Order No. 628/2026 redistributes the 1,129,383.03-euro commitment for the climatisation of the Regional Archive and Public Library of Madeira across 2026 and 2027.
The Autonomous Region of Madeira will pay for the climatisation works at the Regional Archive and Public Library of Madeira over two years. Order No. 628/2026, published on 9 November 2026 in the Official Journal, redistributes the overall commitment of 1,129,383.03 euros planned for this procedure across the 2026 and 2027 financial years, with the vast majority of the expenditure concentrated in 2027.
An order (portaria) is an instrument of the Regional Government which, in this case, authorises the making of public expenditure. Order No. 628/2026 does not create the works nor change their value. It merely reorganises over time the commitments already associated with Order No. 256/2026, of 18 June, published in the Official Journal, I Series, No. 108, which framed the procedure entitled "ARQUIVO REGIONAL E BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DA MADEIRA - CLIMATIZAÇÃO", case No. 6/2026.
The overall commitment of 1,129,383.03 euros (one million, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand, three hundred and eighty-three euros and three cents) is staggered as follows:
The amounts are presented without VAT. The order stipulates that the tax at the legal rate in force will be added to them, without indicating in the document itself what that rate is. The order also provides that the amount set for each year may be increased by the balance recorded in the previous year.
For 2026, the expenditure is charged to Secretariat 50, Chapter 50, Division 02, Subdivision 02, Programme 043, Measure 009, Project 52245, Functional Classification 062 and Funding Source 392 of the 2026 Regional Budget of Madeira. The funds required for 2027, meanwhile, must be included in the Region's budget proposal for that year, meaning they still depend on the approval of the budget itself.
The order enters into force on the first working day after its publication. It was signed on 2 November 2026 by the Regional Secretary for Finance, Duarte Nuno Nunes de Freitas, and the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure, Pedro Alexandre Fagundes de Freitas Rodrigues.
The order is based on the regime for multi-year commitments, that is, the rules allowing expenditure to be committed whose payment extends beyond one financial year, in particular Article 22 of Decree-Law No. 197/99, of 8 June. This regime requires that the distribution of amounts by year be formally authorised, which is precisely what this order does. The document does not name the company carrying out the works nor the value of the awarded contract, so it is not possible to confirm from it whether the amount corresponds to the final price of the contract.
The Regional Government has authorised spending of up to €9,050,000.00, plus VAT, for the first phase of the rehabilitation of the João Gomes stream, through a public tender.
The Regional Government has authorised the expropriation of land plot no. 42 for €90,485.45 for the channelling works of the Ribeira da Palmeira.
Portaria n.º 619/2026 spreads the 9,050,000 euros for the first phase of the Ribeira de João Gomes rehabilitation across 2027 and 2028, with no expenditure in 2026.