From the reopening of shopping centers in Lisbon to the approval of the Supplementary Budget. The last Council of Ministers of Centeno, point by point – News

• The special limitations that were foreseen for the Lisbon Metropolitan Area no longer apply, and the general rules in force for the rest of the country now apply:
  • Concentrations of up to 20 people are allowed (the limit was 10 people);
  • The establishments with an area greater than 400m2 or inserted in shopping centers and the respective areas of consumption of food and beverages no longer have their activity suspended;
  • “We decided to eliminate, as of next Monday, the restrictions that still exist differentiated in relation to the country as a whole, namely allowing the opening of shopping centers in accordance with the rules defined by the Directorate-General for Health,” said António Costa after the meeting of the Council of Ministers.

• The calamity situation in the country due to the covid-19 pandemic will continue until 23:59 on the 28th of June, “continuing the ongoing deflationary process”.
  • “In the whole of the national territory, the rules currently in force will continue to apply and until the end of the month, not because there is a negative change in the state of the pandemic, but because we take into account that in this period there is a coincidence of the traditional celebrations of the saints popular, the existence of open borders to Europe to European countries on the 15th, and also the high number of holidays ”, António Costa told journalists at the end of the Council of Ministers meeting that approved the Supplementary Budget.
  • “If we continue to evolve positively as it has been happening, our forecast is that from July 1st we can make a change from the state of calamity to the state of contingency and perhaps in some regions, such as the Algarve and the Alentejo , for the situation of mere alertness ”, he advanced.

• Water parks and language schools and tutoring centers reopen;

• The rule of limitation to two thirds of the occupants in the circulation relating to private vehicles with a capacity of more than five seats is extended to the entire territory, unless all occupants are part of the same household, due to the difficulty of practicing social distance in motor vehicles, especially those used to transport workers;

• It continues to be established as a rule that establishments that have resumed or resumed their activity cannot open before 10 am, but the gyms and gyms are exempt from this regime, in addition to the situations already mentioned, 10 am);

• It is determined that activities and spaces that remain closed can open when they have specific guidance from the Directorate-General for Health regarding their operation.

• The Council of Ministers approved the Supplementary Budget for 2020. The approved law proposal changes the State Budget Law for 2020, allowing the Economic and Social Stabilization Program to materialize.
  • The maximum limits for the granting of guarantees by the State and other public legal entities are changed and the indebtedness limits authorized by the Assembly of the Republic are updated;
  • The increase in net indebtedness of the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira is authorized, aiming to cover exceptional financing needs to face the effects caused by the pandemic of the disease COVID-19, and the limits on regional indebtedness established in Finance Law of the Autonomous Regions;
  • A special tax loss deduction regime is established;
  • With regard to payments on account in the IRS and IRC, adjustments are made to the rules and forms of payment relating to payments due in the 2020 tax period;
  • An additional solidarity is created over the banking sector, whose revenue aims to contribute to the costs of the public response to the current crisis, through its assignment to the Social Security Financial Stabilization Fund;
  • The Extraordinary Investment Tax Credit (CFEI II) was reinstated, creating a deduction for investment expenses made between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2021, with the obligation to maintain jobs for a period of three years;
  • An exceptional system of payment in installments for tax debts and debts to Social Security is foreseen;
  • The Court of Auditors’ prior visa is waived for procedures whose value of contracts is less than € 750,000.00;
  • A legislative authorization is included for the Government to be able to create extraordinary support for the progressive resumption of activity in companies in a situation of business crisis, which is defined in terms of the break in billing and allowing the reduction of the normal working period, establishing limitations on dismissals and the distribution of dividends.

• Within the framework of the Economic and Social Stabilization Program (PEES), diplomas were approved that materialize several measures foreseen, namely:
  • Decree-law amending exceptional measures to protect the credits of families, companies, private institutions of social solidarity and other entities of the social economy, as well as a special regime of personal guarantees of the State, within the scope of the Covid-19 disease pandemic.

  • The term of the moratoriums is generally extended until March 31, 2021, automatically covering beneficiary entities that have joined it, except when they communicate their opposition until September 20, 2020. The regime becomes also be applicable to citizens who do not have residence in Portugal, thus covering emigrant citizens.

  • The request for new moratoriums has a deadline of June 30, 2020, the date from which the regime is closed to the moratoriums requested until that date.

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