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Rede Expressos Opens Sete Rios Slot Allocation to Flixbus Seventy-Three Days After the Tribunal Administrativo Ruling — Operação Limitada Caveat Frames the 22 May Communication

Rede Expressos Opens Sete Rios Slot Allocation to Flixbus Seventy-Three Days After the Tribunal Administrativo Ruling — Operação Limitada Caveat Frames the 22 May Communication

Rede Expressos communicated Sete Rios slot windows to Flixbus on 22 May 2026 — 73 days after the Lisbon administrative tribunal ordered immediate access on 10 March. The operação limitada framing opens the terminal to Lisbon–Porto and Lisbon–Algarve competition on capacity-bounded terms.
The Portugal Brief
AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

The Autoridade da Concorrência cleared the three-way Jerónimo Martins / Visabeira / B&B acquisition of Europontal on Friday 15 May 2026 with a non-opposition decision. The Algarve operator collects non-hazardous construction and demolition waste — Pingo Doce's parent enters a new vertical.
The Portugal Brief
AdC Blocks Boluda's Acquisition of Remolcanosa Portugal — Sines Tug and Mooring Market Saved From Collapsing Into a Monopoly After a December 2025 Phase-2 Probe and Two Rejected Remedy Packages

AdC Blocks Boluda's Acquisition of Remolcanosa Portugal — Sines Tug and Mooring Market Saved From Collapsing Into a Monopoly After a December 2025 Phase-2 Probe and Two Rejected Remedy Packages

The Autoridade da Concorrência today blocked Spain's Boluda from acquiring Remolcanosa Portugal — Serviços Marítimos. The deal would have collapsed the Port of Sines tug-and-mooring market into a monopoly. Two remedy packages were filed and both were rejected as insufficient.
The Portugal Brief
Parliament Moves to Stop Twenty-Two Competition Authority Cases Worth €800 Million From Going Out the Door on Prescription — Lawyers Warn the Retroactive Fix Will Land at the Constitutional Court

Parliament Moves to Stop Twenty-Two Competition Authority Cases Worth €800 Million From Going Out the Door on Prescription — Lawyers Warn the Retroactive Fix Will Land at the Constitutional Court

Parliament is debating a draft Concorrência amendment that would freeze prescription clocks for 22 ongoing AdC cases — fines totalling roughly €800 million, much on the food-distribution cartel — currently at risk of being annulled by elapsed time. Lawyers warn of retroactivity.
The Portugal Brief