Legal Framework ○ Institutional Framework ○ Venture Capital ○ Tax System ○ Mutual Garantees
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Sequencial Index
Part I
Investment and Company Creation
Chapter I
Legal Framework
Section 1
How to Invest in Portugal
General guidelines
Section 2
Relevant Bodies
CFE - Centro de Formalidades das Empresas (Business Formalities Centre)
Instituto de Registos e de Notariado, I.P.(IRN, IP) (Institute of Registries and Notaries)
Section 3
Supplementary Legislation
Legal procedures for creating and altering companies
Patents and Trademarks
Industrial Licensing
Commercial Licensing
Environmental Licensing
Environmental Impact Assessment
Licensing Tourism Activities
Chapter II
Institutional Framework
Licensing Organisations and Bodies
DGAE – Direcção-Geral das Actividades Económicas (Directorate-General for Economic Activities)
DGEG – Direcção-Geral de Energia e Geologia (Directorate-General for Energy and Geology)
DRE – Direcções Regionais do Ministério da Economia e da Inovação (Regional Offices of the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation)
INPI - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (National Institute of Industrial Property)
Regulators
ERSE – Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Electricity Sector Regulator)
ICP – Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) (National Communications Authority)
Autoridade da Concorrência (Competition Authority)
CMVM – Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (Securities Market Commission)
ASAE – Autoridade da Segurança Alimentar e Económica (Authority for Economic and Food Safety)
Supporting Bodies
Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal, E.P.E. (Aicep Portugal Global – Business Development Agency)
IAPMEI – Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação, I.P. (Institute for the Support of SME and Innovation)
Turismo de Portugal, I.P. (The National Tourism Authority)
Committee for the Evaluation and Supervision of Projects of Potential National Importance (PIN)
Part II
Investment Incentives
Financial Incentives
Framework
Incentives System for the Professional Qualification and International Expansion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Incentives System for Innovation
Section 4
Incentives System for Corporate Research and Development in Technology
Section 5
Operational Programme for Human Potential
Section 6
Programme for the Rural Development of Mainland Portugal (PRODER)
Section 7
Operational Programme for the Fisheries Industry 2007-2013 (PROMAR)
Tax IncentivesTax Benefits
Foreign Direct Investement
Portuguese Foreign Direct Investment
Other Tax Incentives
Chapter III
Other Incentives
Inov-Jovem
Inov-Contacto
Inov-Mundus
Inov-Vasco da Gama
CHAPTER IV
Venture Capital
Risk Capital Funds
Operators
Chapter V
Mutual Guarantees
Legal Regime
The Mutual Counter Guarantee Fund
The Credit Securitisation Guarantee Fund
Part III
Tax System
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Corporate Income Tax (IRC)
Chapter 3
Personal Income Tax (IRS)
Chapter 4
Value Added Tax (VAT)
Chapter 5
Municipal Property Tax (IMI)
Chapter 6
Municipal Property Transfer Tax (IMT)
Chapter 7
Stamp Duty
Part IV
List of Sources
Legislation
Glossary