1. Each entity subject to registration is assigned a folder, kept at the registry office located in the municipality of its registered office, in which all documents relating to the acts submitted for registration are archived.
1 - A cada entidade sujeita a registo é destinada uma pasta, guardada na conservatória situada no concelho da respectiva sede, onde são arquivados todos os documentos respeitantes aos actos submetidos a registo.
2. The Director-General of Registries and Notary may, by order, require documents to be archived electronically in place of the archive provided for in the preceding paragraph.
2 - Por despacho do director-geral dos Registos e do Notariado pode ser determinado o arquivo dos documentos em suporte electrónico, em substituição do arquivo previsto no número anterior.
3. The documents archived electronically referred to in the preceding paragraph have the evidential value of the originals.
3 - Os documentos arquivados em suporte electrónico referidos no número anterior têm a força probatória dos originais.
The one-folder-per-entity rule, the location by municipality of the registered office, the option of electronic archiving by order and the evidential value of electronic documents are retained.
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.