The parents of Madeleine McCann have been told that police have no immediate plans to summon them for a fresh interview.
Gerry and Kate McCann were also informed by a prosecutor in Portugal that detectives could be following "other lines of inquiry" apart from them.
The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, are to remain officially suspects - or "arguidos" - in the case, but they have also been told that there are no plans to impose new bail restrictions on them.
It is thought the suggestion that police could follow other lines of inquiry may mean that detectives are continuing to keep an open mind despite the McCanns' status as official suspects.
The couple were formally declared suspects in the disappearance of their four-year-old daughter less than two weeks ago before they left Portugal to return to the UK.
But they were not the first to be declared arguidos by police after 33-year-old Robert Murat who was made a suspect in May and remains so.
Both the McCanns and Murat vigorously deny any suggestion that they were involved in Madeleine's disappearance from her family's rented holiday apartment in Praia da Luz on the Algarve on May 3.
The family's official spokesman, Clarence Mitchell said Gerry and Kate McCann welcomed the announcement.
He said: "Clearly this information will need to be assessed very carefully by Gerry and Kate's Portuguese lawyer but, on the face of it, it appears to be encouraging."
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