Chapter VII · Challenges to decisions

Article 101 Admissibility and time limit

Artigo 101.º · Admissibilidade e prazo

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

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1. A decision refusing to carry out the registration act as applied for may be challenged by lodging an administrative appeal with the Director-General of Registries and Notary or by bringing a judicial challenge before the court for the territorial area to which the registry office belongs.

1 - A decisão de recusa da prática do acto de registo nos termos requeridos pode ser impugnada mediante a interposição de recurso hierárquico para o director-geral dos Registos e do Notariado ou mediante impugnação judicial para o tribunal da área da circunscrição a que pertence a conservatória.

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2. The time limit for bringing a judicial challenge against the decision referred to in paragraph 1 is 30 days from the notification referred to in Article 50.

2 - O prazo para impugnar judicialmente a decisão referida no n.º 1 é de 30 dias a contar da notificação a que se refere o artigo 50.º

What we checked in this article

The two alternative routes of challenge and the 30-day period from the notification under Article 50 are retained.

Registering an act under Article 101?

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

Registry work in Portugal, done right the first time

A refused or provisional registration costs weeks. We prepare the documents the registrar expects, file them and follow the application until it is definitive.

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