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Publication of official announcements

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On which website(s) are official announcements published?

They are published on the website of the Portuguese official gazette, the (Diário da República Eletrónico).

What types of announcements are published?

Seven types of official announcements are published in the Diário da República:

1. OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

2. OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

3. OFFICIAL JUDICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

5. JUDGMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

  • Law No 28/82 (Organisation, Functioning and Procedures of the Constitutional Court; consolidated version in English available here)
  • Law No 98/97 (Organisation and Procedures of the Court of Auditors).

6. JUDGMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE, OF THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AND OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE

7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT, NORTE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AND SUL CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

From which organisation(s) are announcements published?

Official government and judicial announcements are published by the seven types of public organisation listed below:

1. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE):

Official government announcements published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relating to the instruments included in International Agreements and Conventions, pursuant to Article 119(1)(b), final segment, of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, Article 3(2)(b), final segment, and Article 8(1)(s) of Law No 43/2014.

2. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE):

  • Official government announcements published in series 2 of the Official Gazette and relating to administrative procedures, pursuant to Law No 35/2014 (General Law on Employment in the Public Sector) and Ministerial Implementing Order No 145-A/2011.
  • Official government announcements relating to the change in remuneration position to the salary position immediately succeeding the respective original category through the continued exercise of management functions in public administration, pursuant to Law No 2/2004 (Statute for managerial staff of the services and bodies of the central, regional and local state administration).
  • Official government communications concerning the commencement of disciplinary proceedings against a public sector employee, with unknown whereabouts, to submit their defence and subsequent application of the disciplinary penalty, pursuant to Law No 35/2014 (General Law on Employment in the Public Sector).
  • Official government announcements relating to the re-organisation of bodies or services through dissolution, merger and restructuring, pursuant to Law No 35/2014 (General Law on Employment in the Public Sector) and Decree-Law No 200/2006 (general system for the dissolution, merger and restructuring of public services and streamlining of staff).
  • Official government communications relating to the publication of the statutes of the works committees of public administration employees, pursuant to Law No 35/2014 (General Law on Employment in the Public Sector).
  • Official government announcements relating to the system for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, including safeguard measures and legal protection procedures, pursuant to Decree-Law No 149/2015.
  • Official government communications relating to the protection and promotion of cultural heritage (pursuant to Law No 107/2001) and the system for the classification and recording of culturally valuable movable property, as well as the rules applicable to the export, shipping, import and admission of movable cultural property (pursuant to Decree-Law No 148/2015).
  • Official government announcements relating to the procedure for classifying culturally valuable immovable property, and the system for protected areas and the detailed safeguard plan, pursuant to Decree-Law No 309/2009).
  • Official government communications relating to the system for the use of water resources, pursuant to Decree-Law No 226-A/2007.
  • Official government announcements relating to the ownership of water resources and the procedure for the demarcation of the public water resource, pursuant to Law No 54/2005 (as amended by Law No 78/2013 and by Law No 34/2014 and Decree-Law No 353/2007.
  • Official government announcements relating to the recruitment and selection of pre-school teaching staff and elementary and secondary teaching staff, in accordance with Decree-Law No 83-A/2014.
  • Official government communications relating to the autonomy, administration and management of public establishments for pre-school teaching and elementary and secondary teaching, pursuant to Decree-Law No 137/2012.
  • Official government communications relating to the obligation concerning public consultation of draft regulations for collecting suggestions and contributions, pursuant to the Code of Administrative Procedure, approved by Decree-Law No 4/2015.
  • Official government communications relating to acts of delegation or subdelegation of powers of the delegating or sub-delegating body to the delegated or sub-delegated body, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure, approved by Decree-Law No 4/2015.
  • Official government announcements relating to the licensing of electrical installations for the production, transport, conversion, distribution or use of electrical energy, pursuant to the Electrical Installation Licensing Regulation, approved by Decree-Law No 26852 of 30 July 1936.
  • Official government announcements relating to the Corporate Income Tax Code (Código do Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Colectivas) and the Personal Income Tax Code (Código do Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Singulares).
  • Official government communications relating to the senior management of the services and bodies of the Central, Regional and Local Government Administration, pursuant to Law No 2/2004.
  • Official government communications relating to the senior management of the boards of directors of public institutions of indirect state administration, pursuant to Law No 3/2004 (Framework Law on Public Institutes).
  • Official government announcements relating to the organisation, structure and functioning of direct state administration, pursuant to Law No 4/2004.
  • Official government announcements relating to the number of voters registered on the electoral register, pursuant to Law No 13/99 (legal rules applicable to electoral registers ).
  • Official government communications relating to the state business sector, pursuant to Decree-Law No 133/2013.
  • Official government communications relating to the recognition and dissolution of Portuguese foundations and foreign foundations that conduct their activity in the national territory, pursuant to Law No 24/2012 (Framework law on Foundations).
  • Official government communications relating to the composition, organisation and legal framework to which the institutions of government officials are subject, pursuant to Decree-Law No 11/2012.
  • Official government communications relating to the composition, organisational structure and legal framework of the Office of the Prime Minister, in accordance with Decree-Law No 12/2012.
  • Official government communications relating to the authorisation of heirs to the subsidies granted by members of the Armed Forces Security Fund, pursuant to Decree-Law No 42945 of 26 April 1960, as amended by Decree-Law No 44331 of 10 May 1962 and by Decree-Law No 434-G/82 of 29 October 1982.
  • Official government communications relating to the Public Reform Statute, in accordance with Decree-Law No 498/72.
  • Official government communications relating to the granting of equal rights and duties to Brazilian citizens residing in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No 154/2003.
  • Official government communications relating to the metrological control of measurement instruments and methods involved in commercial, fiscal or wage operations, or used in the fields of health, safety, or energy saving, as well as test benches, pursuant to Decree-Law No 291/90 of 20 September 1990, and Ministerial Implementing Order No 962/90 of 9 October 1990.

3. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

  • Official judicial communications on administrative matters relating to the organisation and management of the courts, and published in series 2 of the Official Gazette.
  • Official judicial communications relating to summons of interested parties (or against interested parties) by the administrative and tax court (tribunal administrativo e fiscal in proceedings brought by the claimant and published in series 2 of the Official Gazette, in accordance with the Code of Procedure of Administrative Courts.
  • Official judicial announcements relating to the infringement of competition rules, and published in series 2 of the official gazette, pursuant to Law No 19/2012 (legal framework on competition).

4. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

  • Official judicial communications relating to the obligation to publish statements of the Constitutional Court in series 1 of the Official Gazette, pursuant to Law No 28/82 (Organisation, Functioning and Procedures of the Constitutional Court; consolidated version in English available here) and law No 43/2014 (publication, identification and form of legal acts).

5. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 2 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

  • Decisions of the Constitutional Court and of the Court of Auditors in which the law orders publication in series 2 of the Official Gazette, pursuant to Law No 28/82 (Organisation, Functioning and Procedures of the Constitutional Court) and Law No 98/97 (Organisation and Procedures of the Court of Auditors).

6. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

7. (PUBLISHED IN SERIES 1 OF THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE)

  • Announcements of the Supreme Administrative Court, Norte Central Administrative Court and Sul Central Administrative Court, which must be published in series 1 of the Official Gazette, pursuant to the principle of parallel or identical forms of publication, provided for in Article 81 of the Code of Procedure of Administrative Courts: the act of summonsing the interested parties (or interested counterparties) must be published in the same series of the Official Gazette in which the disputed act was published.

Is access to the official announcements free?

Yes. Pursuant to Articles 1 and 3 of Decree-Law No 83/2016 (approving the public service of universal free access to the Diário da República).

What types of searches can be made?

Users may freely research all content published in series 1 and 2 of the Diário da República. Users have two search criteria they can use:

  • Generic searches (e.g. Google), typing the text into the search field;
  • Advanced searches, using the search fields selected by the user.

As of which date were the official announcements available in electronic format?

Since 1 July 2006, the electronic edition of the Diário da República has been authentic, and the publication of acts therein has been valid for all legal purposes, pursuant to Article 1(5) of Law No 74/98 of 11 November 1998 (as amended and republished by Law No 43/2014 of 11 July 2014).

Can searches be saved and notifications sent when criteria are met?

Yes. Users can access the website of the official gazette and subscribe free of charge to a daily newsletter, selecting pre-defined keywords or publications in the search fields to receive information that meets their criteria.

Are the official announcements freely available as open data? If so, where can the repository and/or technical information be found?

The official announcements are not available as open data because we have not yet provided a repository with all the information in a structured format for reuse.

Last update: 31/10/2018

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