A new business-licensing code being drafted by the Economy Ministry would make pre-opening inspections the exception, replacing them with a signed declaration in most cases, folding scattered rules into one framework and adding binding deadlines and tacit approval. Public consultation is due in the
The Competition Authority says about €880 million in fines across banking, energy, telecoms, retail and transport could expire between now and March 2027 on a prescription technicality. The €225 million banking cartel case already collapsed this way, and Parliament is scrambling to close the loophol
From 1 July, Portugal finally applies the EU's MiCA regulation to crypto. The Bank of Portugal handles authorisation and prudential oversight while the CMVM polices conduct, with fines reaching €5 million. A grandfathering window has closed, leaving only a handful of licensed operators.
Portugal's long-delayed crypto framework, transposing the EU's MiCA regulation, takes effect on 1 July. The Bank of Portugal handles authorisation and prudential oversight, the CMVM polices conduct and market abuse, and fines reach €5 million — ending the country's regulatory grey zone.
A government-appointed panel proposed folding the Bank of Portugal, the CMVM and the insurance regulator into a single supervisor. Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento turned it down within two days.
The government is preparing legislation to regulate and train Portugal's condominium-management companies, the Housing Secretary told an industry congress, warning that administrators can no longer get by on the bare legal minimum.
The government has redrawn the lines of responsibility for one of Portugal's most persistent public-health hazards, confirming that the removal and management of amianto (asbestos) waste from small private construction and renovation works falls to...
