6.5. Right to justice and security
6.5.1.Ombudsman’s decisions favourable to complainants
a) Recommendations
Recommendation No. 2/A/16
Case Q-4042/15
Entity addressed: Mayor of the Lisbon City Council
Date: 2016/07/20
Subject: Combustion vehicles at supply stations for electric vehicles. Signalling.
Parking in places of special danger or causing serious traffic disorder. Coordination
between supervisory bodies
Status: Accepted
The Ombudsman has recommended the following:
i) That in accordance to the Traffic Signalling Regulation signalling should be
placed in all supply and parking stations for electric vehicles in the County of Lisbon;
ii) To carry out an inventory of all electric supply stations in the city of Lisbon in
accordance with the provisions of the legal framework for the electric mobility;
iii) To be identified and implemented an intervention procedure able to ensure the
immediate presence of the Police at the place when there is a report of a dangerous
forbidden parking or causing serious traffic disturbance even if its removal could not
be done immediately;
iv) For such purpose the identification and operationalization of the necessary procedures should be done in full coordination with the EMEL, the Municipal Police and
the Public Security Police (PSP);
v) Within 180 days a municipal regulation should be produced in order to standardize procedures and all the aforementioned.
The applicable Decree-Law No. 39/2010 0f the 26th of April amended by the DecreeLaw No. 90/2014 of the 11th of June classifies all types of electric vehicles and determines
that electric vehicles are subject to the Road Traffic Act and related applicable laws. The
aforementioned Act contains provisions regarding the danger and traffic disturbance and
the vehicle removal possibility when parked in places specially designated to certain category of vehicles.
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