Initial approval of the waste collection fee for the Alto Valle del Aragón

The Extraordinary Plenary of the Mancomunidad de Municipios del Alto Valle del Aragón initially approved, in a session held on October 6, 2026, the modification of the fiscal ordinance regulating the joint fee for the waste collection service. The agreement is published in the Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Huesca number 199, corresponding to Friday, October 16, 2026, within the Local Administration section. The entry into force of the new rates is scheduled for January 1, 2027.

The announcement, processed by the secretariat of the mancomunidad under number 4560 and disseminated on page 74 of the bulletin, submits the files and agreements for the modification of rates to public information. The Mancomunidad Alto Valle del Aragón groups together municipalities in the surroundings of Canfranc and the Aragón river valley, and its president is Álvaro Salesa Puente, who signed the announcement in Canfranc on October 14, 2026.

The modification is processed in accordance with Article 17 of the Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the Revised Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries. This provision requires the agreements for the modification of fiscal ordinances to be displayed to the public before their final approval, a procedure that guarantees the participation of taxpayers.

Thirty days of public information

Interested parties have a period of thirty days, counted from the day following the insertion of the announcement in the Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Huesca, to examine the file and present any claims they deem appropriate. With the publication on October 16, the period begins on October 17, 2026.

If no claims have been presented after that period, the agreements will be considered definitively approved, and the publication of the modified rates will proceed. The announcement does not detail the specific amounts of the increase, which will be known with that subsequent publication.

Entry into force and effects on the bill

The entry into force is scheduled for January 1, 2027, so the change in rates will affect the waste collection bill paid by the residents of the municipalities integrated into the mancomunidad. The published text does not specify the percentage of increase or the applicable brackets.

The available information is limited, for now, to the initial approval agreement and the public exhibition procedure. Any modification of the amounts must be reflected in the final ordinance once the period for allegations is closed.

A standard procedure in fiscal ordinances

Initial approval is the first step of the procedure: the plenary adopts the agreement, the period for allegations opens, and only then is the ordinance definitively approved. Any affected resident or entity may appear during the open period.

The announcement occupies one page of the bulletin and is included in the Commonwealths (Mancomunidades) subsection of the Local Administration section, under case number 4560. The document incorporates the secure verification code BOPH-2026-199018, which certifies its authenticity.

The decision directly affects the pockets of the residents of the associated municipalities, who will see the waste collection fee updated starting from the next fiscal year. The case is now in the hands of the interested parties, who have one month to file objections before the new rates become final.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Huesca, no. 199, October 16, 2026, Local Administration (Commonwealths), p. 74 (official reference: BOPH-2026-199018).