Money laundering / Financing of terrorism

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1827 of 14 October 2016 amending for the 255th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
• Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686 of 20 September 2016 imposing additional restrictive measures directed against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and natural and legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 of 20 September 2016 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them and repealing Common Position 2002/402/CFSP

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)  (EU) 2016/1683 of 19 September 2016 amending for the 253rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1430 of 26 August 2016 amending for the 251st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations
  


• Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1127 of 12 July 2016 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2425

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1136 of 12 July 2016 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2015/2430
  

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1113 of 8 July 2016 amending for the 248th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda organisations
  

• Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/769 of 12 May 2015 amending for the 231st time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network

• European Parliament resolution of 30 April 2015, on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da’esh (2015/2649/RSP)

• Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/147 of 30 January 2015 implementing Regulation (EU) No 101/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Tunisia

• Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 381/2014 of 14 April 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No 208/2014 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine
  

• Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010

• Council Regulation (EU) No 270/2011 of 21 March 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt

• Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime
  

• Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of of 15 November 2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (Text with EEA relevance)
  
  
  
• Commission Directive 2006/70/EC of 1 August 2006 laying down implementing measures for Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of politically exposed person and the technical criteria for simplified customer due diligence procedures and for exemption on grounds of a financial activity conducted on an occasional or very limited basis
  
  
  
• Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (Text with EEA relevance)
  
  
  
• Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations
  
  
  
• Council Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism
  
  
  
• Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999) 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da'esh) Al-Qaida and associated individuals groups undertakings and entities.
  

National legislation

• Law No. 92/2017 of 22 August - Law requiring specific means in transactions of amount equal or greater than € 3.000 (cash is not allowed)

• Law No. 89/2017 of 21 August - Legal framework of the Central Registrar of Effective Beneficiary, transposing Chapter III of the EU Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and Council of 20 May 2015 and amends the Codes and other legal diplomas. 

• Law No. 83/2017 of 18 August - Establishes measures for combating money laundering and terrorism financing, partially transposing Directives 2015/849/EU, of the European Parliament and Council of 20 May 2015 and 2016/2258/EU, of the Council of 6 December 2016, amending the Penal Code and Industrial Property Code and repeals Law No. 25/2008, of 5 June and  Decree-Law No. 125/2008, of 21 July

• Law No. 15/2017 of 3 May - Bans the issuance of bearer securities and amends the Securities Code, approved  by Decree-Law No. 486/99, of 13 November and the Commercial Companies Code approved by Decree-Law No. 262/86, of 2 September.

• Order No. 1013/2016 of 5 January (published in the Official Gazette 2nd Series on 21.01.2016) – appoints the Secretary of State for Tax Affairs to preside at the Coordination Commission for preventing and combating money laundering and terrorism financing. o

• Council of Ministers Resolution No. 88/2015 of 6 October – inception of the Coordination Commission for prevention and combat of money laundering and terrorism financing and Rectification Statement No. 5372015 of 23 November

• Law No. 102/2015 of 24 August - Legal Framework on Crowdfunding

• Law No. 18/2015 of 4 March - Legal Framework on Venture Capital, Social Entrepreneurship and Specialised Investment

• Law No. 16/2015 of 24 February (consolidated version) - General Framework of Collective Investment Undertakings (amended by Decree-law No. 124/2015 of 7 July)
  

• Order No. 9125/2013 published in the Official Journal, 2nd series of 12/07/2013. Establishes a Working Group, via studies of new GAFI standards and surveys of normative, institutional and operative instruments regarding matters covered by same, for drawing up proposals for legislative, regulatory and operational revisions which are required to ensure compliance with those standards.

• Ministerial Order 150/2013 of 9 February - Approves the list of countries or jurisdications that are considered to have equivalent frameworks to those at national level, as regards requirements imposed on preventing money laundering and terrorism financing and its relevant supervision as per Article 2/8 of Law No. 25/2008 of 5 June.
  
  
• Ministerial Order No. 41/2009, of 13th January concerning the countries and jurisdictions that are considered as having a similar framework to Portugal with respect to the requirements imposed for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing and its relevant supervision      

• Rectification Statement No. 41/2008, of 8th August, which rectifies Law No. 25/2008

• Law No. 25/2008, of 5th June, which lays down measures of prevention and law enforcement in the combat against  money laundering and terrorism financing. 

• Decree-Law No.125/2008 of 21 July - Establishes national measures required for the effective application of (EC) Regulation No. 1781/2006 of the European Council and Parliament of 15-11-2006, concerning information on the payer that must accompany fund transfers.

• Law No. 59/2007 of 4 September - Amends text of Article 368-A (Laundering) of the Penal Code, inserted by Law No. 11/2004 of 27th March.

• Law No. 52/2003 of 22 August (consolidated version) - Law on the combat against terrorism (in compliance with Council Framework Decision No. 2002/475/JAI of 13th June) - as amended by Law No. 25/2008 of 5th June and by Law No. 17/2011 of 3rd May and the base version of Law No. 52/2003 of 22nd August amended by Rectification Statement No. 16/2003 of 16-10 in the Official Journal, 2nd series, No. 251 of 29-10-2003.

• Law No. 11/2002 of 16th February, which establishes the sanctions framework applicable to the non-compliance of sanctions imposed by the EU Regulations  and stipulates injunctions.      

• Law No. 5/2002, 11 January - Establishes measures for fighting against organised economic and financial crime, laying down a special system for collecting evidence, breach of the professional secrecey duty and loss of assets to the State in relation to different types of of unlawful acts, i.e. money laundering and counterfeiting money and similar financial instruments.
  
  
• National Assembly Resolution No. 70/97 of 13 December - Approves the Convention on Laundering, Detection, Appropriation and Confiscation of Crime Proceeds, of the European Council, signed by Portugal on the 8 November 1990. (Ratified by Decree of the President of the Republic No. 73/97 of 13 December and the Deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of Convention – Notice No. 17/99 of 1 February).
  
  
• CMVM Regulations