International Journal of Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Law b) Limitation by the constitutive title of the horizontal property - Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal decision, dated 22.03.2022 In March, 22, 2022, the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal has delivered a decision of uniformity of jurisprudence, published in the Diário da República of 10.05.2022.13 , drafted by the civil chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, with a single dissenting vote. This decision follows conflictive previous decisions by the Lisbon and Porto Courts of Appeal and by the Supreme Court of Justice14, which decided, firstly, whether the local accommodation activity was intended for residential or commercial/service purposes and, secondly, whether the condominium assembly or the horizontal property regulations could prohibit the exploration of this activity in the fractions belonging to the respective property. Following the existent jurisprudence conflict, this decision of the Supreme Court of Justice has uniformized jurisprudence in the sense that: "In the horizontal property regime, the indication in the constitutive title that a certain flat is intended for housing must be interpreted in the sense that local accommodation is not permitted therein". The Supreme Court of Justice departs from the rule of Article 1418 of the Portuguese Civil Code which states, in paragraph 2, that: 13 Consultável em http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/20d9f9ea1114b78780258831003c9ded?OpenDoc ument , Accessed on 04.10.2022 14 It is not possible for us, in this study, to analyse each of the decisions handed down and which gave rise to the one under analysis, but they can be consulted in: TRP Ac., proc. no. 4910/16.5T8PTR-A.P1, http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/1ae9d39dd554c7f58025808f0059f8e0?OpenDocu ment.; TRL Ac., proc. no. 1579/16.0T8LSB.L1.8, http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/33182fc732316039802565fa00497eec/1be52b1b9ebc06b380258074005811e2?OpenDoc ument; STJ Ac. of 28.05.2002-02B 1432, www.djsi.pt http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/6f7c01eb322533d0802580f9004c4d45?OpenDoc ument; Ac. STJ, proc. no. 12579/16.0T8LSB.L1.S1, http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/6f7c01eb322533d0802580f9004c4d45?OpenDoc ument; Ac. TRP, proc no. 13721/16.7T8PRT.P1, http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/5da928ab1d855c548025812a005112c5?OpenDoc ument; Ac. TRP, proc no. 24471/16.4T8PRT.P1, http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/- /E504B901C699245E802582A3004E1BC6
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