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law TVDE 2026

in practice

Sources and methodology

This guide is based on public sources: news coverage, parliamentary documents and municipal rules. Below are all the sources used, organised by type, and the methodology we followed.

The law is not yet in force

The revision was approved in the final global vote on 17 July 2026, but it only takes effect after the final drafting, promulgation by the President of the Republic and publication in the official gazette (Diário da República). The final text may differ from what is described here until that publication.

Methodology

This site is for information purposes and rests on public journalistic and parliamentary sources about the revision of law 45/2018, the TVDE legal regime. Whenever a fact is reported by a single source, we flag it in the text with caution, through expressions such as according to the available information or according to one of the sources, so that the reader knows it awaits confirmation. We have sought to clearly separate what is already approved from what still depends on regulation by government order (portaria), and to distinguish the national law from municipal rules, such as the Lisbon zones. The final text of the law may differ from what is described here until its publication in the official gazette (Diário da República), from which point it takes effect.

News coverage of the approval

Official documents

Sector reactions

Regime in force and precedents

Lisbon municipal rules

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