Chapter VII · Coordination and valuation bodies · Section I · Rural property · Subsection I · Coordination bodies

Article 50 Composition of the JAM

Artigo 50.º · Composição da JAM

Código do Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis · annex I to Decree-Law No. 287/2003 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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1. The JAM is composed as follows:

1 - A JAM tem a seguinte composição:

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a) A technical officer appointed by the Director-General for Taxation to draw up the qualification, classification and tariff tables in the municipality, who chairs it;

a) Um técnico designado pelo director-geral dos Impostos para organizar os quadros de qualificação, classificação e de tarifas no município, que preside;

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b) A permanent valuer, as referred to in Article 58, who acts as secretary;

b) Um perito avaliador permanente, referido no artigo 58.º, que secretaria;

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c) One member nominated by the regional office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries;

c) Um vogal indicado pelo serviço regional do Ministério da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas;

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d) Two members nominated by the bodies representing farmers in the municipality.

d) Dois vogais indicados pelos organismos representativos dos agricultores no município.

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2. If the bodies representing farmers fail to agree on the members to be nominated, the nomination is made by the chair of the JAM from among those proposed.

2 - Caso os organismos representativos dos agricultores não cheguem a acordo quanto aos vogais a indicar, a indicação é feita pelo presidente da JAM de entre aqueles que tiverem sido propostos.

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The chair, the permanent valuer acting as secretary, the one Ministry of Agriculture member and the two farmers’ members, and the chair’s fallback nomination power 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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