Take away in Macau

Registration of take away activities in Macau
The takeaway market in the Macau Special Administrative Region (the “Macau SAR”) has been growing quickly in recent years, especially the third-party online food ordering platforms. For this reason, there was a need to regulate this specific activity within the Macau SAR. The Chief Executive has decreed and approved, on 11 August 2021, an Administrative Regulation No.30/2021 “Registration System for Establishments of Takeaway Activities” which entered into force on 15 November 2021 (the “Take Away Regulation”). The Take Away Regulation…

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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…