Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 14 Effectiveness against third parties

Artigo 14.º · Oponibilidade a terceiros

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

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1. Facts subject to registration produce effects against third parties only after the date of their registration.

1 - Os factos sujeitos a registo só produzem efeitos contra terceiros depois da data do respectivo registo.

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2. Facts subject to registration and to mandatory publication under Article 70(2) produce effects against third parties only after the date of publication.

2 - Os factos sujeitos a registo e publicação obrigatória nos termos do n.º 2 do artigo 70.º só produzem efeitos contra terceiros depois da data da publicação.

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3. Failure to register may not be invoked against the interested parties by their legal representatives, who are under the obligation to apply for registration, or by the heirs of those representatives.

3 - A falta de registo não pode ser oposta aos interessados pelos seus representantes legais, a quem incumbe a obrigação de o promover, nem pelos herdeiros destes.

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4. This Article is without prejudice to the provisions of the Commercial Companies Code and of the legislation applicable to European public limited-liability companies.

4 - O disposto no presente artigo não prejudica o estabelecido no Código das Sociedades Comerciais e na legislação aplicável às sociedades anónimas europeias.

What we checked in this article

Effects against third parties arise only after the date of registration or, for facts subject to mandatory publication under Article 70(2), after the date of publication; legal representatives and their heirs cannot rely on failure to register.

Registering an act under Article 14?

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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