More than five years after the publication of Decree-Law 39/2008 of 7 March, the legal rules on setting up and operating tourist resort developments (Regime Jurídico da Instalação, Exploração e Funcionamento dos Empreendimentos Turísticos, referred to in this Flashnews by the Portuguese initials RJIEFET), have been subject to sweeping changes introduced with the approval of Decree-Law 15/2014 of 23 January, published in the Official Gazette.