Regulatory Applicability Assessment

Identification

Regulatory Applicability Assessment — an analysis of your organisation's exposure to Law No. 5-A/2026 of 28 January (Lei n.º 5-A/2026, de 28 de janeiro), the Portuguese regime on legitimate interest representation (representação legítima de interesses), delivered in English by representacaodeinteresses.com, the international gateway of the Audiqcer lobbying compliance ecosystem.

Target audience

Multinational companies with operations, investments or regulatory interests in Portugal; international public affairs consultancies and agencies with clients exposed to Portugal; European associations, federations and chambers of commerce interacting with Portuguese public entities; and international law firms seeking a documented position for their own clients.

Regulatory basis

The assessment applies the scope rules of the law: applicability to national and foreign private entities (Article 1(1)); the definition of legitimate interest representation and the list of covered activities (Article 2(1) and 2(2)); the exclusions, including the forensic mandate of lawyers and the exercise of procedural rights (Article 2(3)); the eight categories of covered Portuguese public entities (Article 3); and the five registration categories of the Transparency Register of Interest Representation (Registo de Transparência da Representação de Interesses — RTRI) (Article 13(3)), including the 60-day registration deadline for professional third-party representatives (Article 19(2)).

Scope and deliverables

We map your interactions with Portuguese public entities — meetings, correspondence, position papers, events and consultation responses — against the legal perimeter, and classify each activity as covered, excluded or borderline. The deliverables are a reasoned applicability report in English with article-by-article analysis; a recommended registration category under Article 13(3), where registration is due; a summary of the resulting obligations, including disclosure content (Article 5(1)) and conduct duties (Articles 7 and 15); and a prioritised action plan with deadlines.

Methodology

Three phases: a structured intake questionnaire and document review; interviews with your government affairs, legal and management teams; and analysis and reporting, concluding with a findings presentation. The assessment is conducted remotely, with meetings scheduled across European and, where needed, US time zones.

Indicative duration

Typically two to four weeks from intake to final report, depending on the number of business units and jurisdictions involved.

Indicative investment

[Fees to be confirmed — each engagement is scoped and priced on proposal.]

English renderings of legal concepts on this page are unofficial translations provided for convenience. The authentic text of Law No. 5-A/2026 is the Portuguese version published in the Diário da República.