Chapter VI · Other obligations of taxable persons

Article 23 General obligations

Artigo 23.º · Obrigações gerais

Regime do IVA nas Transações Intracomunitárias · annexed to Decree-Law No. 290/92 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. Without prejudice to Article 29(1) of the VAT Code, the taxable persons referred to in Article 2 shall:

1 - Sem prejuízo do disposto no n.º 1 do artigo 29.º do Código do IVA, os sujeitos passivos referidos no artigo 2.º devem:

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a) Account for the tax due on intra-Community acquisitions of goods;

a) Proceder à liquidação do imposto que se mostre devido pelas aquisições intracomunitárias de bens;

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b) Issue an invoice for every supply of goods made under the conditions laid down in Article 7, and for any occasional supply of a new means of transport exempt under Article 14;

b) Emitir obrigatoriamente uma fatura por cada transmissão de bens efetuada nas condições previstas no artigo 7.º, bem como pela transmissão ocasional de um meio de transporte novo isenta nos termos do artigo 14.º;

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c) Submit a recapitulative statement of the supplies of goods exempt under Article 14, of the transactions referred to in Article 8(3)(a) and of the transfers of goods covered by Article 7-A(1) to (3).

c) Enviar uma declaração recapitulativa das transmissões de bens isentas nos termos do artigo 14.º, das operações a que se refere a alínea a) do n.º 3 do artigo 8.º e das transferências de bens abrangidas pelos n.os 1 a 3 do artigo 7.º-A.

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2. (Repealed.)

2 - (Revogado.)

What we checked in this article

The three obligations (accounting for VAT on acquisitions; invoicing supplies under Article 7 and occasional exempt supplies of new means of transport; the recapitulative statement covering Article 14 supplies, Article 8(3)(a) transactions and Article 7-A(1) to (3) call-off stock transfers) are retained.

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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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