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According to the Lisbon Court of Appeal, the automatic renewal period stipulated in a fixed-term residential lease agreement may be less than 3 years.

Analysis of Directive (EU) 2023/970 on pay transparency

The law approving transparency rules applicable to private entities, both national and foreign, in their interaction with public administration within the scope of legitimate interest representation aimed at influencing public policies and decisions has been published, and it creates the Interest Representation Transparency Register (RTRI) to operate alongside the Assembly of the Republic.

Legal opinion piece on customer compensation and exclusive distribution within the context of a commercial concession.

Opinion piece on compliance programs within corporate governance.

European rules governing the sale and management of non-performing loan portfolios, transposed four years late.

Item 1.12 of List I annexed to the VAT Code, which provides for the application of the reduced VAT rate of 6% to dietary products intended for enteral nutrition and gluten-free products for celiac patients, is not, in any case, applicable to foods that in their natural state, composition or original formulation are gluten-free, and contamination (including technically unavoidable contamination) is unlikely.

The aforementioned rate is also not applicable to foods that in their natural state, composition or original formulation have a gluten content of less than 20mg/kg.

The ruling of the Évora Court of Appeal of March 13, 2025, establishes that the liability of each guarantor is independent of that of the others, postulating that the creditor is not prevented from demanding from any of them the remaining debt not satisfied under an agreement signed with one of them.

The seizure of severance pay awarded to an unlawfully dismissed worker is subject to the limit set out in Article 738, No. 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which establishes the unseizability of two-thirds of any payments that ensure the subsistence of the debtor.

Corporate capitalization

The Tax Authority (AT) must pay the taxpayer default interest at a rate equivalent to twice the default interest rate defined in the general law for debts to the State and other public entities in all situations of non-compliance with the deadline for voluntary execution of a final and unappealable decision, and not only in cases of administrative appeal or judicial challenge.

Validity of the termination of a personal guarantee provided in a promissory note.