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Friday's Conselho de Ministros Wraps Three Consumer-Facing Decrees Into One Sitting — Diretiva 2020/2184 Drinking-Water Transposition, Cross-Modal Passenger-Rights Statute and the New DGDCCS Replace the DG do Consumidor in a Single Agenda Block

Friday's Conselho de Ministros Wraps Three Consumer-Facing Decrees Into One Sitting — Diretiva 2020/2184 Drinking-Water Transposition, Cross-Modal Passenger-Rights Statute and the New DGDCCS Replace the DG do Consumidor in a Single Agenda Block

Friday 29 May's Conselho de Ministros wrapped three consumer-facing decrees into one sitting: a complementary Diretiva 2020/2184 water-quality transposition, a cross-modal passenger-rights statute and the merger of the DGC into the new Direção-Geral da Defesa do Consumidor (DGDCCS).
The Portugal Brief
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.
The Portugal Brief