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Camara do Porto Strips 1,413 Alojamento Local Licences Over Missing Civil-Liability Insurance — Historic-Centre Concentration Holds 50-60% of the Sweep Inside a 10,821-Unit Active Base

Camara do Porto Strips 1,413 Alojamento Local Licences Over Missing Civil-Liability Insurance — Historic-Centre Concentration Holds 50-60% of the Sweep Inside a 10,821-Unit Active Base

Camara Municipal do Porto confirmed on 22 May it will cancel 1,413 Alojamento Local registrations for non-submission of civil-liability insurance to the RNAL. ALEP says 50-60% sit inside the historic centre, where the 2023 containment-area overlay prevents reactivation.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jun 2026

APA Greenlights Sunshades In Front of Beach Concessions as the Maritime Authority's €550 Fine Frame Reads Against the 30%/50% Concession Cap

APA Greenlights Sunshades In Front of Beach Concessions as the Maritime Authority's €550 Fine Frame Reads Against the 30%/50% Concession Cap

APA confirms bathers can place sunshades in front of concessioned beach areas; the Maritime Authority's €550 fine applies only where placement obstructs designated safety corridors, not the concession seafront line.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jun 2026

Caixa Geral de Depósitos Takes Banco de Portugal to the Tribunal de Santarém Over a €9,000 Coima Tied to a Single Suspicious €10 Banknote at the Guimarães Branch

Caixa Geral de Depósitos Takes Banco de Portugal to the Tribunal de Santarém Over a €9,000 Coima Tied to a Single Suspicious €10 Banknote at the Guimarães Branch

CGD is appealing a €9,000 Banco de Portugal coima tied to a single suspicious €10 banknote flagged at its Guimarães branch on 25 August 2023. The Tribunal de Concorrência, Regulação e Supervisão in Santarém will hear the case.

The Portugal Brief 02 Jun 2026

DGRM Activates the 1 June Live-Bivalve Movement-Record Regime Across Continental Portugal — Estabelecimento Conexo Pass-Through Routes the Tejo Amêijoa-Japonesa Trail and Hooks the Six DGAV Criteria

DGRM Activates the 1 June Live-Bivalve Movement-Record Regime Across Continental Portugal — Estabelecimento Conexo Pass-Through Routes the Tejo Amêijoa-Japonesa Trail and Hooks the Six DGAV Criteria

From 1 June 2026, every harvester of live bivalves must record movement on a DGRM paper document, with mandatory pass-through at a DGAV-licensed estabelecimento conexo. The regime extends the Tejo amêijoa-japonesa response to all continental bivalves under six DGAV criteria.

The Portugal Brief 01 Jun 2026

Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Cabinet Hands ANACOM a Spoofing-Blocking Mandate and Pré-Pagos Identification Rule on Friday 29 May — Operators Must Filter Fraudulent SMS Hyperlinks and Wire Up Caller-Identity Checks Before the Assembleia Translation

Friday's Conselho de Ministros authorised an Electronic Communications Law rewrite: operators must block spoofed SMS and fraudulent hyperlinks, pré-pagos SIM purchases require ID, and prisons can install signal jammers. The package now heads to the Assembleia.

The Portugal Brief 30 May 2026

Belém Promulga the Category-B Tutor Driving Diploma at 12:52 on Wednesday — Ten-Year Licence Becomes the Tutor Threshold, Schools Lose the Mandatory First Twelve Lessons and ANIECA Brands the Reform a Road-Safety Step Backward

Belém Promulga the Category-B Tutor Driving Diploma at 12:52 on Wednesday — Ten-Year Licence Becomes the Tutor Threshold, Schools Lose the Mandatory First Twelve Lessons and ANIECA Brands the Reform a Road-Safety Step Backward

President Seguro promulgated on Wednesday 27 May the diploma allowing category-B learners to take their first 12 practical lessons with a ten-year-licensed tutor instead of a driving-school instructor; ANIECA opposes the reform.

The Portugal Brief 27 May 2026

ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE Classes the 28 April 2025 Iberian Blackout as an 'Evento Excecional' and Strips Portuguese Consumers of Automatic Compensation From REN and E-Redes — Three-Year Judicial-Damages Window in Lisbon and Madrid Stays Open

ERSE has formally classed the 28 April 2025 Iberian blackout as an 'evento excecional' originating in Spain — REN and E-Redes are exempted from automatic quality-of-service compensation on consumer bills, but the three-year judicial-damages window remains open in Portuguese and Spanish courts.

The Portugal Brief 26 May 2026

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