Legislation

ENVIRONMENT

Decree-Law no. 130/2017 of 9 October

The occurrence of disasters such as floods, forest fires, overthrows or other disasters often has the effect of destroying residential buildings, causing serious material damage and severely affecting the living conditions of the populations and the socio-economic fabric of the affected areas.

Read more (in portuguese): Diário da República - Decreto-Lei n.º 130/2017 - Regime excecional de controlo prévio relativo à reconstrução de edifícios de habitação destruídos ou gravemente danificados em resultado de catástrofe

Law no. 89/2017 of August 21

Approves the Legal Regime of the Central Registry of the Beneficiary, transposes Chapter III of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 and amends Codes and other legal instruments.

Read More (in portuguese): Diário da República - Lei n.º 89/2017 - Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo

Law no. 43/2017 of June 14

Amends the Civil Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 47344 of November 25, 1966, proceeds to the fourth amendment to Law No. 6/2006, of February 27, approving the New Urban Lease Regime, and to the fifth amendment to Decree-Law no. 157/2006, of 8 August, which approves the legal framework for works on leased buildings.

Read more (in portuguese): Lei n.º 43/2017 - Novo Regime do Arrendamento Urbano

Law no. 153/2015 of September 14

Lei-153-2015-0783507842.pdf

Regulates the access and exercise of the activity of expert real estate appraisers who render services to entities of the national financial system

Decree-Law no. 349/98 of 11 November - Consolidated Version

Lei n.º 59/2012 com Republicação do Decreto -Lei n.º 349/98, de 11 de novembro

Establishes the legal regime for granting loans to self-housing