RCBE regime (annex to Law No. 89/2017) · Chapter III · Procedure

Article 18 Entry of information into the Central Register of Beneficial Owners

Artigo 18.º · Ingresso da informação no Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo

Lei n.º 89/2017 and the annexed Regime Jurídico do RCBE · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. The beneficial owner declaration shall be entered into the RCBE by electronic data transmission, in accordance with the information provided in the form referred to in Article 11(1).

1 - A declaração do beneficiário efetivo insere-se no RCBE por transmissão eletrónica de dados, de acordo com a informação prestada no formulário a que se refere o n.º 1 do artigo 11.º

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2. Completion of the procedure shall be communicated electronically to the declarant, the entity and each of the persons indicated as beneficial owner, under terms to be laid down by order (portaria) of the members of the Government responsible for finance and justice.

2 - A conclusão do procedimento é comunicada ao declarante, à entidade e a cada uma das pessoas indicadas como beneficiário efetivo, por via eletrónica, nos termos a definir em portaria dos membros do Governo responsáveis pelas áreas das finanças e da justiça.

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3. The form of the acts and the procedures for entering information into the RCBE, as well as for making it available, shall be laid down by order (despacho) of the president of the executive board of IRN, I. P.

3 - A forma dos atos e os procedimentos tendentes ao ingresso da informação no RCBE, bem como a respetiva disponibilização, são definidos por despacho do presidente do conselho diretivo do IRN, I. P.

What we checked in this article

Electronic entry on the basis of the Article 11(1) form, electronic notification of completion to the declarant, the entity and each indicated beneficial owner, and the IRN president's power to set the form of acts and procedures by order are retained.

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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

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