Review of the Provision for seasonal self-employed workers (PETECATA1).

Published on: 20/03/2024

Set out in Article 10 of Royal Decree-Act 24/2020 of 26 June, on social measures to reactivate employment and protect self-employed workers and to promote the competitiveness of the industrial sector.

The aspects of the benefit to be reviewed are:

  1. Not having received income of over 23,275 euros in 2020 (in all cases).
  2. Differences in the application of the IPREM limits in the regulatory base.                                  
  3. Determination of the regulatory base for the itinerant sales group.                                                 
  4. Have engaged in self-employed activity outside the March-October period of the years 2018 and 2019.            

All communications made will be sent to the email address that specified at the time on the benefit application form, la either by email (favourable resolutions) or by electronic notification (hearing procedures and subsequent resolutions to correct differences or reject the benefit).

These benefits were received from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020. If it was requested in the first 15 days of July, but the benefit was initiated the day following the application.

If a self-employed person receives a notification to correct the documentation, they must go to the link contained in the notification and send the relevant documentation to correct it. If the link is not accessible, it is attached below:


In the notification received, the correction ID is at the top of the document, which can be used to access the process on the website, together with the identity document number.

The same document details the reason why the benefit is under review and the number of incidents detected that could affect compliance with the legal requirements or the amounts paid. The notification received informs of the opening of the hearing procedure, setting a period of 15 business days to present the documentation specified in each section, and to present any evidence and justifications deemed appropriate (remember that Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays are not included when calculating the days).

If the recipient wishes to waive this hearing procedure, or if no documents or evidence have been presented within 15 business days, a final decision will be made, either issuing or rejecting the benefit on a definitive basis. If the benefit is deemed to have been received unduly, the associated amounts received will have to be repaid.