Portuguese associations and cooperatives - Application for Public Utility Status
Service channels
- Request online
Apply for public utility status
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
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
Means of opposition/Complaint to the Ombudsman
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/