Today begins the commercial opening period on Sundays and holidays in areas with a large tourist influx. Until next September 15, all establishments that wish to do so and that are within zones 1 and 2 of the Special Tourist Accommodation Plan (PEUAT), will be able to open on Sundays and holidays from 12 noon to 8 p.m. .
This is the third year that the social agreement of the commercial hours pact is applied in Barcelona, ??the result of the agreement between the City Council, the merchants’ associations and the unions.
The measure covers the shops included in zones 1 and 2 of the PEUAT, in which the following neighborhoods are included: the Raval; the Gothic; Sant Pere, Santa Caterina and the Ribera and the Barceloneta (Old City); the New Left of the Eixample; the Old Esquerra of the Eixample; the Dreta de l’Eixample, the Sagrada Família, Fort Pienc and Sant Antoni (Eixample); Saints; Hostafrancs, and part of the neighborhoods of Poble-sec and La Font de la Guatlla (Sant-Montjuïc); the Courts; Sant Gervasi-Galvany and part of the Putxet and Farró neighborhoods (Sarrià-Sant Gervasi); the Villa of Gràcia; health; the Camp d’en Grassot and Gràcia Nova and part of the neighborhoods of Vallcarca and les Penitentes (Gràcia; Baix Guinardó; the Olympic Village of Poblenou; Poblenou; Park and the Lagoon of Poblenou and Diagonal Mar and the Maritime Forum of Poblenou (Saint Martin).
The regulation, which will be in effect until December 31, 2025, is the result of the agreement reached by the Barcelona Commerce Foundation, Barcelona Open, PIMEC Commerce, Foment del Treball, the National Association of Large Distribution Companies (ANGED), the UGT and CCOO in February 2022 with the approval of Barcelona City Council. All these agents are part of the monitoring table of the measure.
