Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 4 Cooperatives

Artigo 4.º · Cooperativas

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

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The following facts relating to cooperatives are subject to registration:

Estão sujeitos a registo os seguintes factos relativos a cooperativas:

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a) The incorporation of the cooperative;

a) A constituição da cooperativa;

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b) The appointment and termination of office, for any reason other than the expiry of the term, of officers (directores), representatives and liquidators;

b) A nomeação e cessação de funções, por qualquer causa que não seja o decurso do tempo, de directores, representantes e liquidatários;

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c) (Repealed.)

c) (Revogada.)

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d) The extension of duration, conversion, merger, division and any other amendment to the statutes;

d) A prorrogação, transformação, fusão, cisão e qualquer outra alteração dos estatutos;

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e) Dissolution and the closure of the liquidation.

e) A dissolução e encerramento da liquidação.

What we checked in this article

Points (a) to (e) are retained, with (c) repealed and the exclusion of terminations caused by expiry of the term in point (b).

Registering an act under Article 4?

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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