Decree-Law no. 123/2023 of 26 December was published, by which it is established the General Contractual Clauses Commission, an independent administrative body, of an advisory nature, which works with the members of the government responsible for the areas of justice and consumer protection.
The Decree-Law no. 123/2023also defines the control and prevention means in relation to unfair terms, including in particular the creation of a General Contractual Clauses Portal that will aggregate recommendations and opinions issued on abusive general contractual clauses and/or anonymized final and unappealable decisions that prohibit the use or recommendation of general contractual clauses or declare the nullity of clauses inserted in singular contracts.
This Decree-Law entered into force on 27 December and the General Contractual Clauses Commission shall be operational 90 days after the entry into force of Decree-Law no. 123/2023.