Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 7 European economic interest groupings

Artigo 7.º · Agrupamentos europeus de interesse económico

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

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The following facts relating to European economic interest groupings are subject to registration:

Estão sujeitos a registo os seguintes factos relativos aos agrupamentos europeus de interesse económico:

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a) The grouping agreement;

a) O contrato de agrupamento;

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b) The assignment, in whole or in part, of a member’s participation in the grouping;

b) A cessão, total ou parcial, de participação de membro do agrupamento;

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c) A clause exempting a new member from payment of debts incurred before their admission;

c) A cláusula que exonere um novo membro do pagamento das dívidas contraídas antes da sua entrada;

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d) The appointment and termination of office, for any reason other than the expiry of the term, of the managers of the grouping;

d) A designação e cessação de funções, por qualquer causa que não seja o decurso do tempo, dos gerentes do agrupamento;

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e) The admission, withdrawal and exclusion of members of the grouping;

e) A entrada, exoneração e exclusão de membros do agrupamento;

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f) Amendments to the grouping agreement;

f) As alterações do contrato de agrupamento;

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g) The draft terms for the transfer of the registered office;

g) O projecto de transferência da sede;

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h) Dissolution;

h) A dissolução;

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i) The appointment and termination of office, prior to the closure of the liquidation, of the liquidators;

i) A designação e cessação de funções, anterior ao encerramento da liquidação, dos liquidatários;

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j) The closure of the liquidation.

j) O encerramento da liquidação.

What we checked in this article

Points (a) to (j) are retained, including the clause exempting a new member from pre-admission debts and the exclusion of terminations caused by expiry of the term in point (d).

Registering an act under Article 7?

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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