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SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SIBS-FPS withdraws its TACL administrative action against Banco de Portugal, sixteen months after filing on 15 January 2025. The scheme-vs-processor separation dispute under EU Regulation 751/2015 Article 7 returns to operational supervision with no merits ruling.
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Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Cláudia Reis Duarte Walks the IRC Modelo 22 Filing Deadline From 31 May to 19 June on Wednesday 13 May — Storm-Sequence Rationale Carries the Despacho Across Every Company Subject to IRC, Whether Storm-Affected or Not

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SEAF Cláudia Reis Duarte signs despacho walking Modelo 22 IRC filing deadline from 31 May to 19 June for all entities subject to IRC, with no surcharges. Cited rationale is the anomalous storm sequence's disruption of the accounting-closing cycle for 2025 accounts.
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ICNF Walks the Centro Nacional de Reprodução do Lince-Ibérico in Silves Into Direct State Management on 1 June — Maria da Graça Carvalho Reads the Switch as 'Gestão Interna' as Rodrigo Serra's 14-Person Team Warns of a Three-Week Transition Vacuum

ICNF Walks the Centro Nacional de Reprodução do Lince-Ibérico in Silves Into Direct State Management on 1 June — Maria da Graça Carvalho Reads the Switch as 'Gestão Interna' as Rodrigo Serra's 14-Person Team Warns of a Three-Week Transition Vacuum

ICNF takes over management of the Centro Nacional de Reprodução do Lince-Ibérico in Silves on 1 June, ending the operating team's near-20-year run. Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho calls it 'gestão interna'; technical coordinator Rodrigo Serra warns no formal transition plan exists three weeks out.
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AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

Leitão Amaro told parliament Wednesday the AIMA mission-structure has deferred about 385,000 new immigrant files since June 2024 — 933,000 notifications, 568,000 atendimentos, 525,000 decisões, 51,622 indeferimentos and 458,000 cartões de residência. 98% of MI and 95% of CPLP cleared.
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PRO.VAR Walks the Restauração Tradicional Crisis File Back at the BdP Governor After His Five-Indicator Defense — Álvaro Santos Pereira's '69% Nominal Growth Since 2019' Reading Collides With the May 10 Publico Estruturalmente Débil Deep Dive

PRO.VAR Walks the Restauração Tradicional Crisis File Back at the BdP Governor After His Five-Indicator Defense — Álvaro Santos Pereira's '69% Nominal Growth Since 2019' Reading Collides With the May 10 Publico Estruturalmente Débil Deep Dive

PRO.VAR has rejected BdP Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira's five-indicator no-crisis reading of the restaurant sector, arguing the BdP aggregate masks the collapse of traditional restaurants — a debate sharpened by Publico's May 10 deep dive on the segment's structural fragility.
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Banco de Portugal Conselho de Auditoria Walks the Entrecampos Sede File Past the €192 Million Headline — Auditors Warn Acabamentos Push the Total Toward €235 Million and Demand Faster Sale of the Vacant Edificios to Pay the Bill

Banco de Portugal Conselho de Auditoria Walks the Entrecampos Sede File Past the €192 Million Headline — Auditors Warn Acabamentos Push the Total Toward €235 Million and Demand Faster Sale of the Vacant Edificios to Pay the Bill

The Conselho de Auditoria of the Banco de Portugal warned that the €191.99M Entrecampos sede contract with Fidelidade covers only the structural shell — acabamentos will push the total toward €235M, and the auditors want the central bank's vacant Lisbon real estate sold faster to pay for it.
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Gustavo Paulo Duarte Walks Into the CCP Presidency at the Centro Cultural de Belém on Wednesday Evening 13 May — Three-Year Mandate Closes the 16-Year Vieira Lopes Era at the Confederation Representing 60–70% of Portuguese GDP

Gustavo Paulo Duarte Walks Into the CCP Presidency at the Centro Cultural de Belém on Wednesday Evening 13 May — Three-Year Mandate Closes the 16-Year Vieira Lopes Era at the Confederation Representing 60–70% of Portuguese GDP

Gustavo Paulo Duarte was sworn in as president of the Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal at the Centro Cultural de Belém on Wednesday 13 May 2026, ending João Vieira Lopes's 16-year run at the patronal body for the sector that carries 60–70% of Portuguese GDP.
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