Portuguese associations and cooperatives - change of legal representative
Service channels
- change online
Request to change the legal representative
This is the procedure for changing the person who is allowed to represent a given legal entity before the Secretariat-General of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (SGPCM) in the context of any process concerning a declaration of public interest or in connection with a foundation, and also for the purposes of the annual reporting or communication of legally required information. Every entity has a single representative (a natural person) for this purpose.
Procedure and requirements
Procedure
- Submission of the request.
- Examination of the applicant’s powers to represent the entity by the SGPCM.
- Change made to the SGPCM database to allow the new representative to be recognised by the authentication system of the Administrative Modernisation Agency (AMA).
- Communication to the person concerned.
Obligations
Additional Data
If you have any questions, please contact the SGPCM via email at utilidade.publica@sg.pcm.gov.pt.
Legislation, refusals, contests, claims
Reasons for refusal
Competent Entity
Secretaria-Geral da Presidência de Conselho de Ministros
Address: Rua Professor Gomes Teixeira, n.º 2 1399-022 LISBOA
Phone number: 213 927 600
Email address: sec-geral@sg.pcm.gov.pt
Web url: https://www.sg.pcm.gov.pt/