard to the interpretation or application of the clauses and conditions of the insurance policy;
(2) Contain a provision authorizing the insurance company, as subrogee of the insured entity, to assume and attend to directly, with respect to any person damaged, the legal consequences arising from the occurrence of such damages;
(3) Contain a provision worded as follows: “The insurance company waives any right of subrogation against the United States of America that may arise by reason of any payment under this policy.”;
(4) Not contain any deductible amount or similar limitation; and
(5) Not contain any provisions requiring submission to any type of arbitration.
(End of clause)
Sections it refers to
- 228.371 Additional clauses.
Sections that refer to it
- 228.371 Additional clauses.
← 252.228-7005 Mishap Reporting and Investigation Involving Aircraft, Missiles, and Space Launch Vehicles. · 252.228-7007 Public Aircraft and State Aircraft Operations—Liability. →
Rule changes for DFARS Part 252
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- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Assessing Contractor Implementation of Cybersecurity Requirements (DFARS Case 2019-D041) ↗ · final rule 2025-09-10 · effective 2025-11-10
- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Limitation on Certain Institutes of Higher Education (DFARS Case 2024-D023); Correction ↗ · final rule 2025-08-28 · effective 2025-08-28
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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.