Chapter III · Registration procedure

Article 30 Representation

Artigo 30.º · Representação

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

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1. Registration may be applied for by:

1 - O registo pode ser pedido por:

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a) Those who have powers of representation to take part in the relevant instrument;

a) Aqueles que tenham poderes de representação para intervir no respectivo título;

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b) An agent holding a sufficient power of attorney;

b) Mandatário com procuração bastante;

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c) Lawyers, notaries and solicitors (solicitadores);

c) Advogados, notários e solicitadores;

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d) Statutory auditors and official accountants (técnicos oficiais de contas), in respect of applications for the deposit of the documents relating to the filing of accounts.

d) Revisores e técnicos oficiais de contas, para o pedido de depósito dos documentos de prestação de contas.

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2. Representation subsists until the registration is effected and covers, in particular, the power to request that it be carried out urgently and the power to challenge the decision on the qualification of the registration under Article 101, and it entails the representative’s joint and several liability for payment of the respective charges.

2 - A representação subsiste até à realização do registo, abrangendo, designadamente, a faculdade de requerer urgência na sua realização e a de impugnar a decisão de qualificação do registo, nos termos do artigo 101.º, e implica a responsabilidade solidária do representante no pagamento dos respectivos encargos.

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3. Without prejudice to the preceding paragraph, representation for the purposes of a judicial challenge may only be provided by an agent with special powers for that purpose or with general powers of attorney for litigation.

3 - Sem prejuízo do disposto no número anterior, a representação para efeitos de impugnação judicial só pode ser assegurada por mandatário com poderes especiais para o efeito ou com poderes forenses gerais.

What we checked in this article

The four categories of persons who may apply (with auditors and accountants limited to filing accounts), the duration and scope of representation including urgency and challenge under Article 101, the representative's joint and several liability for charges, and the special/general forensic powers needed for judicial challenge are retained.

Registering an act under Article 30?

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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