Portuguese associations and cooperatives - Application for Public Utility Status

Service channels

Portuguese associations or cooperatives (private non-profit legal persons) may request public utility status.

The Portuguese foundations and the permanent representations of foundations or other non-profit foreign legal persons must make the requests in the corresponding services.
 

Procedure and requirements

Procedure

  • submission of the request in ePortugal and start of the process by the legal representative of the entity    analysis of the process by the SGPCM     
  • (possible) preliminary rejection 
  • (eventual) request for additional opinions from competent entities in the area of activity of the requesting entity 
  • (eventual) request for improvement of the request 
  • proposal for a decision 
  • decision by the competent Government member 
  • publication of the decision in the Official Gazette, when favourable.

Time of issue/decision

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Additional Data

Territorial Scope
Portuguese associations and cooperatives with a national, regional or local scope. Excludes associations and cooperatives that carry out their activity exclusively in one of the Autonomous Regions.

Legislation, refusals, contests, claims

Legislation

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Means of opposition/Complaint to the Ombudsman

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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/