Motorists In Portugal No Longer Need To Display An Insurance Sticker In The Windscreen

Fixing and displaying the car insurance sticker inside a vehicle’s windscreen is no longer mandatory for motorists in Portugal from Tuesday, July 11.

According to a law published in Diário da República, this latest change in the Portuguese driving laws also eliminates all fines previously associated with not displaying the information.

Insurance documents can be saved digitally instead

‘The present law eliminates the obligation to display the motor insurance label and proceeds with the second amendment of Decree-Law No. by Decree-Law No. 153/2008, of August 6’, states the new Law No. 32/2023.

The text of the new legislation adds that the documents provided for in this article must be issued and made available: ‘through electronic means, without prejudice to their issuance and availability, on paper, at no extra cost, at the request of the policyholder’.

The law was approved by Parliament on June 2

Approved by the Portuguese Parliament on June 2, the law: ‘enters into force the day after its publication’, that is, tomorrow, Tuesday.

This latest proposal, which resulted from a bill initially presented by the Liberal Initiative, was approved with the favourable vote of members from the PS, PCP and BE political parties, as well as the proponent, the PSD abstaining, and Chega voting against.

Those who issued the fines already had the relevant information

In the statement of reasons published for this initiative, IL highlighted: ‘In a historical context of strong financial restrictions, we do not see it as proportional or justified that the State charges hundreds of euros just for forgetting a simple paper that only transmits information that is already in the possession of those who issue the fines’.

This text justifies the repeal of the articles of legislation that currently oblige motorists to post the insurance label, as well as pay the respective fines received, as reported by cmjornal.pt.