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What do you need to know?
What is a trade show?
It is a periodic commercial event, aimed at a professional audience, whose purpose is to exhibit goods or offer services to:
- promote innovation and disseminate knowledge of the different areas of economic activity
- facilitate business contacts and deals,
- to bring together the supply and demand
The procedures of the trade shows are:
- Communicate the fair (professional audience)
- Modify the data of the fair (professional audience)
- Change the owner of the fair (professional audience)
- Cancel the fair (professional audience)
Differences between Trade shows and Consumer fairs
Trade Shows must be differentiated from other fair activities such as Consumer Fairs. These are also periodic commercial events but aimed at the general audience.
In the case of Consumer fairs, sales may be conducted and merchandise taken away from the venue.
In order to organize a Consumer fair, you need:
- That the organizer communicates the market fair to the town hall of the municipality where it is to take place
- That the organizer requests an authorization from the town hall, if the activity occupies a space of public domain, for example, when the market fair is held in the street.
- That the city council transfer the communications or authorizations of a market fair to the Generalitat to register it in the Register of fair activities.
For more information on the types of fair activities and their characteristics, consult the frequently asked questions (information only in Catalan).
Remember
The following are not considered to be trade fairs:
- Markets, which are traditionally called fairs, where the main activity is the direct sale of merchandise.
- Universal expositions, governed by the Paris Convention of 22 November 1928.
- Congresses
- Activities that pursue cultural, educational, scientific, artistic, civic or social ends.
- Promotional activities or sales of any kind organized by retail establishments or specialist companies involved in organizing these kinds of events.
This procedure can only be completed online. Any documents sent by another channel will not be considered or computed with regard to the submission date.
To ensure that you are using the most recent version of the forms during the procedure, you should download them every time you need to use them. If you reuse the documents for other occasions, you may be presenting an obsolete version.
Authority responsible
- Natural persons or legal entities wishing to organise a trade fair.
The notification can be submitted at any time, provided that it is done before commencing the procedures necessary for the trade fair to take place.
- Informació general de la fira (fulletó o similar)
- Llista d'expositors als que s'ha dirigit l'oferta de participació
There are no taxes associated with this procedure.
- Town or city councils are required to inform the Government Administration of any trade fairs held in their municipality so they can be registered on the Register of Trade Fairs, if applicable.
- The organisers of the trade fair are responsible for maintaining public order within the venue and must guarantee compliance with applicable regulations for the security of people, products, industrial facilities and the environment, without prejudice to any authority granted by the law to security forces and similar bodies.
Steps to follow
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Step one
Notification
This procedure can only be completed online.
You should identify yourself when sending the form with your idCAT Mòbil or a digital certificate as a:
- Natural person
- Legal entity
By Internet
Submitting notification of a trade show
Start . Go to Submitting notification of a trade show
If you are unable to do so due to a problem in the system, try again later.
Alternatively, if the problem continues and you cannot wait to complete the procedure, you can use the general application form which you can find on the website or e-services portal of your local council (or any other public administration). In this case, be aware that the calculation of time frames could vary and that you will need to wait a few days to follow up the procedure in the ‘Private Area’.
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Step two
Checking the status of the procedure
You can check out the status of your procedure as follows:
You can check out the status of your procedure as follows:
- On Canal Empresa (using your idCAT Mòbil and/or digital certificate).
- On Status of my procedure (using the procedure id and your DNI/NIF).
- By calling 012 (have your procedure code and DNI/NIF to hand).
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Step three
Reply from the Administration
What will be sent to you?
What will be sent to you?
The notification takes effect from the time it is submitted. Interested parties will be notified of the registration of the trade fair on the Register of Trade Fairs.
