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IP/N/1/PRT/C/4  
 
19 April 2023  
(23-2804)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
PORTUGAL : LAW NO 82/2021 OF 30 NOVEMBER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING, 
REMOVING AND PREVENTING ACCESS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT TO  
CONTENT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS  
Notifying Member  PORTUGAL  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law No 82/2021 of 30 November establishing procedures for monitoring, 
removing and preventing access in the digital environment to content 
protected by copyright and related rights  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/PRT/23_8959_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/PRT /23_8959_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Inspection, control, removal and impediment of access in a digital environment to protected content.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Portuguese  
Entry into force  23 January 2022  
Other date   Publication: 23 November 2021  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 March 2023  IP/N/1/PRT/7 • IP/N/1/PRT/C/4  
 
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  Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  IGAC (Inspeção -Geral das Atividades Culturais)  
General Inspection of Cultural Activities  
 
https://www.igac.gov.pt/inicio  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  