Forès modifies the waste collection tax and opens the claims period

The Forès City Council has initially approved the modification of the fiscal ordinance regulating the waste tax, the preliminary step before any change in the bill paid by residents. The Corporate Plenary adopted the agreement in the session of November 4, 2026, and the announcement was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona on November 10, 2026, with the reference CVE 2026-10561 (p. 1-1). The text is now subject to public information before becoming final.

The affected regulation is fiscal ordinance number OR/M-08, regulating the Tax for the collection, transport, and treatment of waste and urban solid waste. This is an initial approval, not a final one: the published document does not contain the articulated text of the ordinance nor the new rates, but rather the approval agreement and the opening of the allegations process. The modification therefore affects the regulation that establishes the elements of the tax which are subsequently transferred to the home bill.

The procedure is based on article 17.2 of the revised text of the Law regulating local treasuries, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5. This regulation requires the initial approval agreement to be published in the official provincial gazette so that interested parties can examine the file and file claims.

Thirty business days to examine the file

The schedule for the process is as follows:

• The public exhibition period is thirty business days.
• The count begins the day after the insertion of the announcement in the gazette, that is, starting from November 11, 2026.
• The file can be consulted at the municipal offices of the Forès City Council.
• During this period, any interested party may present the allegations they deem appropriate.
• If no claim is filed within the deadline, the agreement will be considered definitively approved without the need for any new pronouncement from the Plenary.

The announcement makes it clear that the consultation is open to any interested party, not only to the already identified taxpayers, and that allegations can be made as long as the public information period lasts.

What the announcement includes and what it does not

The published document lists the basic points of the agreement:

• Identifies the deciding body: the Corporate Plenary, in the session of November 4, 2026.
• Identifies the regulation: fiscal ordinance number OR/M-08, for the collection, transport, and treatment of waste and urban solid waste.
• Sets the scope of the process: initial approval and public exhibition for thirty business days.

In contrast, the announcement does not detail amounts, revision percentages, or rates per household or per activity. This information is part of the file that can be consulted at the municipal offices during the indicated period, and it is what will allow the real impact on each bill to be verified.

Signature and recent municipal activity

The announcement was signed by the mayor, Julià Josep Plaza i Briansó, with an electronic signature registered on November 6, 2026, at 19:03:43, and the document was validated at the entity’s Electronic Office with the CVE 6ABD06DCE683451E981BD65239EC6702, issued on the same November 6 at 19:14:28.

The processing of the tax coincides with other council files published in the same bulletin in recent weeks:

• The final approval of the project to improve roads with recycled aggregates, for 96,483.38 euros including VAT.
• The final approval of the project for remote-reading water meters and automation of readings, for 58,396.61 euros including VAT.

Both projects were approved by mayoral resolution on October 20, 2026.

Why it affects the reader

The modification of the OR/M-08 is the means by which the municipality can update the garbage tax, such that the result of the procedure will ultimately impact the bill paid by residents and local businesses. The thirty-business-day period opened by this announcement is the only window to review the file and discuss the rates before the agreement becomes final through administrative silence.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Tarragona, November 10, 2026, section I, p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE 2026-10561).