Platges del litoral barceloní - Salut pública

Beaches on the Barcelona coast: Safety and hygiene

Link to our website Cuida les platges i cuida't tu (Look after the beaches, look after yourself) with TIPS for beach users.

Coastal management is becoming one of the key priorities for coastal municipalities, which share responsibilities both for environmental protection and for ensuring the health of the people who use these public spaces.

Contact:
Laura Bouso
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat

Alfred Argilés
ssp.sambiental@diba.cat

Financial support
Benefit fund for Safety and health on the beaches .
Publications:
- Municipal action files on the beaches:
  - Accessibility to beaches. 2019 [PDF, 188 Kb]
  - Urban furniture . 2019 [PDF, 106 Kb]
  - Cleaning of the beaches. 2019 [PDF, 100 Kb]
  - Surveillance and health care on the beaches. 2019 [PDF, 107 Kb]
- Legal framework for coastal areas in the province of Barcelona . 2005 [PDF, 451 kB]

Promotional material
- Fan with information on sun protection measures, safe bathing and jellyfish bite treatment, in different languages. [pdf, 868 kB]
- "The Beach Pirates"
  - A story [PDF, 2.63 MB]
  - Narrated story
  - Song
  - Audiovisual media
  - Identification bracelets for children [pdf, 698,16 Kb]
  - Information panel InfoPlatja [pdf, 343 kB]

European Union
- DIRECTIVE 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality (OJEU L no. 64, of 04/03/2006) and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.
Spain
- RD 876/2014, of 10 October, approving the General Coast Regulations (BOE no. 247, of 11/10/2014).
- Law 2/2013, of 29 May, concerning the protection and sustainable use of coastal areas and the amendment of Law 22/1988, of 28 July, on coasts.
- RD 1341/2007, of 11 October, concerning the management of bathing water quality (BOE no. 257, of 26/10/2007).
- Law 22/1988, of 28 July, on coasts (Article 115, paragraph d) (BOE no. 181, of 29/07/1988) .
- RD 1471/1989, of 1 December, approving the General Regulations for development and enactment of Law 22/1988, of 28 July, on coasts (BOE no. 297, of 02/12/1989) .
- Order of 31 July 1972, regulations for human safety in bathing areas (BOE no. 184, of 02/08/1972) .
Catalonia
- Law 8/2020, of 30 July, on the protection and management of the coast. (DOGC nº 8192, of 03/08/2020)
- Law 13/2002, of 21 June, on tourism in Catalonia (DOGC n^o. 3669, of 03/07/2002).
Local councils
- The current legislation is supplemented with the municipal ordinances, which basically regulate the use of the municipality's beaches, guaranteeing the public's right to enjoy them and make public use of the sea, its shore and other publicly owned spaces and their areas of protection and easement, pursuant to the powers attributed to the municipalities in Article 115 of Law 22/1988, of 28 July, on coasts.