Aragón proposes 22.2 million to modernize irrigation with an insufficient budget

The Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of the Government of Aragon has made public the provisional resolution proposal for the irrigation modernization subsidies of the PEPAC 2026: it proposes to grant 22,199,999.99 euros to 29 files and leaves another on the reserve list. The decision is signed by the Director General of Rural Development, Ángel Ubieto Mainer, through the Resolution of October 27, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Aragon number 218, of November 11, 2026, section III, with reference BOA20261111022.

A call with more demand than credit

The call stems from Order AGA/59/2026, of January 13, published in the BOA number 14, of January 22, 2026, and is governed by the bases of Order AGM/856/2023, of June 23, modified by Order AGA/1051/2025, of August 12. The procedure complies with article 16.2 of the consolidated text of the Subsidies Law of Aragon, approved by Legislative Decree 2/2023, of May 3.

36 applications were submitted. Six were inadmissible, withdrawn, or dismissed for failing to correct errors or not meeting the requirements, meaning 30 files entered the competitive bidding process: 7 for comprehensive irrigation modernization and 23 for improvement and adaptation. The Evaluation Commission provided for in article 15 of the order of bases met on October 7 and 16, 2026.

The result is that the credit is insufficient: the eligible budget of the proposed files amounts to 48,914,058.85 euros, compared to a final budget availability of 22,200,000 euros, consisting of the initial allocations of the three groups (12,000,000, 8,800,000, and 1,400,000 euros) plus the remnants redistributed among them.

29 projects and one reserve

Annex I of the resolution, divided into three groups according to the type of action and whether the budget is above or below 250,000 euros (excluding VAT), lists the grant proposals, which total 22,199,999.99 euros. The highest amounts are:

• C.R. Herederos Regantes Alcañiz (T260005): 3,600,000 euros, with 84.93 points.
• Comunidad de Regantes de Valmuel (T260004): 3,600,000 euros, with 84.33 points.
• CR V Bardenas Ejea (Z_07_26): 2,691,900.29 euros, with 48.00 points.
• Comunidad Regantes Zaidín (H03-26): 2,654,253.99 euros, with 54.46 points.
• Comunidad de Regantes A-19-20 de Huerto (H11-26): 1,800,000 euros, with 63.75 points.
• Comunidad de Regantes “Margen Derecha Río Guadalope” (Z_06_26): 1,723,545.60 euros, with 81.70 points.
• Comunidad de Regantes San Esteban de Litera (H05-26): 1,131,718.18 euros, with 52.46 points.

Outside of the three largest blocks, the group of files up to 250,000 euros includes 14 proposals totaling 997,501.99 euros, among them those of Nuevos Riegos del Puerto-Toma Soledad (H02-26, 101,483.67 euros and 73.42 points), Comunidad de Regantes N.º 1 del Canal del Cinca-Barbastro (H07-26, 111,575.25 euros) and Comunidad de Regantes Nº IV Bardenas (Z_03_26, 120,972.74 euros).

Annex II contains a single application on the reserve list: the Com. Reg. de Binéfar (H08-26), with 1,981,015.10 proposed euros and 30.24 points. The resolution further specifies that the final action of the improvement and adaptation group of more than 250,000 euros—benefiting the CR del sector VII del Canal del Flumen—will be approved without reformulation if it accepts the maximum indicated amount; otherwise, it will pass to the corresponding applicant on the reserve list.

Six rejections and five days for appeals

Annex III details the six files that did not enter the competition, all dismissed due to incomplete documentation, lack of minimum score, or failure to meet requirements:

• Sindicato de Riegos Comunidad de Regantes Ribera del Flumen, Cierzos Altos y Torres de la Piedra (H15-26), without an environmental impact study or irrigation concession.
• Comunidad de Regantes “Pantano de Argüís” (H12-26), for the same reasons.
• Comunidad de Regantes “Acequia de Calanda” (T260003), due to uncorrected documentation.
• Comunidad de Regantes “San Isidro-Toma O-19 Bis” (H01-26), for not reaching 25 valuation points.
• Comunidad de Regantes San Pedro de Castelflorite (H06-26), for having fewer than ten beneficiaries.
• Comunidad de Regantes de Azaila (T260006), due to uncorrected documentation.

Interested parties have five days from the day following publication to submit appeals to the Head of the Rural Infrastructure Service, through the same channel as the applications. The resolution reminds that the proposals do not create any right until the grant is notified, which will be communicated individually and published in the National Grants Database.

The distribution confirms that the demand for irrigation modernization in Aragon doubles the available credit: nearly 49 million euros of eligible work are competing for 22.2 million. For the affected irrigation communities, the difference between Annex I and Annex II decides this year whether the work is executed or remains waiting for remnants.

Source: Official Gazette of Aragon, number 218, of November 11, 2026, section III (official reference: BOA20261111022).