Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 10 Other facts subject to registration

Artigo 10.º · Outros factos sujeitos a registo

Código do Registo Comercial · Decree-Law No. 403/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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The following are also subject to registration:

Estão ainda sujeitos a registo:

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a) A written commercial mandate, its amendments and its termination;

a) O mandato comercial escrito, suas alterações e extinção;

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b) (Repealed.)

b) (Revogada.)

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c) The creation, alteration and closure of permanent representations (branches) of companies, cooperatives, complementary groupings of undertakings and European economic interest groupings with their registered office in Portugal or abroad, as well as the appointment, powers and termination of office of their representatives;

c) A criação, a alteração e o encerramento de representações permanentes de sociedades, cooperativas, agrupamentos complementares de empresas e agrupamentos europeus de interesse económico com sede em Portugal ou no estrangeiro, bem como a designação, poderes e cessação de funções dos respectivos representantes;

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d) The filing of accounts of companies with their registered office abroad and a permanent representation in Portugal;

d) A prestação de contas das sociedades com sede no estrangeiro e representação permanente em Portugal;

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e) An agency or commercial representation agreement, when concluded in writing, its amendments and its termination;

e) O contrato de agência ou representação comercial, quando celebrado por escrito, suas alterações e extinção;

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f) (Repealed.)

f) (Revogada.)

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g) Any other facts that the law declares subject to commercial registration.

g) Quaisquer outros factos que a lei declare sujeitos a registo comercial.

What we checked in this article

Points (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) are retained (points (b) and (f) repealed), including the written-form condition in points (a) and (e) and the coverage of entities with their registered office in Portugal or abroad in point (c).

Registering an act under Article 10?

We file registrations at the commercial registry for foreign-owned companies: incorporations, share transfers, manager changes, capital changes, branches, filing of accounts and closures. In English, fixed fees, with the registry fee shown separately.

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.

Applying the law

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