The Consell subjects the DANA aid to permanent financial control

The Consell of the Generalitat agreed on November 6, 2026, to subject the aid files intended to alleviate the damages caused by the isolated depression at high levels (dana) of October 18 and 19, 2026, in the Comunitat Valenciana, to permanent financial control instead of prior intervention. The agreement is published in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana (DOGV) no. 10490, of November 10, 2026, within section III (administrative acts, other matters), with the official reference DOGV-C-2026-34727. The measure seeks to process a “very significant” volume of files “with maximum speed” as the 2026 budget year nears its end.

The legal route: from Article 98.2 to the proposal of the Intervención

The agreement is based on Article 98.2 of Law 1/2015, of February 6, on public finance, the instrumental public sector, and subsidies, which enables the Consell, upon the proposal of the Intervención General de la Generalitat, to apply permanent financial control in substitution of the intervening function through a reasoned decision. The regulation requires that these agreements and their motives be published in the DOGV within a maximum period of twenty days from their approval, a requirement met by the insertion on November 10.

The text recalls as a precedent Decree-law 11/2024, of November 12, approved after the dana of October 28 and 29, 2024, which already allowed decrees for the direct granting of subsidies to provide for the substitution of the intervening function without the need for a Consell agreement. On this occasion, the Generalitat has opted to formalize the substitution through an express agreement of the Consell, which is added to the cases already provided for in the fifth section of the Agreement of October 3, 2023, of the Consell, regarding additional items to be verified by the Intervención in the auditing of expenditure.

The aid was approved under Article 168.1.C) of Law 1/2015 and Article 22.2.c) of Law 38/2003, of November 17, general law on subsidies, invoking the exceptional and singular nature of the damages, their territorial delimitation, and the urgency of attending to the affected persons.

Four decrees and 43.5 million euros

The agreement affects the files derived from four decrees of the Consell:

• Decree 168/2026, of October 20, on urgent aid for municipalities affected by the heavy rains and flooding caused by the DANA.
• Decree 169/2026, of October 20, on aid to alleviate the loss of basic necessities for natural persons due to the DANA named Adam.
• Decree 173/2026, of October 23, on aid for natural and legal persons for the destruction of vehicles.
• Decree 174/2026, of October 23, on aid for retail trade, the tourism sector, industry, and agricultural and livestock holdings.

The annex to the agreement, prepared using the estimates from the MAIN document included in the processing, totals 43.5 million euros and 13,564 annual files, grouped by the publication date of the decrees:

• 17,500,000 euros and 64 files, with 7,000,000 in 2026 and 10,500,000 in 2027.
• 6,000,000 euros and 3,000 files for basic necessities (5,000,000) and relocation rental (1,000,000), with 2,400,000 in 2026 and 3,600,000 in 2027.
• 10,000,000 euros and 4,000 files, with 5,000,000 in 2026 and 5,000,000 in 2027.
• 10,000,000 euros and 6,500 files for trade (2,500,000), tourism (1,000,000), industry (500,000), and agricultural and livestock holdings (6,000,000), with 3,250,000 in 2026 and 6,750,000 in 2027.

All amounts are subject to the existence of adequate and sufficient credit. The annex also records the resolutions of October 22, October 27, and November 2, 2026, which modified the decrees to expand the beneficiary municipalities.

Subsequent verification through sampling

With permanent financial control, the General Comptroller’s Office verifies ex post, through sampling techniques, that the applicable regulations and procedures have been complied with, instead of auditing every file before its approval. The Consell justifies the exception on the grounds that the projected volume of grants is high and due to the need to respond to the emerging needs and ensure correct budgetary management.

The agreement was signed in València on November 6, 2026, by José Luis Díez Climent as secretary counselor, at the proposal of the counselor of Economy, Finance and Public Administration, and consists of three pages with its economic annex.

The decision directly affects the individuals and companies that have applied for the October DANA aid: by eliminating the prior file-by-file control, the Generalitat will be able to resolve and pay the subsidies before the 2026 financial year closes, although the expenditure will remain subject to subsequent sampling scrutiny by the Comptroller’s Office.

Source: Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana, no. 10490, of November 10, 2026, section III, pp. 1-3 (official reference: DOGV-C-2026-34727).