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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Portugal and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: NIPC is the unique entity identifier. The Certidão Permanente has a separate 12-digit access code (format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) used to retrieve the live extract online. Registration number: NIPC is the unique entity identifier. The Certidão Permanente has a separate 12-digit access code (format XXXX-XXXX-XXXX) used to retrieve the live extract online.

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Sector regulators

Banco de Portugal · CMVM · ASF · AT

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Accessed online via registo.justica.gov.pt using the 12-digit access code; available in PT or EN; includes entity status, capital, and management.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised at incorporation; filed with and retrievable from Registo Comercial. Certidão Permanente includes latest bylaws (estatutos actualizados).
  • Tax Registration: NIPC = 9-digit tax and VAT ID; AT issues a compliance certificate (situação tributária regularizada) confirming no tax arrears.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by the local municipal council; confirms premises authorised for the stated activity. Not required for purely online or home-office operations.
  • Sector-Specific License: Banco de Portugal (credit institutions, payment institutions, e-money); CMVM (investment firms, fund managers); ASF (insurance undertakings).
  • Ownership Records: Certidão Permanente lists Lda. quotaholders and S.A. shareholders of record.
  • Governance Records: Lists current gerentes (Lda.) or Conselho de Administração members (S.A.) with appointment date and signing scope.
  • Signing Authority: Board/shareholders’ resolution for routine authority; notarised power of attorney (procuração) for external representatives. Deliberação social covers routine/internal authority; procuração notarial is needed for external representatives or non-routine transactions.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Portugal’s IRN does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing. The Certidão Permanente do Registo Comercial is a continuously-updated online certificate accessed via a code; it carries current legal status (active, dissolved, in liquidation) and serves the same compliance function. Treat the current Certidão (or a fresh PDF print of it) under business_registration as live good-standing evidence.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • NIPC and VAT ID are the same number. The NIPC is issued once by AT and doubles as the corporate tax ID and the VAT registration number (prefixed “PT” for EU purposes). Collecting one document satisfies both Tax Registration and entity identification.
  • RCBE access now requires demonstrated legitimate interest. D.L. 115/2025 (in force 27-10-2025) restricts RCBE consultation to persons with legitimate interest (obliged entities, competent authorities, journalists, etc.); all accesses logged for 5 years. Conduit as an AML-obliged entity qualifies but must formally invoke the purpose per query at rcbe.justica.gov.pt. AMLR (Reg. (EU) 2024/1624) directly applicable from 2027-07-10 will supersede national provisions.
  • Annual RCBE renewal deadline is 31 December. Entities must confirm (or update) RCBE data every year. A certificate that has not been renewed post-31 December of the prior year is non-compliant; verify the confirmation date, not just the registration date.
  • S.A. governance model varies. Portuguese S.A.s may adopt a monist model (Conselho de Administração + Fiscal Único / Conselho Fiscal) or dualist model (Conselho de Administração Executivo + Conselho Geral e de Supervisão). The Certidão Permanente will show which model is in use; map roles accordingly.