Bank of Portugal issued Notice No. 2/2020 to regulate the information duties owed to clients by credit institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic-related public moratorium and private moratoria. The notice specified requirements for transparency and disclosure regarding credit operations covered by Decree-Law No. 10-J/2020. It was tacitly revoked on October 1, 2022, as the underlying legal framework was repealed and the established duties were tied to the initial adherence period.
Summary Regulates the information duties to be observed by institutions towards clients in the context of credit operations covered by the exceptional and temporary measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic provided for in Decree-Law No. 10-J/2020, of March 26 (“public moratorium”), as well as in the context of private moratoria.
Status Tacitly revoked to the extent that (i) the instrument that motivated this regulation has been revoked and (ii) the majority of the duties established were associated with the moment of adherence or prior.
Revocation Date 01-10-2022
Publication Date 07-05-2020
Entry into Force 07-05-2020
Descriptors Contract, Consumer Credit, Housing Credit, Mortgage Credit, Credit Operations, Term, Credit Liabilities, Financial Information, Information Disclosure, Information Provision, Client, Advertising, Internet, Bank Branch, Financial Branch, Prudential Standards, Supervision
Type of Recipient Credit Institutions, Finance Companies
Recipients Banks, Central Credit Agricultural Mutual Society, Agricultural Credit Mutual Savings Banks, Savings Banks, Mortgage Credit Institutions, Credit Finance Institutions, Factoring Companies, Mutual Guarantee Companies, Investment Companies, Finance Lease Companies, Finance Credit Companies
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