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ANEPC Stages the 1 July Período Crítico Across Continental Portugal — Decreto-Lei 124/2006 SNDFCI Restrictions on Queimadas, Foguetes and Outdoor Smoking Kick In Through 30 September Alongside the DECIF Charlie Peak Deployment

ANEPC Stages the 1 July Período Crítico Across Continental Portugal — Decreto-Lei 124/2006 SNDFCI Restrictions on Queimadas, Foguetes and Outdoor Smoking Kick In Through 30 September Alongside the DECIF Charlie Peak Deployment

Tuesday 1 July activates the Período Crítico under Decreto-Lei 124/2006 SNDFCI — across continental Portugal the queimadas-foguetes-smoking restrictions kick in through 30 September alongside the DECIF Charlie peak deployment, the Black Hawk reinforcement and the AGIF coordination.
The Portugal Brief
ANSR's Q1 2026 Sinistralidade Tape Tallies 102 Road Fatalities Across Continental Portugal — A 6.4% YoY Step Down as IC2, EN125 and IC8 Corridors Carry the Severity Tail and Excesso de Velocidade Holds the Cause Ranking at 31% of Acidentes com Vítimas

ANSR's Q1 2026 Sinistralidade Tape Tallies 102 Road Fatalities Across Continental Portugal — A 6.4% YoY Step Down as IC2, EN125 and IC8 Corridors Carry the Severity Tail and Excesso de Velocidade Holds the Cause Ranking at 31% of Acidentes com Vítimas

ANSR's preliminary Q1 2026 tape, surfaced 29 May, puts continental Portugal at 102 road fatalities to 31 March — a 6.4% YoY drop on 7,742 acidentes com vítimas. The IC2, EN125 and IC8 carry the severity tail; excesso de velocidade holds the cause ranking at 31%.
The Portugal Brief
Portugal's High-Speed-Vessel Crackdown Takes Effect on Sunday 17 May After 90-Day Vacatio Legis — 1-to-4-Year Prison for Flagless EAVs, €100,000 Corporate Fines and the 'Narcopirataria' Regime Inherits the October Guadiana GNR Fatality

Portugal's High-Speed-Vessel Crackdown Takes Effect on Sunday 17 May After 90-Day Vacatio Legis — 1-to-4-Year Prison for Flagless EAVs, €100,000 Corporate Fines and the 'Narcopirataria' Regime Inherits the October Guadiana GNR Fatality

Portugal's new high-speed-vessel regime enters force on Sunday 17 May after a 90-day vacatio legis. Flagless EAVs draw 1-4 years in prison; €25k individual / €100k corporate fines; DGRM licensing and AT customs become non-optional. PJ has seized 200+ narcolanchas in six years.
The Portugal Brief
MAI Suspends 11 Beja Police Officers Implicated in Operação Safra Justa Six Months After the November 2025 PJ Raid — 10 GNR Plus 1 PSP, the 500-Migrant Cabeça Gorda Network and the Disciplinary Channel Finally Catches Up With the Criminal Channel

MAI Suspends 11 Beja Police Officers Implicated in Operação Safra Justa Six Months After the November 2025 PJ Raid — 10 GNR Plus 1 PSP, the 500-Migrant Cabeça Gorda Network and the Disciplinary Channel Finally Catches Up With the Criminal Channel

MAI confirmed on Tuesday it has suspended 10 GNR militares and 1 PSP agent — all from Beja — implicated in Operação Safra Justa, the November 2025 PJ-led human-trafficking case targeting a Cabeça Gorda network that controlled 500 foreign agricultural workers in the Alentejo since 2023.
The Portugal Brief