Newsletter – March 2020
I. EDITORIAL – COVID 19 – TEMPORARY EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES – 2020 STATE BUDGET The month of March was marked at the legislative level, by the Declaration of the State of Emergency on March 18, through the Decree of the President of the Republic no. 14-A/2020, based on the verification of a situation of public calamity, namely the urgency of public health caused by the proliferation of contagion with the disease COVID-19, classified by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. In this context, in order to contain the pandemic and mitigate the impact of the disease, a set of extraordinary and temporary measures were adopted in several areas, such as commercial, corporate, tax, real estate, finance, labour and litigation areas. The summary of these measures can be consulted at the following link: https://mgra.pt/covid19/. Also, in March, it stands out the publication of Law 2/2020 of March 31, which approved the State Budget for the year 2020. II. LEGISLATION Decree-Law no. 7/2020, of March 3: Reviews the model of provision of slot allocation services and facilitated schedules at national airports. https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/129793718 Ordinance no. 54/2020, of March 3: Approves the model of professional identification card and laissez-passer of entities accredited by the … Read More