RTRI Registration Support for Foreign Entities

Identification

RTRI Registration Support for Foreign Entities — end-to-end assistance with registration in the Transparency Register of Interest Representation (Registo de Transparência da Representação de Interesses — RTRI) created by Law No. 5-A/2026 of 28 January (Lei n.º 5-A/2026, de 28 de janeiro). The service is delivered in English by representacaodeinteresses.com, in articulation with rtri.pt, the ecosystem's registration-focused website.

Target audience

Foreign entities subject to, or advised to seek, registration: public affairs consultancies and agencies representing third-party interests (Article 13(3)(b)); companies representing their own business interests (Article 13(3)(c)); European associations, federations and chambers of commerce acting as institutional representatives of collective interests (Article 13(3)(d)); and other representatives (Article 13(3)(e)).

Regulatory basis

The RTRI is a single, public, free and open register available through the Portuguese Parliament's portal in machine-readable open data, with personal data safeguarded under the GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (Article 4(4)). Registration content is defined in Article 5(1), including the enumeration of clients, interests and sectors for third-party representation, annual income from the activity and subsidies or financial support from EU institutions or public entities. Registered data must be updated within 30 days (Article 5(4)); prior registration is a condition for audiences (Article 8(1)); and professional third-party representatives must register within 60 days of the RTRI commencing operations (Article 19(2)).

Scope and deliverables

We run a gap analysis of the data your registration requires, collect and structure the disclosures — corporate identification and purpose, governing bodies and share capital, the person responsible for the representation activity, clients, interests and sectors, income and financial support — and prepare the complete submission file with bilingual working documents. Deliverables include the validated registration file; support during submission and any follow-up with the register; a confirmation dossier for your compliance records; a standing procedure for 30-day updates (Article 5(4)); and a calendar of recurring obligations.

Methodology

Four steps: intake and gap analysis; drafting of the registration content; validation with your legal and government affairs teams; and submission and handover. All work is performed remotely, in English, with Portuguese-language filings prepared by our Lisbon team.

Indicative duration

Typically two to three weeks to prepare a complete registration file. Submission timing depends on the register's operation: [the RTRI start-of-operation date is to be announced by notice of the Assembleia da República in the Diário da República — Article 18(3)]. Preparing early protects the 60-day deadline of Article 19(2).

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.