On 6 February, Decree-Law no. 18/2013 was published. It proceeds with the implementation of two European directives into Portuguese Law, with particular emphasis given in this Note to the implementation of the Directive 2010/73/EU, of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 24 November 2010, which in turn amended the Prospectus Directive1 and the Transparency Directive2 (“Directive”).