Nothing in this life (or quase) is immutable and much less the rules relating to driving and the road code. Just as in Spain the triangle is not mandatory, since the car has a Help Flash, in Portugal there are anachronistic practices that will only be discontinued. One of them is the obligation to place the couplet relating to the car insurance on the windshield itself.
It is also the obligation to carry a physical document, on paper, that proves the existence of the same, and as of today, July 11, 2023, it can be replaced with the proof in digital format. These changes to the law were published in the Diário da República on July 10, 2023, and will come into force on the 11th of the same month. Assim, to Law nº32/2023, of July 10, we may alter the Decree-Lei no 291/2007, of August 21. This article nº1 states that: this law eliminates the obligation to fix the automobile insurance code and proceeds to the second alteration of Decree-Lei no 291/2007, of August 21, which instituted the regime of the mandatory automobile civil liability insurance system, altered by Decree-Lei no. 153/2008, of August 6.
Já o Artigo nº 29/12 é dito that: the documents issued through electronic means we use the terms of the previous number replace the paper insurance certificate for the purposes of disposal on the line c) do not 1 of the article 85.o of the Highway Code, approved in annex to Decree-Lei no 114/94, of May 3, Applying, with the necessary adaptations, there is no more than 5 of the same article... You will be able to consult the alterations in their entirety in the link below: Eliminate the fixing obligation of the car insurance policy.
