On 19 September 2016, Portugal ratified the pending income tax treaty with Bahrain via Presidential Decree No. 79/2016, which was published in the Official Gazette on 22 September. The treaty, signed 26 May 2015, is the first of its kind between the two countries. It will enter into force 30 days after the ratification instruments are exchanged, and will apply from 1 January of the year following its entry into force. Click the following link for {News-2015-06-01/T/3- details of the treaty}.