Portugal has two months to carry European rules to fight card fraud
This Thursday, the European Commission envies a well-founded opinion to Portugal, giving Lisbon two months to communicate the transposition of the rules to fight fraud and counterfeiting of means of payment other than cash.
At issue is the transposition into national law of Directive (EU) 2019/713, which updates “the rules in force with regard to the fight against fraud and the manufacture of non-cash means of payment (credit cards, online purchases , etc.), in order to ensure the existence of a clear, solid and technologically neutral legal framework”, according to a communiqué from the community executive.
The directive in question also facilitates investigation and criminal action and planned actions to increase public awareness of fraudulent techniques, such as interface mystification (‘phishing’) or cloning (‘skimming’).
Brussels argues that Portugal does not meet the deadline for notification of the transposition of these rules (until 31 May 2021), so a notification letter was initially sent on 23 July 2021 to comply with it in two months.
Having not, to date, notified the Commission of any transposition measure, Portugal now has two months to comply with the transposition obligation and notify Brussels, under penalty of filing a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the EU.