The Coexistence Office aims to ensure the preservation of the public space as a place of co-existence, where all people are at liberty to carry out their activities of free movement, leisure, meeting and recreation, with full respect for the dignity and rights of others and the plurality of diverse cultural, political, linguistic, and religious expression and the diverse ways of life in Barcelona.
Therefore, the Coexistence Office aims to:
You can make any enquiry relating to the Co-existence Byelaw here.
You can make inquiries/allegations/appeals to a Co-existence fine here.
Decree of alternative sanction measures (pdf 355 Kb)
Byelaw of the penalty procedure (pdf 231 Kb)
Law 39/2015 of common administrative procedure (pdf 1090 Kb)
Amounts of the penalties of the Co-existence Byelaw (pdf 46 Kb)
To make an enquiry, suggestion or complaint about the Coexistence Byelaw, click here.
To consult a fine process as an interested party, a written request must be made in accordance with article 13.d) of Act 39/2015 of the common administrative procedure, through one of the following channels:
Interested parties should give their personal details, the details of the procedure file they wish to consult and the address where they wish to receive the information, which will be sent by post as soon as possible.
Check the procedure for proving payment of a fine.
To request a duplicate payment document you can do it:
Tax debts and other money owed by public law to Barcelona City Council can be paid in instalments at any time, whether during the voluntary payment period or the enforcement period, except for fines with discounts applicable if paid during the voluntary payment period. The total amount owed must be more than 100 euros for payments to be spread.
The procedure can be conducted:
To make a complaint or appeal a fine under the Coexistence Byelaw you must apply in writing using a form which you can submit:
To consult a file as an interested party you must make a written request using a form which you can submit:
The Single Bulletin Board (TEU) is a supplement of the Official State Gazette (BOE) where, as of 1 June 2015, all public administrations are obliged to publish the notifications which, for reasons unknown to the corresponding administration, could not be delivered or communicated to the interested party.
The notifications announced can be freely accessed for three months from the date they are published. Thereafter they can only be accessed using the unique non-formulaic verification code (CVE) on the right hand side of the announcement. Users without the verification code should contact the BOE Citizen Information Service.
Act 39/2015, on the common administrative procedure of the public administrations
Discounts are applied to fines if they are paid within 5 days of notification of the charge, in the event that the file is processed through a simplified procedure (Article 96 of Law 39/2015); or 10 days from notification of the complaint if the procedure is ordinary.
No, the advance payment of the amount of the fine signifies that the procedure is finalised and waives the right to formulate complaints. You can present a judicial review before the Barcelona Contentious Administrative Court.
Yes, if you make a complaint and it is rejected you can no longer pay with the discount.
Yes, if you are registered as living in Barcelona you can substitute the Co-existence Byelaw fines with alternative sanction measures, except for fines for:
Yes, you can substitute the Coexistence Byelaw fine with alternative sanction measures, except for fines for:
You must meet the requirements set out in the Byelaw Decree and the catalogue of alternative measures to economic sanctions.
And always request it in writing by means of an instance, which can be presented:
