In the case of the capital, the local authority told Lusa that it began to notify “the intention to cancel the respective registration” on 23 June, opening the period for hearing interested parties.

In the notification, owners of local accommodation were informed that, if they wish to regularise the situation, they must submit proof of insurance on the gov.pt portal, where they must also inform of the cessation of activity, if that is the case, “under penalty of incurring an administrative offence”.

Once the ten-day deadline for regularization has passed (which ends on Monday, July 7), “if the situation is not regularised, the municipality will begin the appropriate cancellations,” clarified the executive led by Carlos Moedas (PSD), specifying that, as the deadline for hearing interested parties is ongoing, “no registration has yet been cancelled.”

The Cascais City Council, in the district of Lisbon, also began sending notifications on June 23, “directly to economic agents” and setting the same deadline for regularization.

The municipality, led by Carlos Carreiras (PSD), responded to Lusa, saying that it is “monitoring the process in conjunction with the competent entities, ensuring that operators have the opportunity to comply with the legal obligations in force.”

In Sintra, also in the district of Lisbon, notifications will only start to be sent on the 14th.

The executive led by Basílio Horta (PS) highlighted, in response to Lusa, that since March, it has been “gradually communicating to the holders of local accommodation registrations about the need to submit mandatory insurance data on the National Local Accommodation Registry platform”.

The Sintra City Council has formalized with the Agency for Administrative Modernization the date of July 14th to proceed with the notification of registrations that have not submitted information about insurance by that date.

To date, no local accommodation licenses have been cancelled in the municipality, which admits to starting to do so from August, “if the failure to submit mandatory insurance persists”.

The Oeiras City Council, also in the district of Lisbon, does not, “at the moment”, have a deadline set to start notifying local accommodation that is not in compliance with the law.