{"id":12544,"date":"2010-02-19T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T10:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latribunedeplanas.com\/accord-urbanistique-de-collaboration-avec-leccu-de-planes-del-rei-pour-le-controle-et-le-suivi-des-travaux-de-reurbanisation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:23:45","slug":"urban-development-collaboration-agreement-with-the-ecu-of-planes-del-rei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latribunedeplanas.com\/en\/urban-development-collaboration-agreement-with-the-ecu-of-planes-del-rei\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 \u2013 From the agreement with the EUCC to the cooperation system for completing Planes del Rei"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On 19 February 2010, Pratdip Town Council and the Urban Development Conservation Entity (EUCC) of Planes del Rei signed an agreement designed to organise the completion of the urban development works and the upgrading of Planes del Rei\u2019s infrastructure to current standards<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The aim was to enable the Town Council eventually to formally accept the infrastructure and subsequently proceed with the dissolution of the EUCC.<\/p>\n

This agreement formed part of a broader change. During the same year, the Town Council began the transition from the compensation system to the cooperation system<\/span>: under this system, the municipality manages the execution of the works, while their cost remains the responsibility of the property owners.<\/p>\n

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An agreement to complete Planes del Rei<\/h2>\n

The agreement states that the infrastructure and common services concerned must be brought into line with current standards before they can be formally accepted by the Town Council.<\/p>\n

It therefore does not mean that Planes del Rei had already been taken over by the municipality. On the contrary, it sets out the process intended to lead to that formal acceptance<\/span>.<\/p>\n

During this period, the EUCC was to remain responsible for maintaining the existing services, while the property owners continued to finance the corresponding costs.<\/p>\n

Special arrangements were made for drinking water and waste collection. Referring to the ruling of the High Court of Justice of Catalonia of 25 January 2008<\/a>, the agreement states that the Town Council is responsible for managing these services, without this meaning that it becomes the owner of the infrastructure at this stage.<\/p>\n

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The Town Council manages the works, while the owners finance them<\/h2>\n

Under the cooperation system, the Town Council is responsible for managing the execution of the urban development works.<\/p>\n

The property owners must, however, bear the costs: the works themselves, the technical project, construction supervision and health and safety expenses.<\/p>\n

The agreement provides for financing in stages: the engineering project and 35% of the cost of the works upon award of the contract, a further 15% twelve months after the official start of the works, another 15% after eighteen months, and the remaining balance upon final acceptance.<\/p>\n

In the event of non-payment, the outstanding amounts may be recovered through the legally established collection procedures.<\/p>\n

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A contract with a \u20ac7 million threshold<\/h2>\n

The works are to be awarded through an open tender procedure under a \u201cturnkey\u201d contract.<\/p>\n

The agreement also sets a financial threshold: if no company agrees to carry out the project for less than \u20ac7 million, the procedure must be suspended<\/span> and a meeting of the property owners must be convened.<\/p>\n

This amount therefore does not necessarily represent the final cost of the works. It is the threshold above which the proposed arrangements must be reconsidered.<\/p>\n

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A Monitoring Committee is provided for<\/h2>\n

A Monitoring Committee comprising representatives of the Town Council and the EUCC is to oversee the project until the entity is dissolved.<\/p>\n

It must be kept informed, in particular, of changes to the project, contract awards, payments, acceptance of the works and their final settlement. In the event of disagreement, however, the final decision rests with the Town Council.<\/p>\n

The agreement specifies that this committee is separate from any Administrative Cooperation Association<\/span>, a body provided for under planning legislation to allow property owners to participate in monitoring an operation carried out under the cooperation system.<\/p>\n

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Formal acceptance is intended to mark the transition to municipal management<\/h2>\n

The process set out in the agreement culminates in the formal acceptance of the works by the Town Council. From that point onwards, the municipality is to take responsibility for the infrastructure and common services concerned and for their maintenance.<\/p>\n

The agreement then provides for the opening of the procedure to dissolve the EUCC.<\/p>\n

This distinction is essential to understanding what happened later: the agreement provides for a future municipal takeover; it does not establish that this takeover had already taken place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The cooperation system is approved in November 2010<\/h2>\n

The agreement of 19 February was only the first step that year.<\/p>\n

On 12 May 2010, the Town Council initially approved the change in the implementation system applying to the PAU-4 planning sector, corresponding to Planes del Rei<\/span>. Following the public consultation period and consideration of the objections submitted, the change from the compensation system to the cooperation system was definitively approved on 9 November 2010<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The framework was now established: the Town Council was to manage the execution of the works required to complete Planes del Rei, while their cost remained the responsibility of the property owners.<\/p>\n

This decision opens a new stage: on 6 July 2011, the Town Council officially opens the reparcelaci\u00f3n process for Planes del Rei<\/a>, intended to organise the distribution of land, rights and costs among the property owners.<\/p>\n

La Tribune de Planas<\/p>\n

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