Chapter VII · Challenges to decisions

Article 101-A Lodging an administrative appeal or judicial challenge

Artigo 101.º-A · Interposição de recurso hierárquico e impugnação judicial

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

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1. An administrative appeal or judicial challenge shall be lodged by means of an application setting out the grounds on which it is based.

1 - O recurso hierárquico ou a impugnação judicial interpõem-se por meio de requerimento em que são expostos os seus fundamentos.

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2. An administrative appeal or judicial challenge shall be deemed lodged when the relevant petitions are filed at the competent registry office.

2 - A interposição de recurso hierárquico ou a impugnação judicial consideram-se feitas com a apresentação das respectivas petições na conservatória competente.

What we checked in this article

The requirement of a reasoned application and the rule that the appeal or challenge is deemed lodged on filing at the competent registry office are retained.

Registering an act under Article 101-A?

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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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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