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Transposed, entry pending
NIS2 status
Transposed, entry pending
National law
Decreto-Lei n.º 125/2025 (Diário da República 2025-12-04) — new Regime Jurídico da Cibersegurança
Competent authority
Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança (CNCS)
CSIRT
CERT.PT (CNCS)
Last verified
2026-07-16

Portugal

🟡 NIS2 transposed; entry into force still pending.

NIS2 transposition

  • National law: Decreto-Lei n.º 125/2025 (Diário da República 2025-12-04) — new Regime Jurídico da Cibersegurança
  • Status / entry into force: Entry into force 2026-04-03 (120-day delay)

Competent authority & CSIRT

  • Competent authority: Centro Nacional de Cibersegurança (CNCS)
  • CSIRT / incident response: CERT.PT (CNCS)
  • Registration: Per CNCS; 12-month adaptation period

Incident reporting

Follows the NIS2 cascade: early warning within 24h, notification within 72h, final report within one month, submitted to the national CSIRT / competent authority. Assume national-language submission unless the authority states otherwise.

Penalties & board liability

  • Essential entities: up to €10M or 2% of worldwide turnover (directive minimum, adopted here).
  • Important entities: up to €7M or 1.4% of worldwide turnover.
  • Management-body accountability applies per NIS2 Art. 20; national enforcement mechanisms vary.

CER Directive

Critical-entities resilience is transposed in parallel (often via the same or a connected authority). Member States had to identify critical entities by 2026-07-17. ⚠️ VERIFY national CER instrument.

Notes

Entities can request a temporary penalty waiver in the first year on demonstrating good-faith compliance effort.

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