The Cortes validate the emergency decree-law for the total eclipse

The Cortes de Aragón have validated Decree-law 2/2026, of July 29, of the Government of Aragón, by which urgent measures were approved, between August 10 and 13, for the prevention and anticipation of emergencies as a result of the total eclipse visible in Aragón on August 12, 2026. The agreement is ordered to be published in the Official Gazette of Aragón number 186, of September 24, 2026, by means of the Resolution of September 10, 2026, of the Cortes de Aragón (official reference BOA20260924001). The validated regulation had been published in the Official Gazette of Aragón number 147, of July 31, 2026.

The validation is agreed upon under article 44.2 of the Statute of Autonomy of Aragón, a provision that enables the regional Chamber to rule on decree-laws issued by the Government of Aragón. According to the published text, the Cortes de Aragón adopted the agreement in a plenary session held on September 10 and 11, 2026.

The validated decree-law responds to a situation of urgency linked to an astronomical phenomenon of exceptional scope: the total solar eclipse visible in Aragón on August 12, 2026. The regulation concentrates its operational validity in the window from August 10 to 13, that is, the days immediately preceding and following the event, and its declared purpose is the prevention and anticipation of emergencies.

The validation and its statutory basis

The agreement of the Cortes de Aragón is expressly based on article 44.2 of the Statute of Autonomy of Aragón. The Chamber not only validates the text but also orders its publication for general knowledge, a procedure that is now materialized in the Official Gazette of Aragón.

The resolution is dated September 10, 2026, and is signed in Zaragoza by the President of the Cortes de Aragón, María Navarro Viscasillas. Its effective publication occurs fourteen days later, in number 186 of the regional gazette.

The decree-law and the eclipse of August 12

Decree-law 2/2026 was issued by the Government of Aragón on July 29, 2026, and was published in the Official Gazette of Aragón number 147, of July 31, 2026. Its title precisely delimits the material and temporal scope of the intervention:

• Urgent measures for the prevention and anticipation of emergencies.
• Application between August 10 and 13, 2026.
• Cause: the total eclipse visible in Aragón on August 12, 2026.
• Issuing body: Government of Aragón.
• Date of the decree-law: July 29, 2026.

The choice of the decree-law instrument responds to the need for an immediate regulatory tool, given that the phenomenon required the anticipation of prevention devices before the date of the eclipse.

Publication and official data of the agreement

The Resolution of September 10, 2026, of the Cortes de Aragón is included in section I, General Provisions, of the Official Gazette of Aragón number 186, dated September 24, 2026. The reference data for the act are as follows:

• Body: Cortes de Aragón.
• Plenary session: September 10 and 11, 2026.
• Validated regulation: Decree-law 2/2026, of July 29.
• Original publication: Official Gazette of Aragón number 147, of July 31, 2026.
• Official reference of the agreement: BOA20260924001.

With this procedure, the validation is incorporated into the legal system and acquires full official publicity, closing the parliamentary journey of a regulation born with a vocation of urgency.

The agreement closes the cycle of a regulation designed for an event with a fixed date and a great impact on the Aragonese territory. For readers, the publication confirms that the emergency prevention and anticipation measures applied around the total eclipse of August 12, 2026, now have the express support of the Cortes de Aragón, and that their validation is recorded in the Official Gazette of Aragón with a verifiable official reference.

Source: Official Gazette of Aragón, number 186, of September 24, 2026, section I (General Provisions) (official reference: BOA20260924001).