União de facto (Portugal)
2001-05-16 — Portugal
Law 7/2001 (protection of de facto unions, including same-sex), published in the Diário da República on May 11, 2001. The law sets no date of its own; under the general vacatio legis rule (5th day after publication) it entered into force on May 16, 2001. (Derived date — no day date in the statute text.)