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
Article – Renewable energy in Portugal – Solar news
1. Introduction In Portugal, electricity production is an activity open to competition, under two legal regimes: general regime (related to traditional non-renewable sources and large hydroelectric generating centres) and special regime (related to cogeneration and electrical production from renewable energy sources). The legal regime applicable to production of renewable energy has been subject to constant updates, in order to comply with the provisions of the Regulation on European Union Governance and Climate Action (EU Regulation 208/1999 ) and the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (PNEC 2030) for the 2021-2030 horizon, in order to promote the optimization of national energy resources (especially renewable ones) towards a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Among the rules that regulate large electricity production (greater than 1MW) from renewable sources, the following stand out: Decree-Law no. 29/2006, of 15 February Decree-Law no. 172/2006, of 23 August Ordinance No. 237/2013, of 24 July Ordinance No. 62/2018, of 2 March 2. Legal Regime Photo: According to the provisions of article 4, no. 1 of DL 172/2006, the exercise of the activity of electricity production from renewable sources is subject either to a production and exploration license or to prior communication to the General Directorate of Energy and … Read More
