Foreign Foundation - renewal of the public utility status

The permanent representations of foreign foundations can request the renewal of the public utility status.

Note: The Portuguese associations, cooperatives and foundations and the permanent representations of foreign associations or cooperatives must make the requests in the corresponding services.

Service channels

submission of the request and start of the process by the legal representative of the entity
analysis of the process by the SGPCM
(eventual) 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.

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Territorial Scope

National, regional or local. Excludes foundations that carry out their activity exclusively in one of the Autonomous Regions.

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