Carballo approves the new regulation for its municipal market

The Carballo City Council has definitively approved the modification of the Municipal Market Regulations, after no objections were presented during the public information period. The regulation, which governs the granting and bidding of sales stalls and warehouses, was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña number 163, dated August 27, 2026, and enters into force on the day of its publication.

The Plenary of the Carballo City Council, in an ordinary session on May 25, 2026, initially approved the modification. The file was available to the public via an announcement in BOP number 103, dated June 3, 2026, and on the electronic headquarters and notice board of the council for a period of thirty business days, in compliance with article 49 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the bases of the local regime (LRBRL).

Fixed and temporary stalls

The modification reformulates article 6 of the regulations, which classifies the stalls of the municipal supply market into two categories:

• Fixed stalls: awarded for a determined period, whose private use of a public domain asset is subject to administrative concession in accordance with patrimonial regulations.
• Temporary stalls: authorizations granted when stalls or warehouses remain vacant after the bidding process, in order to ensure their utilization.

The stalls are owned by the council and have the status of public domain assets, meaning they are inalienable, exempt from seizure, and imprescriptible. Provisional occupation will have a minimum duration of six months and may not exceed two years, and does not grant a right of preference in the bidding for the concession.

Transfer of concessionaires

The new text adds a section 6 to article 9 and reformulates article 15, which allow the council to exceptionally authorize the transfer of concessionaires to other vacant stalls without a new bidding process, when there are reasons for service improvement, commercial reorganization, or redistribution of spaces. The transfer will be conditional upon:

• the existence of a vacant stall at the time of the request;
• it does not prejudice the commercial structure of the market nor the competition between operators;
• the applicant is up to date with the payment of fees and economic obligations;
• they have not been sanctioned for a very serious infringement in the last three years.

The transfer does not start a new concessional period, maintaining the remaining term of the original concession, and does not generate a right to compensation. The annex of stalls and uses that appeared in the regulations is also repealed.

Entry into force and appeals

In compliance with article 70.2 of the LRBRL, the modification enters into force once its full text is published in the BOP of A Coruña and the period provided for in article 65.2 of the same law has elapsed. No administrative appeal may be filed against the agreement, but a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Galicia within two months from publication.

The new regulation directly affects the merchants and sellers of the Carballo market, who will see clarified the conditions of access to the stalls, the possibilities for transfer, and the temporary occupation regime, within a framework that seeks to guarantee maximum competition and a variety of product offerings.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, number 163, August 27, 2026, Local Administration section (official reference: announcement 2026/5579).