To facilitate the electronic exchange of data and documents between administrations and public entities within the framework of an administrative procedure and with the aim of making effective the right of citizens not to provide documents that are already in the possession of Public Administrations, the AOC Consortium offers the Catalogue of Interoperable Data and Documents in Catalonia through the Via Oberta service.
Within the Catalogue you will find, distinguished by areas of data providers, the different data that can be consulted within an administrative action and that are made available to the Catalan Public Administrations by the data provider organizations. All the information duly classified by providers is available in the “ Service Letters of Via Oberta ”.
The different Via Oberta services can be consumed both through EACAT screens and through integration with web services (either with the requesting entity's own systems or with its own tools).
Below are the steps to follow to consume the Via Oberta service for EACAT screens:
Once a procedure has been identified for which there is a need to consult data held by other Public Administrations, it is necessary to consult the Catalogue of Available Services to determine which Via Oberta service(s) must be requested.
In the Via Oberta service of the AOC website (section “Request the service”) you will find the Catalogue of currently available data and documents .
For each Via Oberta service, a specific Service Charter is available, detailing all the information related to the service, the different data query methods, the information that can be obtained and how to perform the queries. It also includes examples of use cases that can be very useful.
The service letters can be consulted on the Via Obierta Portal, distinguished by areas of data providers:
In the case of local administrations and entities that depend on them , in order to access and consult the data in the data and document catalogue, it is necessary to adhere to the Interoperability Framework Agreement (CMI), or to have signed a collaboration agreement with the AOC Consortium.
Below are detailed steps to adhere to the Interoperability Framework Agreement , which must be attached to the corresponding section within the Via Oberta service request form.
In the case of an organization of the Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya , adherence to the aforementioned Agreement is not required. The request for access to the data provided by the Via Oberta service of the AOC must be made through PICA, which is managed by the Sub-Directorate of Innovation and Digital Administration (SIAD). SIAD must be contacted through the email address administraciódigital.presidencia@gencat.cat
Once you have identified the procedure and Via Oberta service to request according to the information in the first section, you must complete and send the registration application found at EACAT/Catalog of procedures/Consorci AOC/AOC - Request for services/ Request for services Via Oberta
To complete the application, it is recommended to consult the document with the step-by-step instructions for filling out the application form for Via Oberta services .
This section highlights the most important points to consider when processing authorization to access the data necessary for the identified procedure. Emphasizing what is essential for issuers to authorize consultation of the requested data and thus save future requests from them:
Legal framework
Regarding the data requested through the Data Intermediation Platform (services within the scope of the General State Administration), we remind you of the need to attach the publication or translation into Spanish of both the applicable regulations and the form where consent is collected.
It should also be emphasized that the current policy of issuers is not to accept generic regulations that do not expressly establish the data to be consulted, therefore the specific regulation that regulates the specific procedure where the obtaining of the data or document that is intended to be consulted is required must be indicated .
Example : In the case of a call for a selective process where it is necessary to consult the data of the applicants relating to their qualifications, working life or the availability of a specific driving license, etc.; the regulatory bases of this call must be provided where the data requested is expressly stated . If it is not regulated as a requirement in the standard provided, the authorization request will be denied by the issuer.
Consent
This can be " No opposition ", " Yes " or " Law ", you can consult each case in the document with the step-by-step instructions for filling out the form.
Regarding the application forms, it is essential that they include the " no objection " clause corresponding to the data consultation.
Finally, if you need to request several Via Oberta services for the same procedure, you only need to fill out a single form. Otherwise, you need to fill out one for each procedure.
Once the documentation is received, it will be reviewed by the responsible areas of the AOC Consortium and the authorization of the entity to access the requested services will be processed. In the event that all the information, regulations and form are correct, as a general rule, the issuers resolve the request within a maximum of fifteen working days.
Once the request for consultation has been authorized for any of the Via Oberta services, the entity's Interoperability Manager will only need to assign the corresponding permissions to the user who needs to make the consultation, through EACAT.
Once the procedure and the Via Oberta service to be requested have been identified according to the information in the first section, the registration application must be completed and sent. Previously, in the case of the AEAT there is an essential requirement that the entity must fulfill: it is the assignment of a medium-level electronic seal exclusively for the use of the AOC services. The consultation How to do this can be found at the following link : How to request an Electronic Seal from the AOC.
Once the AOC electronic seal has been requested and the download confirmed or in the case of having the certificate assigned to AOC , the following actions must be taken :
- STEP 1. Download the form called “ Electronic certificate replacement form (web services) ” from the Tax Agency website.
- STEP 2. The public key of the medium-level electronic seal certificate issued by the AOC services must be downloaded . The person responsible for the certification service of your entity must access the certification portal, specifically in the subscriber folder , where they can also consult the serial number of the certificate.
- STEP 3. Send both the form and the certificate's public key and its serial number (the public key must be in encoded X509 format - .cer or .crt extension) through the Electronic office of the AEAT , choosing one of the following forms depending on whether the information is required for tax or non-tax purposes (in both cases the option you must choose in the form is Submission of authorization forms for standardized supplies :
- STEP 4. Wait for confirmation from the AEAT via email indicating that the certificate has been authorized.
- STEP 5. Send the form found at EACAT/Catalog of procedures/Consortium AOC/AOC - Service request/ AEAT Service request Via Oberta. Information available on how to submit it at Document with step-by-step instructions for filling out the application form for AEAT services.
Once the documentation is received, it will be reviewed by the areas responsible for the Consortium AOC and the authorization of the entity to access the requested services. In the event that all the information, regulations and forms are correct, as a general rule the issuer resolves the request within a time maximum of fifteen working days.
In addition to the request per organization described in the previous points, each user who needs to make inquiries through the Via Oberta service must have the corresponding permissions to access data from each Via Oberta service (AEAT, TGSS, DGP...) given that each of them requires a specific permission.
These permissions must be assigned by the Interoperability Manager (IM) of each entity . The EACAT home page contains information about who the Interoperability Manager of your entity is.
Once assigned, each user will be able to consult the permissions they have in Via Oberta, from EACAT/Configuration/My space/Via Oberta.
To access the Via Oberta data query, the user's identity must be authenticated, using a digital certificate from a public employee from the corresponding administration .
The certificate used to access Via Oberta may be of medium signature level (e.g. T-CAT P ), or high (e.g. T-CAT ) as long as it is linked to the public administration for which the user wants to make the query.
It is not essential that the certification service provider be the AOC Consortium, as long as it is a certificate for an employee of a public administration.
Therefore, access to the Via Oberta service cannot be obtained with :
- An idCAT certificate, given that it is not a certificate that identifies the user as a worker of any public administration.
- Any certificate issued by other providers who are not employees of a public administration, for the same reason as the previous point.
- A public employee certificate from an administration other than the one to which the user is assigned on the EACAT platform, at the time of making the query.
- T-CAT as a pseudonym, given that the requirement for consulting Via Oberta is that the person making the query is identified and in this case, this is not the case.
1. Access Via Oberta
2. You can search for the service by provider, procedure, topics or consult the entire catalog in detail:
3. Once the service in question has been accessed, the available modalities can be seen, for example:
The user will have access to the queries for which the entity has authorization and if the user has been granted the corresponding permissions by the Interoperability Manager (if either of the two conditions is not met, a "prohibited" symbol will appear that will not allow access to the query). In this case, you will need to contact the Interoperability Manager of your entity so that the corresponding permissions are assigned to the user.
Regarding the service of the State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT), it should be remembered that it is essential that the entity has a valid certificate of a medium-level seal assigned exclusively for the use of the services of AOC , as detailed in the section "Request registration for the services of Via Oberta-AEAT". Compliance with this condition is necessary so that the queries are carried out correctly, otherwise the queries will not work.
4. All information relating to the different services offered by Via Oberta, both the data that can be consulted and the consultation methods, as well as how to make the consultations and the data that is obtained, is accessible in the service letters.