The Xunta extends the deadline for the local fund to December 7

The Department of Presidency, Justice and Sports has extended the deadline from November 15 to December 7, 2026, to execute and justify the investments financed by the additional fund to the Local Cooperation Fund. The decision is detailed in the Order of November 4, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) number 217, on Thursday, November 12, in section III of other provisions (p. 56730). The regulation is signed by the counselor Diego Calvo Pouso and responds to the need to provide more leeway to the beneficiary councils to complete the works and their documentary justification.

The modification affects article 14.3 of the Order of April 10, 2025, published in DOG number 75, of April 21, which establishes the distribution criteria for the additional fund to the Local Cooperation Fund destined for investments in municipal infrastructures of a strategic nature. This fund is provided for in letter i) of article 60.four of Law 4/2024, of December 27, on the general budgets of the Autonomous Community of Galicia for 2025, and is processed under procedure code PR486E.

According to the preamble, the procedure was resolved on September 16, 2025, by the Director General of Local Administration, by delegation of the Counselor of Presidency, Justice and Sports, with an allocation of contributions to the beneficiary councils for the amounts fixed in that same resolution. The General Directorate of Budgets and Autonomous Financing has already made the corresponding advance payments to each council, in compliance with article 12 of the regulating order.

What the new deadline includes

The extension is not limited to the material execution of the works, but encompasses the three phases that the regulating order required to be completed before November 15, 2026:

• The realization of the investments financed by the additional fund.
• The act of final reception of the work.
• The submission of the justifying documentation regarding the application of the funds.

With the approved wording, this set of obligations ends on December 7, 2026, which represents 22 additional calendar days of leeway compared to the previous date. The regulation justifies the change based on the need to “enable the execution of the projects and the administrative and budgetary management procedure that may be applicable.”

Legal basis and limits of the extension

The order supports the extension under article 32 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the common administrative procedure of public administrations. This precept allows the Administration to grant, ex officio or by request of the interested parties, an extension of the established deadlines provided that it does not exceed half of them, when circumstances advise it and without prejudice to the rights of third parties.

The text supports its competence in Decree 136/2024, of May 20, which establishes the organic structure of the Ministry of Presidency, Justice and Sports, in addition to the regulating order of the fund itself. The operative part is reduced to a single article, which provides a new wording for article 14.3, and a final provision.

Entry into force

The order enters into force on the same day as its publication in the Official Gazette of Galicia, that is, November 12, 2026, meaning that the councils have the extended margin from the day of publication itself. The regulation does not alter the assigned amounts or the distribution criteria, but only the deadline for execution and justification.

The extension arrives when three days remained until the deadline set in 2025 and after the contributions have already been paid in advance to the councils. For the municipalities executing investments charged to this fund, the new calendar prevents them from falling outside the deadline for the reception of works and the submission of justifying documentation, an essential requirement to consolidate the advances received.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG), no. 217, November 12, 2026, section III. Other provisions, pp. 56730-56731 (official reference: CVE-DOG: jcmauws5-s421-snl8-gcw7-pt5ogtdym8t9).