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Data Export to the Mossos d'Esquadra

Written by Sandra Álvarez
Updated over 5 months ago

Comply with Catalan regulations by easily sending traveler data from the VRMS

If you manage tourist accommodations in Catalonia, the regulations require you to report all traveler data to the Mossos d'Escuadra. From the VRMS, you can easily generate the files required by this agency and maintain complete control over the export data.

Benefits of this module

  • Secure exports: the system only generates pending data and avoids duplicates.

  • Error control: it alerts you to missing or incorrect information before exporting.

  • Available history: check what has already been sent at any time.

  • Flexible management: you can cancel an export and regenerate it.

  • Updated legal compliance: the module has been adapted to Royal Decree 933/2021, including the new mandatory fields.

Important: this module only applies to companies with accommodations in Catalonia. For the rest of Spain, the Hospedajes export (SES.Hospedajes) is used.

Required data

According to Annex I of Royal Decree 933/2021, the Mossos require these data for each traveler:

  1. First name*

  2. Last name*

  3. Second last name* (mandatory if of Spanish nationality)

  4. Gender*

  5. Identity document number*

  6. Document support number* (mandatory if the document is DNI or NIE)

  7. Type of document (DNI, passport, TIE)*

  8. Nationality*

  9. Date of birth*

  10. Place of habitual residence: full address*, city*, and country*

  11. Landline phone

  12. Mobile phone*

  13. Email*

  14. Relationship between travelers (mandatory if any are minors)

Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

How to access

  1. In the VRMS side menu, go to Reports → Export data.

  2. Select Export to the Mossos d'Escuadra.

Step-by-step to export data

1. Configure export data

  • Before the first export, go to Configuration → Edit and enter:

    • Issuing entity code and establishment name, provided by the Mossos.

  • If you don't have this code, request it from your local police station.

There are two modes:

  • Grouped → a single entity code for all accommodations. (Default)

  • Individual → an entity code for each accommodation (configured in the "Custom" block).

Our system is prepared to support only type 1 and 2 exports. Therefore, the export files always start with 1 in the first line identifying the establishment data, and the following rows start with 2 to identify the traveler data.

2. What to send and when?

There are two types of mandatory exports:

  1. Booking registration

    • Sent when a booking is confirmed or paid.

    • Includes only the booking holder's data.

    • Must be sent within 24 hours of booking confirmation.

  2. Traveler report (Ongoing contracts)

    • Sent from the check-in date of the booking.

    • Includes data of all booking occupants.

    • This document must be sent within 24 hours of check-in.

The VRMS does not send the information automatically, so you must manually send the booking registration and semi-automatically send the traveler report.

3. What data is included in the export

  • Over 14 years old: all data required by the Mossos is included.

  • Under 14 years old: only these fields are sent:

    • Last name

    • First name

    • Gender

    • Date of birth

    • Country/nationality

    • Date of entry

4. Semi-automated sending with online check-in

If you have the online check-in module activated, you can enable semi-automated sending for the Traveler report:

  • From the booking itself, with a single click, you send the data directly to the Mossos.

  • No need to download or upload files manually.

  • To activate it, access the Online Check-In module and in the Semi-automatic Sending to Security Forces block.

5. Export history

In Completed exports you can:

  • Check all generated exports.

  • Cancel an export (the records will be marked as not exported and included in the next one).

6. Error management

Before completing an export, the system checks the data and alerts you if anything is missing or incorrectly formatted.

  • From the error screen, you can directly access the record and correct it.

Best practices

✅ Set up all your accommodations correctly from the start (codes and names).
✅ Regularly review the export data history and cancel those with errors, and manually send those that failed in the semi-automatic sending.
✅ Activate online check-in to simplify sending to the Mossos.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is the difference between grouped and individual mode?
    The grouped mode uses one code for all accommodations. The individual mode assigns a different code to each one.

  2. Does the VRMS send the data directly to the Mossos?
    No. You must download the file and upload it to the Mossos platform, unless you have online check-in with semi-automated sending activated.

  3. What happens if I make a mistake in an export?
    You can cancel it from the history. The records will remain as not exported and will be included in the next export you generate.

  4. What happens with minors under 14 years old?
    Fewer data are exported: name, first surname, gender, date of birth, country/nationality, and date of entry.


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