The EU/IMF Financial Assistance Programme implied prior actions by the Portuguese authorities and translates into a set of measures and legislative initiatives, including of a structural nature, related to public finances, financial stability and competitiveness, to be introduced during a three-year period. This section contains information and documentation related to the Financial Assistance Programme, namely: - Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality (MoU) with the European Commission; - Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) with the IMF; - Press Releases of Banco de Portugal and other entities; - Brochure with the description and timing of all structural measures contained in the MoU and MEFP, the financial assistance conditions and the underlying macroeconomic scenario up to 2016; - Folder with the structural conditionality measures contained in the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP), the financial assistance conditions and the underlying macroeconomic scenario.
13 Abr - Portugal: Initial statement of Governor Carlos da Silva Costa at the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee entrusted with the task of monitoring the measures of the Economic and Financial Assistance Programme to Portugal (pdf - 180 kB) 5 Apr - Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for a Waiver of Applicability of End-March Performance Criteria 4 Apr - IMF Completes Third Review Under an EFF Arrangement with Portugal, Approves €5.17 Billion Disbursement 3 Apr - European Commission: Occasional Paper The Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal. Third review – Winter 2011/2012 (pdf - 2 MB)