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![[Customs Police Ensign (Spain)]](../images/e/es~sva.gif)
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image by Zoltán Horváth, 9 October 2025
Flag adopted 21st January 1977
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Customs Police (Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera, literally Customs Surveillance Service) ships fly a plain Spanish ensign with no coat-of-arms defaced with "HH", both letters crowned with a royal crown all the same colour, both the letters and the crowns are blue. Letters and crowns are offset towards the hoist, as the coat-of-arms is on the National Flag. See also the Customs Ensign 1945-1977.
Santiago Dotor, 24 Jun 1999
The Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs Police or Revenue Service) depends on the Ministry of Finance through
the Tax Agency (Agencia Tributaria).
Yhe double “H” originally referred to the “Reales Haciendas” (Royal
Treasuries) in the plural form. For this reason, the repetition of the
letter indicates the plural of the word Haciendas.
Alexandre Gonzalez Abal, 30 January 2026
The S.V.A. has 1,800 members which have police status including firearms license. They have planes, helicopters, land vehicles and most importantly 41 patrol boats and a special operations ship (Petrel) which use the Customs Police ensign as illustrated above. The source of this information is Mr. Gregorio Conde del Campo, chief of the Asturias regional S.V.A. unit.
José Carlos Alegría, translated by Santiago Dotor, 06 Dec 2000
The letters in the Customs Ensign should have the following dimensions (according to the 1977 Decree):
Santiago Dotor, 04 Sep 2001
![[Customs Police Ensign (Spain)]](../images/e/es_ctrs.gif)
Spanish Customs Surveillance Service racing stripe -
Image by Zoltán Horváth, 9 October 2024
Spanish Customs Surveillance Service racing stripe: photo, photo.
Zoltán Horváth, 9 October 2024