Chapter III · Registration procedure

Article 50 Decisions of refusal and of provisional registration

Artigo 50.º · Despachos de recusa e de provisoriedade

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

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1. Decisions of refusal and of provisional registration for doubts are made in the order in which the respective applications for registration were filed, except where the mechanism for remedying deficiencies under Article 52 is to be applied, and are notified to the interested parties within the following two days.

1 - Os despachos de recusa e de provisoriedade por dúvidas são efectuados pela ordem de apresentação dos respectivos pedidos de registo, salvo quando deva ser aplicado o mecanismo do suprimento de deficiências, nos termos do artigo 52.º, e são notificados aos interessados nos dois dias seguintes.

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2. Except in the cases provided for in points (a), (c) and (n) of Article 64(1), the classification of a registration as provisional by nature is notified to the interested parties within the period laid down in the preceding paragraph.

2 - Salvo nos casos previstos nas alíneas a), c) e n) do n.º 1 do artigo 64.º, a qualificação do registo como provisório por natureza é notificada aos interessados no prazo previsto no número anterior.

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3. The date of the notification provided for in the preceding paragraphs is noted on the record sheet.

3 - A data da notificação prevista nos números anteriores é anotada na ficha.

What we checked in this article

The order of decisions, the Article 52 exception, the two-day notification period, the exceptions in Article 64(1)(a), (c) and (n) and the noting of the notification date are retained.

Registering an act under Article 50?

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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