The inspection, which took place on October 29, is part of the municipal 'Pla Endreça' and focused on self-service stores, supermarkets, general food shops, and greengrocers. The operation found irregularities concerning license compliance, urban landscape ordinance, public space occupation, sanitation and hygiene conditions, tax payments, employee contractual status, waste management, and electrical fraud.
Approximately one hundred personnel participated in the operation, including agents and inspectors from the Barcelona Urban Guard, the Gràcia District, the City Council's Inspection Services Directorate, the Barcelona Public Health Agency, the Generalitat de Catalunya's Directorate General for Labour Inspection, the Municipal Institute of Finance, the City Council's Waste Management Department, the State Tax Administration Agency, Endesa, and the National Police Corps.
The detected infractions include 99 related to licensing, 23 for public health, 5 for public space, 52 for urban landscape, 23 for waste management, 10 for labor regulations, 15 for municipal taxes, and 15 for state taxes. Precautionary closures were issued for electrical fraud (9 premises) and the presence of pests (3 premises).
This marks the 17th multi-inspection initiated by the City Council during this term, designed to coordinate municipal and external inspection agents to comprehensively identify irregularities. These inspections target areas with significant issues or high activity, such as food establishments or nightlife venues.
Since November 2023, a total of 682 establishments have been inspected, uncovering 5,097 infractions and implementing 110 precautionary measures, with over 1,200 personnel involved.
