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AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

AdC Greenlights Jerónimo Martins, Visabeira and B&B Joint Buyout of Algarve Construction-Waste Operator Europontal on 15 May — Pingo Doce Holding Crosses Into Non-Hazardous RCD

The Autoridade da Concorrência cleared the three-way Jerónimo Martins / Visabeira / B&B acquisition of Europontal on Friday 15 May 2026 with a non-opposition decision. The Algarve operator collects non-hazardous construction and demolition waste — Pingo Doce's parent enters a new vertical.
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Conselho de Ministros Drops the Seven-Working-Day Pre-Approval Rule for PPR and PRIIPs Advertising on Thursday 14 May — Six-Month Validity Survives the Reform as Insurers Move to a Communicate-First Notification Regime

Conselho de Ministros Drops the Seven-Working-Day Pre-Approval Rule for PPR and PRIIPs Advertising on Thursday 14 May — Six-Month Validity Survives the Reform as Insurers Move to a Communicate-First Notification Regime

Council of Ministers approved Thursday a diploma that strips the seven-working-day prior-approval gate for PPR and PRIIPs advertising. Insurers and banks move to a communicate-first notification regime; six-month message validity and supervisor ex-post powers survive.
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SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

SIBS Walks Its Administrative Action Against Banco de Portugal Off the TACL Docket on Wednesday 13 May — Dona do Multibanco Drops the EU 751/2015 Payment-Processing-Separation Lawsuit Sixteen Months After Filing It at the Lisbon Administrative Court

Wednesday 13 May 2026: SIBS-FPS withdraws its TACL administrative action against Banco de Portugal, sixteen months after filing on 15 January 2025. The scheme-vs-processor separation dispute under EU Regulation 751/2015 Article 7 returns to operational supervision with no merits ruling.
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Banco de Portugal Walks the Folheto de Comissões Out of Its Two-Decade-Old Labyrinth — Supervisor Opens a Multi-Year Reformulation of Bank Fee Disclosures and the Comparador de Comissões Targeting Cross-Bank Comparability Through 2028

Banco de Portugal Walks the Folheto de Comissões Out of Its Two-Decade-Old Labyrinth — Supervisor Opens a Multi-Year Reformulation of Bank Fee Disclosures and the Comparador de Comissões Targeting Cross-Bank Comparability Through 2028

Tuesday 12 May: Banco de Portugal opens a multi-year reformulation of the Folheto de Comissões — two-decade-old rules under Aviso 8/2009 produced a labyrinth of dozens-of-page documents. Supervisor targets simpler templates, cross-bank comparability and Comparador-de-Comissões expansion by 2028.
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