Portugal joins the 1980 Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

On 7 August 2020, Decree 5/2020 of the Council of Ministers was published, approving the Vienna Convention of 1980 on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (the "Convention”), making Portugal its newest signatory state.

By adopting concepts, methods, a structure and vocabulary inspired both by the common law and the civil law systems, the Convention is intended to regulate international contracts for the purchase and sale of goods.