Legal notice
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution is the possibility available to all consumers to turn to official entities that can help them resolve, or guide them through, a conflict. The Online Dispute Resolution website is an official website managed by the European Commission dedicated to helping consumers and traders resolve their disputes out of court: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home.chooseLanguage
Customers who are defined as consumers by Law 144/2015 and who have entered into contracts for the purchase and sale and / or provision of services are entitled to resort to official entities that can help them resolve any dispute concerning such contracts, without prejudice to resorting to the Judicial Courts. The updated list of Alternative Dispute Resolution entities available under article 17 of Law 144/2015, of September 8, are listed on the Consumer Portal, accessible through the website www.consumidor.pt. For further information you may also consult Law 144/2015. We further inform you that in order to settle disputes arising from online purchases, you may resort to a resolution system called the "ODR Platform - Online Dispute Resolution/ ODR", created by the EU.
In any case, you may contact one of the centers below. Entities for Alternative Dispute Resolution
- CNIACC - National Center for Information and Arbitration of Consumer Conflicts http://www.arbitragemdeconsumo.org
- CIMAAL - Algarve Consumer Conflict Information, Mediation and Arbitration Center https://www.consumidoronline.pt/pt/
- Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo do Distrito de Coimbra http://www.centrodearbitragemdecoimbra.com
- Centro de Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo de Lisboa http://www.centroarbitragemlisboa.pt
- Consumer Information and Arbitration Center of Porto http://www.cicap.pt/
- Consumer Arbitration Center of Vale do Ave / Arbitration Court http://www.triave.pt/
- European Online Dispute Resolution Platform: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home.chooseLanguage