What Portugal has done nationally under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744: the accompanying law, which bodies it has designated as market surveillance authority, single point of contact and notifying authority, its Article 99 penalty regime, whether an Article 57 regulatory sandbox exists (the deadline is 2 August 2027), and any national guidance that reaches courts, law firms or legal-AI deployers. Each row is dated and sourced to the gazette, parliament or authority; titles in the original language are quoted, English titles marked where translated by us.
No national implementing act, designation notice, sandbox or penalty law was found for Portugal when we checked (2026-09-07). Pages checked: Government of Portugal. Official government page read. ANACOM URLs contentId 1800891, 1853661, 1790409, 1850440 and categoryId 430029 timed out; no separate penalty law found.
Guidance reaching legal practice
Guidance for deployers · 2026-04-22 · announced
Justice Minister speech opening Bridge Talks: Technology, AI and Lawtranslated
Intervenção da Ministra da Justiça na abertura da Bridge Talks "Tecnologia, IA e Direito"
Authority: Ministério da Justiça
Portugal's Justice Minister states that AI systems used in the administration of justice can be high-risk under the AI Act and that AI may support judicial decisions but not replace them. The page is a speech, not binding guidance.
“"a IA pode apoiar a decisão judicial, mas nunca substituí-la"”
Authorities in the EU dataset
Not designated in Commission list— single-point-of-contact (not yet designated)source
Portugal and the AI Act
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