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  Forest Reform

  Vol. 4 No. 3 (2017)

  According to the 10th interim report by the ICNF1, between 1 January and 31 October 2017, the national forest fire database (Forest Fire Information Management System – SGIF) recorded 3,653 forest fires and 13,328 fire outbreaks, which resulted in 442,418 hectares of burnt forest area, comprising both stands (264,951 ha) and scrubland (177,467 ha). These figures represent a 428% increase in burnt area compared to the annual average for the period. In addition to the ecological and property damage, the fires of the long summer of 2017 caused more than a hundred deaths. This situation triggered a frenzy of reform among policymakers, leading to the introduction of various pieces of legislation relating to forest land-use planning, with a view to preventing the recurrence of similar incidents.

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  Revision of the Public Contracts Code

  Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017)

  O presente número da e-Publica dedica um destaque temático à revisão do Código dos Contratos Públicos. Como é sabido, impunha-se ao legislador nacional a transposição das diretivas europeias sobre contratos públicos, de 2014, o que deveria ter ocorrido, para a maioria das disposições das diretivas, até abril de 2016. Ao cabo de um longo processo legislativo, a revisão veio a concretizar-se no Decreto-Lei n.º 111-B/2017, de 31 de agosto, entretanto retificado pela Declaração de Retificação n.º 36-A/2017, de 30 de outubro. O diploma altera profundamente o Código dos Contratos Públicos, que é republicado. A revisão entrará em vigor em 1 de janeiro de 2018.

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  The Portuguese Constitutional Court’s Jurisprudence of Crisis

  Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017)

  In May 2011, Portugal requested financial assistance from the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, in order to overcome the structural challenges faced by the Portuguese economy, the threat of contagion from the sovereign debt crisis and the adverse conditions faced by the Portuguese banking sector.

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  Bank Resolution Measures and the Financial System

  Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)

  Using the resolution applied to Banco Espírito Santo as an example, we suggest a short consideration of legal, regulatory and political aspects in relation to banking failure. We conclude that if the legal, regulatory and political dimensions are ignored, banking resolutions could increase transaction costs more generally than otherwise.