What an incumbency request is asking
A foreign bank, registered agent or lawyer usually wants to know who currently holds company office, who represents the company and what authority those people have.
The Portuguese answer starts with current commercial registry evidence.
Current directors and managers
The commercial registry records the corporate acts in force for the company.
Portugal Papers obtains the current certificate and identifies the entries used to prove management and legal representation.
Supporting appointment documents
Where the recipient wants the act behind the appointment, the registry + documents certificate provides the electronic documents supporting registered acts.
That gives foreign counsel a deeper evidence trail than a simple company extract.
Statutes and representation rules
The latest articles of association explain the company's governance and representation framework.
For banking or legal files, the registry certificate plus statutes is a strong Portuguese answer to many incumbency requests.
Ownership is a separate question
Beneficial ownership is handled through RCBE.
When the checklist asks for both incumbency and UBO, we provide both evidence streams in the same file.