Chapter IV · Registration acts

Article 67-B Commercial companies with permanent representations located in another Member State

Artigo 67.º-B · Sociedades comerciais com representações permanentes sediadas noutro Estado-Membro

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

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1. Definitive registration of the establishment, amendment and closure of a permanent representation of a Portuguese private limited company, public limited company or partnership limited by shares, made in another Member State and communicated through the system of interconnection of registers of the European Union, triggers ex officio registration of that fact in the national commercial register.

1 - O registo definitivo de criação, alteração e encerramento de representação permanente de sociedade portuguesa por quotas, anónima e em comandita por ações, efetuado noutro Estado-Membro e comunicado através do sistema de interconexão dos registos da União Europeia, determina o registo oficioso desse facto no registo comercial nacional.

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2. Definitive registrations of facts giving rise to the opening and closure of any liquidation or insolvency proceedings, and cancellation of the registration file, where they concern private limited companies, public limited companies or partnerships limited by shares with permanent representations registered in other Member States, are communicated to the competent register of the Member State in which the representation is located through the system of interconnection of registers of the European Union.

2 - Os registos definitivos dos factos que determinem a abertura e o encerramento de quaisquer processos de liquidação ou insolvência, bem como o cancelamento da matrícula, quando respeitantes a sociedades por quotas, anónimas e em comandita por ações com representações permanentes registadas noutros Estados-Membros são comunicados ao registo competente do Estado-Membro do local da representação através do sistema de interconexão dos registos da União Europeia.

What we checked in this article

The ex officio domestic registration of definitive foreign registrations concerning branches of Portuguese companies, the outgoing communication of liquidation, insolvency and cancellation registrations, and the limitation to the three company forms are retained.

Registering an act under Article 67-B?

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.

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