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The new year will, however, bring increases in the sale price of tobacco and Alfa Pendular trips, but not in the rest of CP services, whose prices are maintained in relation to 2020.
Public transport is in the large number of products and services that will not increase in 2021.
The price updates for this already known are as follows:
Electricity
The price of electricity for consumers in the regulated market will fall 0.6% as of today, according to the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE).
This decrease will benefit consumers who still remain in the regulated market – less than a million – or who, being in the free market, have opted for a similar rate.
In 2020, ERSE had already decided to reduce these electricity rates by 0.4%.
Cord
The coefficient for updating urban and rural leases calculated by the INE to be in force between now and December 31, 2021 is 0.9997, which, in practice, dictates the maintenance of rental prices.
This updating coefficient is applicable to rents under the free regime, for housing with conditional rent and for non-residential leasing, if the parties, tenant and landlord, have not agreed on different conditions.
The rent freeze was already expected in 2021 since the average inflation of the last 12 months, without housing, an indicator that serves as a reference, was negative (-0.01%).
Bread
The increase from 635 to 665 euros in the national minimum wage could impose an increase in the sale price of bread, according to the bakery industry, noting that the weight and price of this product are free.
“Looking at the economic and financial situation of the country, since we are talking about the increase in the national minimum wage to 2021 and the gradual increase in the price of raw materials, we can see that this will be reflected in the price of bread,” he said. Association of Commerce and Industry of Bakery, Pastry and Related Products (ACIP), in response to Lusa.
Tolls
The prices of road tolls are expected to remain stable in 2021, taking into account that the annual inflation rate, without housing, in October was negative (-0.17%).
The formula that establishes the way in which the increase in the price of tolls is calculated each year establishes that the variation to be practiced each year is based on the annual inflation rate without housing in the continent verified in the last month for which the have data before. November 15, deadline for concessionaires to communicate their price proposals for the following year to the Government.
The stabilization of toll prices in 2020 and 2021 follows four consecutive years of increases: in 2019 toll roads increased by 0.98%, after increases of 1.42% in 2018, from 0.84 % in 2017 and 0.62% in 2016.
Transport
Prices for public passenger transport will remain unchanged in 2021, according to information published by the Mobility and Transportation Authority (AMT).
Travel prices on the Alfa Pendular are an exception, increasing 0.5% as of today.
Thus, for example, a one-way trip on the Alfa Pendular between Lisbon and Braga, will go from 48.50 euros (in comfort class) and 34.20 euros (tourist), to 48.80 euros and 34.40 euros, respectively . .
Telecommunications
NOS will not update prices in 2021, Lusa’s official source told Lusa, while Vodafone told Lusa that “as in the last year, no generalized price increases are expected.”
MEO states that it will proceed to update the base price of the monthly rate in rates / packages, effective as of today, in accordance with the contractual provisions, timely and timely informing the covered customers.
Tobacco
The State Budget for 2021 alters the formula for calculating the Tobacco Tax (IT), a measure that, according to the calculations of the consulting firm Deloitte, should be reflected in a tax increase of around five cents per pack of cigarettes and that As it was if expected, it will correspond to an increase of 10 cents in the sale price of the same package ”.
In addition, the rate of this tax is not updated as it happens with the rates of other excise taxes.
