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Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers Greenlights the Prestação Social Única — 13 Solidarity Supports Fold Into a Single Means Test on 29 May and a Trabalho Social Counterpart Anchors the €500 Million PRR Window for August

Council of Ministers approves the Prestação Social Única on 29 May 2026: 13 solidarity supports merge under one means test, a trabalho social counterpart hits active-age beneficiaries and the €500M PRR tranche depends on the diploma entering force by end of August.
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European Commission Opens Infringement Proceedings Against Portugal Over the Green-Claims Directive — Twenty Capitals Missed the 27 March Transposition Deadline and Now Carry a Two-Month Window Before the Reasoned-Opinion Step

European Commission Opens Infringement Proceedings Against Portugal Over the Green-Claims Directive — Twenty Capitals Missed the 27 March Transposition Deadline and Now Carry a Two-Month Window Before the Reasoned-Opinion Step

Brussels opens infringement proceedings against Portugal on 28 May over Directive (EU) 2024/825 on the green transition — 20 capitals missed the 27 March transposition deadline and now carry a two-month window before the reasoned-opinion step.
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Ministério da Saúde Switches the SNS Heatwave Plano de Contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday 27 May — INEM Call Surge and the European Cúpula de Calor Stress-Test the March 2026 Mandatory Seasonal-Risk Decree

Ministério da Saúde Switches the SNS Heatwave Plano de Contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday 27 May — INEM Call Surge and the European Cúpula de Calor Stress-Test the March 2026 Mandatory Seasonal-Risk Decree

Minister Ana Paula Martins switched the SNS heatwave plano de contingência to Nível 1 on Wednesday after an INEM call surge, an IPMA aviso amarelo and a European heat dome pushed inland Portugal toward 40°C — the first stress-test of the four-tier framework set by the 31 March decree.
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Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

Autoridade Tributária's Informação Vinculativa Subjects CGA Work-Accident Pensions to Full IRS Under the Decreto-Lei 503/99 Carve-Out — Retroactive Public-Service Payouts From 2013 Trigger the Article 74 Splitting Option

AT informação vinculativa confirms CGA work-accident pensions for civil servants are taxed under IRS — the Decreto-Lei 503/99 carve-out blocks the Article 12 exemption, and retroactive lump sums qualify for the Article 74 splitting option.
The Portugal Brief
Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance

Finance Ministry Scraps the 40% Automatic Cativação on Office Supplies in the Tuesday 26 May Diário da República Decree — Centralised Reserve Channels the Freed Spend to Salaries, Social Security and Overdue-Payment Clearance

The Portuguese Finance Ministry has dropped the system of cativações automáticas — the blanket spending freezes that automatically blocked execution above pre-set ceilings inside public administration — and replaced it with a centralised budgetary...
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