Alternative dispute resolution

The Algarve Consumer Conflict Arbitration Center is an extrajudicial means of resolving consumer conflicts that allows consumers and companies to resolve consumer conflicts that affect their relationships, through a fast, simple and low-cost procedure.

The Law  (Law No. 63/2019) that subjects consumer disputes of low economic value, at the consumer's option, to arbitration, was published in the Official Gazette on August 16, 2019.