Barcelona provisionally grants 1.17 million in subsidies for Christmas lighting

The Barcelona City Council has provisionally resolved the granting of subsidies for the Christmas lighting of the city’s public roads for the year 2026, with 60 proposed beneficiary entities and a global amount of 1,169,632.13 euros. The resolution was signed by the 5th Deputy Mayor of the Barcelona City Council on October 5, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on October 13, 2026, with the reference CVE 202610150845 and pages 1 to 9.

The call is governed by the regulatory bases approved by the Government Commission on April 10, 2025, and by the non-competitive call approved by the Government Commission on May 28, 2026. The granting is provisional in nature, in accordance with base 11.2, and does not create any right in favor of the beneficiary entities until the final granting is notified. Notification is made through publication in the BOPB, as provided for in base 11.5.

Provisional granting: 60 entities and 1.17 million euros

Annex 1 of the resolution lists the 60 entities provisionally admitted for processing and the granting proposal. In all cases, the granted amount is equivalent to 100% of the requested amount, and covers between 63.16% and 75% of the total budget of each project.

The main proposed amounts are:

• Associació Diagonal Barcelona (file 2026_OVT_721230): 119,625 euros.
• Associació de Comerciants i Veïns de Creu Coberta de Barcelona (2026_OVT_721516): 65,108.59 euros.
• Federació d’Associacions de Barcelona Centre (2026_OVT_720627): 59,945.82 euros.
• Associació de Comerciants Eix Model-Sopena (2026_OVT_722): 58,987 euros.
• Associació de Comerciants de Sants (2026_OVT_721488): 51,727.50 euros.
• Eix Comercial Sants Les Corts (2026_OVT_717482): 51,114.93 euros.
• Eix Maragall, Associació de Botiguers i Professionals (2026_OVT_721469): 47,734.50 euros.

Denials due to exhaustion of credit

Annex 2 lists six applications admitted for processing but provisionally denied due to exhaustion of credit, with a combined requested amount of 192,697.85 euros:

• Associació Amics del Passeig de Gràcia (2026_OVT_723929): 120,000 euros.
• Enllumenat Cor d’Horta 2026 (2026_OVT_724008): 42,879.37 euros.
• Associació Unió de Botiguers Congrés-Indians de Barcelona (2026_OVT_724255): 11,670 euros.
• Associació de Botiguers del Call Jueu de Barcelona (2026_OVT_724553): 8,040.45 euros.
• Associació de Veïns i Comerciants Nou de la Rambla (2026_OVT_724497): 7,228.23 euros.
• Associació de Comerciants Sant Pere i Santa Caterina (2026_OVT_724057): 2,879.80 euros.

Duplicates and deadline for allegations

Annex 3 includes two requests that are proposed to be provisionally denied due to duplication. One is that of the Federació d’Associacions de Comerciants i Veïns Sant Antoni Comerç (2026_OVT_719299), which already appears in annex 1 with 28,450.12 euros; the other, with anonymized data in the published text, corresponds to a requested amount of 7,228.23 euros.

The interested entities have 10 business days, counted from the day after publication in the BOPB, to present allegations and, if applicable, the supporting documentation referenced in the responsible declaration. The resolution is signed by Cristina Caballero Guzmán, Delegate Secretary (P.D. 26/03/2026), in Barcelona on October 6, 2026.

The resolution directly affects the merchants’ associations and street entities of the city, which will have to wait for the final grant to have access to the funds intended to finance the Christmas lighting of the streets.

Fuente: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, October 13, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-9 (official reference: CVE 202610150845).