This blogger had missed that DNS.pt amended the rules applicable to the registration of .pt domains. Fortunately, this update was not missed by SGCR (read about it here).

Summing it up, the new rules formalised DNS.PT as the authority responsible for .pt domain names (following Decree-Law 55/2013, of 17 April, the DNS.PT association has succeeded FCCN in the the responsibility for managing, registering and maintaining domains under the .pt ccTLD). Further, the following changes were made:

• References to the new gTLDs were included in article 9(1)(b);
• The provisions relating to geographical names were clarifed. Under the new article 9(1)(f), 'a geographical name is understood to be any name, regardless of the language in which it is written, which coincides, namely, with:

a) Any alpha-3 code listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard1;

b) The name of a country or territory listed in the ISO 3166-1 standard2;

c) The name of a country or territory recognised by UNESCO3;

d) The name of a Portuguese city, civil parish, municipality, administrative region or demarcated area;

e) The name of a foreign capital, city or demarcated area which, due to its notoriety or relevance, is of common knowledge;

f) Other Portuguese or foreign toponyms, such as rivers, hills, neighbourhoods or historic areas, which due to their notoriety and relevance, are of common knowledge.'

• It will become possible to register domain names with at least two (instead of three) characters (articles 8(1) and 11). The entry into force of this change has been postponed to 1 November 2014 (article 44);
• New rules were included to safeguard decisions in pending arbitration disputes:

​i) Under article 30(5), 'the ownership of a domain name cannot be changed if it is the object of pending arbitral proceedings',

ii) Under article 32(4), the 'removal of a domain name, at the will of its Registrant, is not permitted if it is the object of a pending arbitral proceeding'.

The new rules entered into force on 16 June 2014 (with the exception of the rule on the minimum number of characters accepted for the purpose of registering a .pt domain, which will only come into force on 1 November 2014). The updated regulation can be accessed (in English) here.