Chapter IV · Registration acts

Article 67-D Registration of a cross-border conversion

Artigo 67.º-D · Registo de transformação transfronteiriça

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

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1. Registration of a cross-border conversion made in respect of the converted company, where it has its registered office in Portuguese territory, triggers notification of that fact and of the resulting commencement of its effects, through the system of interconnection of registers of the European Union, to the competent register of the Member State of departure, in which the company being converted had its registered office.

1 - O registo de transformação transfronteiriça efetuado sobre a sociedade transformada, quando sediada em território nacional, determina a notificação desse facto e do consequente início de produção de efeitos, através do sistema de interconexão dos registos da União Europeia, ao registo competente do Estado-Membro de partida, onde estava sediada a sociedade objeto de transformação.

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2. Receipt of notification of the commencement of the effects of the cross-border conversion, made by the competent register of the Member State of the European Union acting as Member State of destination, triggers ex officio registration of the cross-border conversion and cancellation of the registration file of the company being converted that has its registered office in Portuguese territory.

2 - A receção da notificação do início da produção de efeitos da transformação transfronteiriça, efetuada por registo competente do Estado-Membro da União Europeia, enquanto Estado-Membro de destino, determina a realização oficiosa do registo da transformação transfronteiriça e o cancelamento da matrícula da sociedade objeto de transformação que esteja sediada em território nacional.

What we checked in this article

The outgoing notification to the register of the Member State of departure and, on receipt of notification from the Member State of destination, the ex officio registration and cancellation of the Portuguese company's registration file are retained.

Registering an act under Article 67-D?

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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