Governing law
What are the main applicable governing laws or codes for prize promotions?

Portugal
Name | Law or Code? |
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*Game Law (Decree-Law no 422/89, 2, December as amended) *The Gambling Law is the main regulation on prize promotions. The remaining regulations correspond to general rules applicable to related aspects. |
Decree-Law* *In general terms, the difference between Decree-Law and Law is that within the scope of the 'Decree-Law' the legislative process operates via the government and in the scope of 'Law', the legislative process operates via the Parliament |
Consumer Act (Law no. 24/96, 31 July as amended) | Law |
General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") (a draft proposal of law for the implementation of GDPR is at the Parliament for discussion) | Regulation |
Data Protection Law (Law no. 67/98, 26, October as amended), which in accordance with Data Protection Authority position, remains in force to the extent it is not in contradiction with GDPR | Law |
Privacy and Electronic Communications Law (Law no. 41/2004, 18, August as amended) | Law |
Advertising Code (Decree-Law no. 330/90, 23, October as amended) | Decree-Law |
Unfair Commercial Practices Regulation (Decree-Law no.57/2008, 26, March as amended) | Decree-Law |