When a foreign company co-owns a Portuguese company, the RCBE must look through the corporate chain and identify the ultimate natural-person beneficial owner(s). This is the step most often missed by foreign shareholders.●Verified ·
Autoridade emissora
Justiça.gov.pt — Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo (RCBE)
Diploma legal
Lei n.º 89/2017 (Regime Jurídico do RCBE)
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Notas
The beneficial owner is always a natural person; a foreign holding company is not itself the beneficial owner. Identifying the natural person(s) behind a foreign shareholder is a required part of the RCBE declaration.
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Registo inicialWhen a foreign company co-owns a Portuguese company, the RCBE must look through the corporate chain and identify the ultimate natural-person beneficial owner(s). This is the step most often missed by foreign shareholders.
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