Supplier payment within 30 days 
 
 
Government measure:   Barcelona City Council supplier payment within 30 days 
since the invoice receipt. 
 
Measure goal: Favor the liquidity of Barcelona City Council suppliers.  
 
This measure is included in a government strategic objectives package, which also 
considers budgeting techniques according to the European System of Accounts 
(ESA95) and setting goals concerning percentages of current saving over current 
revenues. The following strategic objectives will allow the Barcelona City Council to 
maintain its remarkable solvency and to boost growth, economic recovery and 
business competitiveness:  
 
1) Favor supplier’s liquidity, because of being paid quickly (30 days in 2012).  
 
2) Avoid public administrations to take advantage of supplier’s leverage as a 
financing method.  
 
3) Avoid the bad practices from certain suppliers of charging the financial costs in 
the bids presented to public administrations (consequence, increased 
competitiveness)  
 
City Councils and public institutions must help to create the conditions for present and 
future economic growth. Starting from what’s feasible and what depends directly from 
the institution it’s a good way. If suppliers are paid properly it’s because of budget 
consistency, institution solvency and internal processes conducted with effectiveness.  
  
2012 AVERAGE DAYS FOR NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS
50,00
45,00
40,00
35,00
30,00
25,00
20,00
15,00
10,00
5,00
0,00
January February March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Monthly average 41,84 39,92 29,30 30,44 29,73 30,18 25,24 31,56 37,10 33,91 27,03 24,51
Monthly average (cumulative) 41,84 41,03 39,17 37,57 36,26 35,17 33,60 33,41 33,59 33,63 33,01 32,31
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 Payment indicators within 30 days 
 
PAYMENT PERIOD BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL 2013 SEPTEMBER
Law 15/2010 of measures against payment slowness to business
PAYMENT PERIOD MONTHLY INDICATORS : GENERAL MANAGER INSTRUCTION 30.12.2011 
Number of 
Payment period Days Payment period payment % of payment Amount payed % of amount in days obligations obligations (in thousands) payed
documents
Payment period average 42,5 Until 30 472 30,7% 26.134.494 72,2%
Between 31 and 40 143 9,3% 1.760.812 4,9%
Average weighted by amount 34,4 Between 41 and 50 476 31,0% 4.064.444 11,2%
Between 51 and 60 249 16,2% 2.139.925 5,9%
Between 61 and 70 124 8,1% 1.302.329 3,6%
More than 70 72 4,7% 814.248 2,3%
TOTAL 1.536 100,0% 36.216.252 100,0%
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ETAIL OF PAYMENT PERIOD AND STAGES BY SECTORS AND DISTRICTS
Averade period of the stage in days
Sectors and districts Number of Amount payed Registration / Accounting entry Approval / Treasury limit Registration documents (in thousands)
accounting entry / approval treasury limit /payment order /payment
TOTAL CITY COUNCIL 21 10 4 7 43 1.536 36.216
Manager's Office for Resources 21 19 6 7 54 241 689
Manager's Office for Quality of Life, Equality and Sports 20 12 4 6 42 159 1.438
Manager's Office for Prevention, Safety and Mobility 27 8 4 6 45 198 2.271
Manager's Office for Urban Housing 26 9 6 8 58 89 500
Attached Manager's Officer for Environment and Urban Services 13 10 5 7 35 64 18.037
Manager's Office for Economy, Business and Employment 15 19 2 7 43 71 930
Manager's Office for Culture, Knowledge, Creativ. and Innov.
District Ciutat vella 20 4 1 7 32 55 2.368
District Eixample 21 12 3 6 43 95 1.913
District Sants-Montjuïc 20 5 5 7 37 48 1.190
District Les Corts 26 3 6 6 42 60 479
District Sarrià-St.Gervasi 35 8 6 8 56 90 931
District Gràcia 8 4 4 7 23 39 926
District Horta-Guinardó 20 3 4 6 33 121 923
District Nou Barris 13 13 4 6 37 21 783
District Sant Andreu 13 3 5 7 28 49 646
District Sant Martí 22 6 2 7 37 136 2.191
Average days for numbers of documents (2013) 
50,0
45,0
42,5
40,0 38,4
35,0
30,0 29,2 29,4
27,9 27,9 28,6 28,0 27,4 27,1 28,5 27,4 27,7
28,5
27,3
25,4 25,3 25,4
25,0
20,0
15,0
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Monthly average Monthly average (cumulative) Target 30 days
 
 
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Payment period  in days