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A closed village shop in Cercal, Portugal: a red painted building with the old sign Mercearia e Fazendas, Vinhos e Tabacos, Manuel Costa on the wall and the shop doors shuttered.

Closing a Business in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the 30-Day Cessation Declaration, the Same-Day Route, the Two-Year Liquidation, and the Debts That Follow the Shareholders

Portugal makes a company easy to open and slower to close. A freelancer files one declaration within 30 days. A company has to be dissolved, liquidated and struck off, unless every member signs minutes saying there is nothing left to divide.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

The front of the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, seat of the Portuguese parliament, with its columned portico, the national flag flying above and two guards at the foot of the steps.

Parliament Has Stopped the Clock on Its Own INEM Inquiry Until 30 November, Because Documents It Asked For Have Not Arrived

Resolution 246/2026 suspends the counting of the committee's operating period between 9 September and 30 November 2026, and says the suspension can be lifted early if the missing documentation arrives in full. The inquiry was constituted in September 2025 with a 90-day limit.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

The Aqueduto das Aguas Livres in Lisbon, a long stone aqueduct on tall pointed arches crossing a valley under a clear blue sky, with apartment blocks and trees below it.

One Rulebook for Every Water Bill in Portugal: Four Consumption Bands, a Daily Standing Charge, and a List of Fees Nobody May Charge You Again

ERSAR published the Regulamento Tarifario dos Servicos de Aguas on Thursday. It binds state and municipal operators alike, fixes the domestic bands at 0 to 5, 5 to 15, 15 to 25 and above 25 cubic metres, and bans charges for signing a contract or installing a meter.

The Portugal Brief 11 Sep 2026

Three front doors of neighbouring Lisbon houses at Largo de Sao Cristovao, with azulejo tiling around the windows and washing hanging on a line above.

Usufruct in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the Usufruto and the Nua Propriedade, the Thirty-Year Company Cap, the Twenty Years of Non-Use, and Who Pays the IMI

Portuguese law splits a property into the right to enjoy it and the right to own it, and the split reaches almost every tax. Who pays the IMI, how the CIMT age table prices each half, the stamp duty that lands when the two halves consolidate, and the twenty-year rule that ends a usufruct.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

Rua Augusta in Lisbon, with restaurant esplanades under awnings on the left, a crowd on the mosaic pavement and a municipal waste bin at the right edge.

A Cafe With an Esplanade Would Sweep Five Metres of Pavement Instead of Two Under Lisbon's Draft Waste Rules, and the Minimum Fine Rises to 90 Euros

Lisbon's executive approved a revision of the 2019 waste and urban hygiene regulation on Wednesday, with the PS abstaining and four parties against. Enforcement staff go from 18 to about 60, and producers of 1,100 litres a day lose municipal collection. A 30-day consultation follows.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

Portuguese police union members marching in Lisbon with ASPP flags overhead and a banner reading 25 Abril Sempre and Uma Policia Democratica ao Servico do Cidadao.

Portugal's Police Open Two Fronts on Pay in a Single Afternoon: Protests in Four Cities From 22 September, and a One-Week Deadline for the Interior Minister

The ASPP set a six-week programme of petitions and demonstrations, with Porto on 24 September, Leiria on 1 October, Lisbon on 8 October and Faro on 14 October. Separately, seven GNR and PSP bodies that never signed the 2024 risk-supplement deal gave Luis Neves one week to meet them.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

A Portuguese basic school building behind railings and pine trees, with Escola E. Basico 2,3 Ramalho Ortigao carved into the pale facade beneath a stone relief

A 1962 Decree Still Bars an Unvaccinated Child From Sitting an Exam in a Portuguese School, and This Week the State Deleted the Page That Said So

Decreto-Lei n.o 44198 has never been amended in 64 years. The education ministry and the DGS both say vaccination cannot block enrolment, which describes practice accurately and the statute not at all.

The Portugal Brief 10 Sep 2026

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