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Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Conselho de Ministros Hands the Agência PTRR Presidency to Luís Leite Ramos as the €22.6 Billion Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência Plan Heads Into Its Execution Phase — 96 Measures, 15 Domains and a 2034 Horizon

Council of Ministers picks ex-PSD deputy Luís Leite Ramos to chair the new Agência PTRR, the €22.6 billion nine-year Portugal Transformação, Recuperação e Resiliência plan covering 96 measures across 15 domains and running to 2034. First operational milestone: a 2026-2027 work programme by 31 July.
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AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor Tape Pegs Portuguese Airline Compensation Bill at €53 Million for January-May 2026 on 4.5 Million Disrupted Passengers — Storm Kristin Carve-Out Trims the Owed Total Below the Same-Period 2025 Mark

AirAdvisor reads out €53 million in compensation owed to passengers on Portuguese-departing flights for January-May 2026 — 4.5 million travellers disrupted, 130,000 holding Regulation 261/2004 entitlements. Storm Kristin's extraordinary-circumstances carve-out trims the bill below 2025.
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Swapping Your Foreign Driving Licence for the Portuguese Carta de Condução in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU/EEA Auto-Conversion Path, the Non-EU 90-Day Examination Window and the Residency-Trigger Calendar

Swapping Your Foreign Driving Licence for the Portuguese Carta de Condução in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the IMT Process, the EU/EEA Auto-Conversion Path, the Non-EU 90-Day Examination Window and the Residency-Trigger Calendar

A foreign driving licence in Portugal carries an expiry-of-recognition clock that starts ticking when residency triggers fire — this practical guide closes the IMT process, the EU/EEA path, the non-EU 90-day examination window and worked profiles for US, UK, French and Brazilian relocators.
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Council of Ministers Reworks the IVA Liquidation Regime on Combustíveis to Choke Out Fuel-Sector Fraud — Leitão Amaro Backs the CIVA Adjustment as the Same 11 June Vote Wraps an SME Capital-Markets Simplification Package

Council of Ministers Reworks the IVA Liquidation Regime on Combustíveis to Choke Out Fuel-Sector Fraud — Leitão Amaro Backs the CIVA Adjustment as the Same 11 June Vote Wraps an SME Capital-Markets Simplification Package

The Council of Ministers approved a CIVA rework on 11 June 2026 that shifts the VAT liquidation moment on combustíveis upstream to the entrepôt aduaneiro entry gateway — closing the missing-trader gap, alongside a paired SME capital-markets simplification package.
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Lisbon Calls For an EU Spending-Safeguard Carve-Out on Power-Bill Support — Miranda Sarmento Pitches the Energy-Crisis Exception to the Eurogroup as Portugal Ranks Fifth on the Energy-Support Share-of-GDP Tape

Lisbon Calls For an EU Spending-Safeguard Carve-Out on Power-Bill Support — Miranda Sarmento Pitches the Energy-Crisis Exception to the Eurogroup as Portugal Ranks Fifth on the Energy-Support Share-of-GDP Tape

Joaquim Miranda Sarmento told the 11 June Eurogroup in Luxembourg that the European Commission must create an energy-crisis escape clause modelled on the defense-spending carve-out — Portugal ranks fifth in the EU on energy-support share of GDP and is asking for the same fiscal-rules treatment.
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Appointing a Representante Fiscal (Tax Representative) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 15-Day Window, the Non-EU Resident Rule, the Portal das Finanças Confirmation Flow and When Electronic Notifications Replace the Designation

Appointing a Representante Fiscal (Tax Representative) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the 15-Day Window, the Non-EU Resident Rule, the Portal das Finanças Confirmation Flow and When Electronic Notifications Replace the Designation

Non-EU residents (US, UK, Brazil) with a Portuguese tax relationship — real estate, vehicle, employment, self-employed activity — must appoint a Representante Fiscal or adhere to electronic notifications inside 15 days. EU/EEA/Swiss residents went optional under Lei 7/2021. Penalty €75-€7,500.
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Fundo Ambiental Reignites the Incentivo Veículos Elétricos with a €10 Million Envelope — €4,000 Per Household BEV, €5,000 for IPSS, 278 Charging-Station Awards and 1,375 Target Subsidies Through 27 July

Fundo Ambiental Reignites the Incentivo Veículos Elétricos with a €10 Million Envelope — €4,000 Per Household BEV, €5,000 for IPSS, 278 Charging-Station Awards and 1,375 Target Subsidies Through 27 July

Portugal's Fundo Ambiental reopened the 2026 Incentivo Aquisição Veículos Elétricos on 11 June 16:30 with a €10 million envelope: €4,000 per household BEV (≤€38,500), €5,000 for IPSS, 278 charging-station awards and 1,375 target subsidies through 27 July under Aviso 06/2025.
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