The beneficial-owner register (RCBE) is a recurring obligation, not a one-off: it must be confirmed annually by 31 December and updated within 30 days of any ownership change.●VERIFIED ·
Issuing authority
Justiça.gov.pt — Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo (RCBE)
Legal instrument
Lei n.º 89/2017; Portaria n.º 233/2018
Last verified
Review cadence
quarterly
Notes
Cross-references the RCBE dataset (rcbe-update). Listed here because founders frequently treat RCBE as an incorporation-only step and miss the annual confirmation.
Change history
Initial captureThe beneficial-owner register (RCBE) is a recurring obligation, not a one-off: it must be confirmed annually by 31 December and updated within 30 days of any ownership change.
No further changes recorded yet — unchanged since it was first captured.