Background information

The situation of armed conflict in Ukraine had an effect on the price of basic foodstuffs and fuel. To mitigate the effects of the extraordinary increase in the prices of essential goods, the Government created an extraordinary support of €60 for families with low income or who is covered by social benefits.

Content of measure

A payment of €60/month is provided to households that meet certain socio-economic criteria. The list of the beneficiaries is drawn up by Directorate-General for Energy and Geology (Direção-Geral de Energia e Geologia - DGEG) as the households final customers have to be beneficiaries of the social electricity tariff (tarifa social de eletricidade) and/or the contract holder is the beneficiary of:

• solidarity supplement for the elderly
• social integration income
• unemployment benefits
• social old-age pension
• social disability pension (of the special regime or of the complement of the social benefit for inclusion)
• family allowance (first and second levels)

Use of measure

According to the Institute Social Security, support was granted in April to 762,320 beneficiaries of the social energy tariff. In addition to these, another 68,000 families will be covered by the support measure.

The measure has a cost of €55 million, according to state budget of 2022.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Other groups of citizens People on social benefits People on low incomes

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement as case not in social partner domain	No involvement as case not in social partner domain
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No involvement of social partners.

Views and reactions

Unknown.

Sources

• 25 March 2022: Decree-Law 28-A/2022 of 25 March (dre.pt)
• 13 April 2022: Support measure for families (24.sapo.pt)