Chapter II · Entry into and exit from national territory · Section VII · Refusal of entry and stay · Subsection II · No individual file in the Entry/Exit System

Article 40-A Presumption that the conditions on the duration of authorised stay are not fulfilled

Artigo 40.º-A · Presunção de não preenchimento das condições de duração da estada autorizada

Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho (Lei de Estrangeiros) · consolidated text, as amended by Law No. 62/2026, checked 26 October 2026

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1. Under Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, and without prejudice to the provisions applicable during the EES transitional period, where no individual file has been created in the EES for a third-country national present in the territory of a Member State, or where there is no relevant last entry/exit record, that person shall be presumed not to fulfil, or no longer to fulfil, the conditions relating to the duration of authorised stay in the Schengen area.

1 - Nos termos do artigo 20.º do Regulamento (UE) 2017/2226, e sem prejuízo das disposições aplicáveis durante o período transitório do SES, caso não seja criado no SES um processo individual de nacional de país terceiro presente no território de um Estado-Membro, ou inexistindo um último registo de entrada e saída pertinente, presume-se que não preenche, ou que deixou de preencher, as condições relativas à duração da estada autorizada no Espaço Schengen.

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2. Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 shall apply to the cases referred to in the preceding paragraph.

2 - O artigo 12.º do Regulamento (UE) 2016/399 é aplicável aos casos referidos no número anterior.

What we checked in this article

Check the references to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, and the two triggers for the presumption.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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