CELE 2
Published 3 November 2026, 17:05
CELE 2 (Comércio Europeu de Licenças de Emissão — European emissions trading, second system)
A charge on carbon dioxide from fuel burned in buildings and on the roads: petrol, diesel, and gas for heating and hot water. It was introduced in Portugal by Decreto-Lei n.º 182/2026 of 10 September 2026. The first system, known simply as CELE, covered heavy industry and energy; this one is separate and runs alongside it.
Where you come across it. Discussions about why fuel is getting more expensive, breakdowns of the price per litre, news about EU climate rules.
It is not the driver or the flat owner who pays but the fuel supplier, although the supplier builds the cost into the price. The first year to be paid for will be 2028: allowances for fuel sold that year must be surrendered by 31 May 2029. Until then, it does not show up in the price per litre.
Official website: apambiente.pt