


Consumer Protection
The Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law - Law no. 9/2021
After several decades without a significant advance on consumer rights’ legislation in the Macau Special Administrative Region (the Macau SAR), the Legislative Assembly has approved, on 24 June 2021, an entirely new “Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law”. The new…

Diamond Trade
The Kimberley Process rules for Diamond Trade in Macau - Law no. 15/2019
The Legislative Assembly of the Macau S.A.R. recently passed two legal diplomas which will enable Macau to implement the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS): Law no. 15/2019, and Administrative Regulation no. 29/2019 – complementing the former. This will allow the…

Enviroment – Plastic Bags
Restrictions on the supply of plastic bags in retail activities in Macau - Law no. 16/2019
Following the general and increasing trend on the worldwide environmental protection measures, the Legislative Assembly has recently approved and the Chief Executive ordered the publication of Law no. 16/2019, setting forth a number of rules with respect to the restrictions…

Electronic Cigarettes
Restrictions to the Consumption and Sale of Electronic Cigarettes in Macau - Law no. 9/2017
The recently published Law no. 9/2017 (published in the Macau Official Gazette on the 24th of July, 2017) made some changes to the regulation for the tobacco prevention and control, approved by Law no. 5/2011. This original legislation came to…