The Barcelona Public Health Agency appoints Antoni Rúbies as laboratory director

The Management of the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) has appointed Antoni Rúbies Prat as the entity’s laboratory director, a command position attached to the Laboratory Directorate of the Management. The decision was adopted on September 30, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) no. 9769, dated October 8, 2026, within the section of announcements from other entities, with the official reference CVE-DOGC-A-26274101-2026.

The appointment is made by free designation, after the candidate passed the provision call no. 2026439. The resolution is framed within article 11.1.e of the ASPB Statutes and the delegation dated July 10, 2025, and is processed under file number 2026-1421. The document is signed by Pilar Alonso Castells, delegated secretary, dated in Barcelona on September 30, 2026.

A management position filled by free designation

The position of laboratory director is identified by the code S 8064724 and is assigned a destination level 28, with the code 28FA1CLCD01. The position is attached to the Laboratory Directorate of the Management of the Barcelona Public Health Agency, the body responsible for the city’s public health policies.

The procedure followed is that of free designation, reserved for management positions in which the Administration values the professional profile of the candidate over a merit-based competition. The published resolution expressly indicates that the appointment is made for having passed the corresponding provision call.

The profile of the new laboratory director

According to the official text, the appointee meets the following conditions:

• Full name: Antoni Rúbies Prat.
• Registration number: 14000511.
• Affiliation: career civil servant of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
• Category: senior technician in Chemistry, subgroup A1.
• Assigned position: laboratory director (8064724).
• Destination level: 28.
• Position code: 28FA1CLCD01.
• Destination: Laboratory Directorate of the Management of the Barcelona Public Health Agency.

Deadline to appeal the resolution

The resolution exhausts the administrative route, meaning it can only be appealed through the provided channels. The document sets the following deadlines:

• Appeal for reversal before the president of the Governing Board of the Barcelona Public Health Agency, within a period of one month starting from the day following the receipt of the notification.
• Contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Court of Barcelona, or the one corresponding to the interested person’s address, within a period of two months from the day following the receipt of the notification.
• Against the tacit dismissal of the optional appeal for reversal, which is understood to have occurred one month after filing without an express resolution, a contentious-administrative appeal may also be filed.

Another ASPB appointment on the same day

The same edition of the DOGC includes a second appointment resolution from the ASPB, in this case dated September 15, 2026, and reference CVE-DOGC-A-26274102-2026. This other resolution appoints Esther Gutiérrez Toca as a qualified administrative officer (8061853), with destination level 18 and code 18FCXSCSC05, assigned to the Food Safety Department of the Health Protection Directorate.

In this second case, the position was filled by a merit-based competition, with call number 2026-436 and file 2026-1344, and the appointed person is a career civil servant of the Barcelona City Council, administrative category, subgroup C1. Both resolutions share the same issuing body and the same signing delegated secretary.

The appointment of Rúbies Prat places a technical profile with chemistry training at the head of the ASPB laboratory, at a time when surveillance and analytical control are central to Barcelona’s public health policies. For readers, the publication in the DOGC is the guarantee that the position has been filled according to the legal procedure and that the decision is public and consultable, with the appeal deadlines set for anyone who wishes to disagree.

Source: Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, no. 9769, October 8, 2026, Announcements – Other (official reference: CVE-DOGC-A-26274101-2026).