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IMO Adopts the World's Largest Emission Control Area Covering Mainland Portugal — North-East Atlantic ECA Caps Bunker Sulphur at 0.10% From 2028 With Tier III NOx for New Builds, Madeira and Açores Left Out

IMO Adopts the World's Largest Emission Control Area Covering Mainland Portugal — North-East Atlantic ECA Caps Bunker Sulphur at 0.10% From 2028 With Tier III NOx for New Builds, Madeira and Açores Left Out

MEPC 84 adopted the North-East Atlantic ECA on 1 May 2026, covering mainland Portugal, Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Iceland, the Faroes and Greenland. The 0.10% sulphur bunker cap and Tier III NOx for new builds bite from 2028 — Madeira and the Açores are explicitly excluded.
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Brussels Refers Portugal to the Court of Justice for Failing to Transpose the RED III Renewables Directive — Lisbon Joins Athens and Valletta on the Defendants' Bench Almost a Year Past the 21 May 2025 Deadline

Brussels Refers Portugal to the Court of Justice for Failing to Transpose the RED III Renewables Directive — Lisbon Joins Athens and Valletta on the Defendants' Bench Almost a Year Past the 21 May 2025 Deadline

EC referred Portugal, Greece and Malta to the CJEU on Wednesday for failing to transpose RED III by the 21 May 2025 deadline. Lisbon faces Article-260(3) TFEU lump-sum and daily penalty exposure as the renewables-licensing reform sits stuck inside the Assembleia mid-July PRR recess deadline.
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Government Lifts the ISP Fuel-Tax Discount Again Ahead of Monday's Pump-Price Reset — Diesel Support Climbs to €75.48 per 1,000 Litres and Gasoline to €51.97 as ANAREC Forecasts +10 Cents/L Diesel and +6.5 Cents/L Gasoline

Government Lifts the ISP Fuel-Tax Discount Again Ahead of Monday's Pump-Price Reset — Diesel Support Climbs to €75.48 per 1,000 Litres and Gasoline to €51.97 as ANAREC Forecasts +10 Cents/L Diesel and +6.5 Cents/L Gasoline

Finance Ministry lifted the weekly ISP discount Saturday — diesel support to €75.48 per 1,000 litres, gasoline to €51.97 — narrowing Monday's ANAREC pump-rise forecast of +10 c/L diesel and +6.5 c/L gasoline. Cumulative climb from March now runs near 42 c diesel, 28 c gasoline.
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