FUE Prior municipal environmental communication (Annex III) (CPA)

Through the prior municipal environmental communication, the interested party informs the competent public administration of the start of a low-risk activity of those included in Annex III of Law 20/2009, of December 4, on environmental prevention and control of activities (hereinafter LPCAA) and others derived from the municipal Ordinance, and accompanies the project and technical certificate necessary for its exercise.

Prior communication allows an activity to be initiated from the day of submission and empowers the corresponding public administration to verify the conformity of the data contained. Communication of the data empowers the Administration to carry out any verification action.

The communication must be formalized once the necessary works and installations have been completed, which must be covered by the corresponding urban planning license, or, where applicable, by prior communication of works not subject to a license and also for the rest of the necessary sectoral licenses.

The legal person who wishes to carry out one or more activities in a single centre or establishment or its legal representative. In this case, the representation with which it acts must be declared.

The activities subject to the municipal prior environmental communication regime are the following:

A. Activities included in Annex III of Law 20/2009, of December 4, on prevention and environmental control of activities (hereinafter LPCAA).

B. Activities consisting of temporary mobile technical units associated with public or private infrastructure works, waste treatment activities, or similar facilities in Annex II of the LPCAA provided that, as independent activities and due to their characteristics, they are not associated with a fixed location, nor do they have the condition of stable activities.

C. Activities with an environmental impact and/or on the safety of people that cannot be classified in any of the other processing regimes provided for in the Municipal Environmental, Safety and Public Health Ordinance, or in the Municipal Intervention Ordinance in Public Places, Public Shows and Recreational Activities.

• Technical certificate according to the City Council's standard model (Model LLA-003). Replaceable with another certificate model. In any case, the final certificate must always state that "The activity conforms to the project presented, that all industrial safety requirements, risk prevention and other mandatory requirements are met, in accordance with applicable legislation and that all mandatory authorizations are available to carry out the activity"
• Basic project and/or environmental report.
• Specific environmental certifications established in the ordinance for those cases where the activity generates emissions of gases or fumes, noise or vibrations, outdoor lights at night, contaminated water and/or non-assimilable waste. These specific certifications may be issued by a collaborating entity of the Administration or by municipal technicians.
• Environmental impact statement, if applicable.
• Report of in-situ acoustic measurements carried out by an Environmental Prevention and Control Entity (EPCA) that certifies the minimum airborne noise insulation values ​​DnT, A, and/or compliance with the operating limit values ​​of rolling metal shutters indicated in Annex 4 of the Ordinance Regulating Noise and Vibration Pollution, if applicable.
• Certification of the favorable verification act in matters of fire when it comes to activities included in annexes 1 or 2 of Law 3/2010, of February 18, on prevention and safety in matters of fire in establishments, activities, infrastructures and buildings, or if it is in a case included in article 11.1.c) of Royal Decree 164/2025, of March 4, by which the Fire Safety Regulation in Industrial Establishments is approved.
• Livestock manure plan, in the case of livestock activities with the consequent favorable report issued by the competent Department for agriculture and livestock, if applicable.
• Authorization for the discharge of wastewater into the public waterway or the sea, where applicable.
• Accessibility sheet in accordance with the provisions of article 122 of the Accessibility Code of Catalonia (DECRET 209/2023, of November 28, which approves the Accessibility Code of Catalonia), where applicable.
• Responsible declaration in matters of food health if it is an establishment affected by Royal Decree 191/2011, of February 18, on the general health register of food companies and foods, if applicable.