Portugal

General Information about the Policy Process
The process of transposition and implementation in Portugal begins with the National Parliament's European Affairs Committee (EAC). The committee scrutinizes each piece of EU policy initiatives and appoints different working groups in parliament depending on the material of the policy. Each working group appoints a deputy to lead the group and report to the EAC. Once the working group decides on the language of the transposition, they send it to the EAC to finalize transposition. The EAC then send the policy to the President of the Parliament, who then holds a parliamentary vote to pass the measure.

Portugal has made a significant effort in transpositions. In February 2014, the Internal Market Scoreboard showed the best result ever in relation to Portugal's performance with a deficit of only 0.5% in the process of transposing directives against the maximum limit of the European target of 1%.

Main National Actors

 * The President of the Parliament
 * European Affairs Committee
 * National Parliament

The relationship between actors
All of the actors work within the National Parliament. The President of the Parliament holds the ultimate responsibility for passing the law and for communicating with other European Union institutions. The European Affairs Committee is a committee within the National Parliament. Portugal is a parliamentary democracy.