Hatta Energy’s complaint alleges that officials in the Tax Agency’s Galicia delegation blocked its entry into a group of trusted fuel operators. The dispute prompted an investigation involving five officials, including the delegation’s head, Miguel Cárcaba.
Jesús Gascón Catalán, president of Spain’s State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT), signed the resolution removing Cárcaba on 5 November 2026. It was published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) on 9 November under reference BOE-A-2026-23395. Cárcaba had held the Galicia post for more than two years and nine months. The special-delegate position remained vacant after his dismissal. The BOE decision gives no reason for the removal. Tax Agency sources deny that the dismissal is connected to the court proceedings. They say it followed a central-level disagreement over human resources management in the delegation.
Investigating Court No. 6 in A Coruña is handling the case. It also concerns Eva Ana García Muntaner, chief inspector of an area of the National Office for Fraud Investigation (ONIF), and three other officials from the Galicia delegation. The inquiry follows a complaint by Hatta Energy, an oil company based in Oleiros that the source describes as Spain’s fourth-largest hydrocarbons operator and the main supplier of product to independent petrol stations. The allegations include administrative prevarication, failure to pursue offences, obstruction of the exercise of civic rights and coercion. They remain allegations in an ongoing investigation, not established findings.
Hatta Energy says the delegation prevented it from joining the eight companies classified as trusted operators. The framework was created by a Ministry of Finance order in December 2025 and took effect in January 2026. It was intended to ease fuel supply operations by reducing financial requirements for qualifying operators. Membership makes it easier for fuel companies to supply petrol stations under less onerous financial conditions. The company alleges that officials acted in coordination to frustrate its admission.
Hatta Energy says its application had remained unresolved since January 2026 and that the AEAT had three months to decide it. The company says the deadline expired on 6 April 2026 without a decision. It says the delay forced it to advance 110% of VAT in each transaction. These are claims made by the company in connection with its complaint.
Hatta Energy says access to the group was closed on 1 February 2026. It identifies Repsol, Moeve, BP, Galp, Meroil, Disa, Esergui and Dyneff as members. The company’s account says the group’s formal membership had not been publicly established at the time of the report.
A separate report on the Tarragona unit closure concerned staffing in the Civil Guard, not the Tax Agency. Cárcaba’s dismissal follows the agency’s stated disagreement over human resources, while the court investigation continues.
