El Perelló definitively approves the regulatory ordinance for Digital Administration

The Plenary of the Perelló City Council has definitively approved the Digital Administration regulatory ordinance, the rule that establishes how citizens and companies interact electronically with the council. The agreement had been initially approved in the plenary session of June 18, 2026, and has become definitive as no claims or suggestions were presented during the public information process. The full text is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona on September 25, 2026, with the reference CVE 2026-08619 and a length of 43 pages.

The ordinance is based on Laws 39/2015 and 40/2015, of October 1, on common administrative procedure and the legal regime of the public sector, and on Royal Decree 203/2021, of March 30, which regulates the action of the public sector by electronic means. It also incorporates Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence and Catalan Laws 26/2010 and 29/2010, of August 3, as well as Law 7/1985 regulating the bases of the local regime. The preliminary draft was submitted for public information for 30 business days, with publication in the BOP of Tarragona (CVE 2026-06032) on June 30, 2026, in the DOGC no. 9699 on July 3, 2026, on the municipal electronic office, and on the transparency portal.

A text of 56 articles and seven titles

The articles are organized into 56 articles distributed across seven titles, in addition to three additional provisions, one transitional provision, one repealing provision, and two final provisions. The thematic blocks are:

• Title I: general provisions, principles, and rights and duties of citizens.
• Title II: instruments for electronic access.
• Title III: processing of the electronic administrative procedure.
• Title IV: transparency and public information.
• Title V: open government and open data.
• Title VI: citizen participation and collaboration by electronic means.
• Title VII: use of artificial intelligence systems and tools.

Among the instruments deployed are the electronic office, the general electronic registry, the citizen folder, the electronic notice board, and the catalog of services, procedures, and formalities. The electronic office must be available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and is a service provided by the Open Administration Consortium of Catalonia integrated into the digital services platform of the Provincial Council of Tarragona.

Who will have to process via electronic means

The ordinance establishes a closed list of subjects obliged to relate electronically with the local entity for any procedure:

• Legal entities and entities without legal personality.
• Those exercising a professional activity with mandatory membership in a professional association, including notaries and registrars.
• Representatives of obligated interested parties and personnel in the service of the local entity.
• Elected officials of the Corporation and municipal political groups.
• Participants in selection processes or calls for the filling of positions.
• Self-employed persons, union representatives, and awardees of public and private contracts.

Non-obligated natural persons are guaranteed electronic access and may consent to its use; the registry assistance office must offer a physical point of digital access and support from an authorized public official. Notification shall preferably be carried out by electronic means and annexes must be in PDF format, without compressed files.

Artificial intelligence, transparency and open data

The section dedicated to artificial intelligence mandates evaluating the impact of systems before incorporating them, maintaining a Municipal Registry of Artificial Intelligence Systems, and publishing the algorithms used on the transparency portal. The list of tools that personnel may use will be approved by Mayoral resolution and updated annually; under no circumstances may personnel use unauthorized tools, nor use them to replace their activity.

Regarding transparency, the text regulates the transparency portal, the procedure for the right of access to public information, and the open data portal. Active publicity obligations also extend to private entities that receive public subsidies or grants of more than 100,000 euros per year, or when at least 40% of their income comes from public funds for an amount exceeding 5,000 euros.

Entry into force and challenge

The ordinance will enter into force once the full text has been published and the period of fifteen business days provided for in article 65.2 of Law 7/1985 has elapsed. Its application will be progressive based on technical and material availability, and the local entity commits to adapting the municipal organization, training personnel, and disseminating the content among the citizenry.

Against the resolution, which exhausts administrative remedies, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the contentious-administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia within a period of two months. The announcement appears signed by the mayor, Samuel Ferré Pallarès.

The regulation directly affects all residents and businesses in the municipality, who, from the date of entry into force, must channel a large part of their dealings with the City Council of El Perelló electronically, with a legal obligation to do so for the self-employed, companies, and professional collectives.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona, September 25, 2026, section I, pp. 1-43 (official reference: CVE 2026-08619).