Frequently Asked Questions About The Seal
The “Portugal Sou Eu” seal is a recognition awarded to products, services, and brands that incorporate domestic value. This seal identifies and highlights goods made in Portugal, promoting informed and conscious consumer choices while boosting the competitiveness of Portuguese companies. It is available to companies and entities that meet the criteria established by the program.
All products, handicrafts, and services that meet the requirements may participate.
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he conditions here for obtaining the "Portugal Sou Eu" (Portugal Is Me) seal for products, handicrafts, and services, as well as the "Portugal Sou Eu" Participating Establishment status.
Enrollment is completed via electronic forms available on this portal, which are provided to the company registering for the service, followed by account activation.
All products, handicrafts, and services that meet the requirements may participate.
Retail, mail-order, and online sales establishments, as well as food service establishments, may join if they meet the requirements.
The seal is valid for one year and renewable for an equal period.
Payment of the annual seal, renewable for an equal period, is included.
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O selo Portugal Sou Eu pode ser aplicado nos produtos, artesanato, ou serviços que tenham a Declaração de Conformidade em vigor emitida pela entidade do Órgão Operacional, bem como em suportes de comunicação ou materiais que se refiram ao bem ou serviço qualificado com o selo.
Frequently Asked Questions About Companies and Brands
Yes, it is possible. The *Portugal Sou Eu* seal can be awarded to services.
Participating companies may begin using the "Portugal Sou Eu" seal after receiving the Declaration(s) of Conformity; to do so, they simply need to qualify their products or services by submitting an application via the "Portugal Sou Eu" portal at http://portugalsoueu.pt/adesao.
Applications for the *Portugal Sou Eu* seal for products and services are submitted online via this portal. It is a simple and intuitive process. AEP, AIP, APED, and CAP can provide the necessary information to assist companies in formalizing their applications.
Participation in the *Portugal Sou Eu* seal program begins online with registration, application submission, and the provision of required documentation; this is followed by validation and notification of the result to the company, including the issuance of the Declaration(s) of Conformity and the Participation Agreement, as well as the provision of publicity guidelines.
Products, handicrafts, and services are eligible for the *Portugal Sou Eu* seal.
Commercial and food service establishments are eligible for the Participating Establishment status.
The awarding of the "Portugal Sou Eu" seal is operationally managed by AEP, AIP, APED, and CAP—entities that comprise the program's Operational Body—allowing companies to choose the entity they deem most suitable when applying.
The granting of the "Portugal Sou Eu" Participating Establishment status is operationally managed by AEP, AIP, CAP, CCP, and AHRESP—entities that comprise the program's Operational Body—allowing companies to choose the entity they deem most suitable when applying.
The granting of the "Portugal Sou Eu" Participating Establishment status is operationally managed by AEP, AIP, CAP, CCP, and AHRESP—entities that comprise the program's Operational Body—allowing companies to choose the entity they deem most suitable when applying.
Yes, it can. The "Portugal Sou Eu" logo may be applied wherever you wish—for example, on delivery vans, communication materials, etc. However, the seal itself may only be used on products or services that have qualified for it. A logo standards manual and a usage manual are provided.
For participating establishments, we provide a Point-of-Sale (POS) advertising manual regarding the application of the specific symbol at participating locations.
Yes, it is possible. Only products or services that meet the criteria defined for the award of the seal qualify. Only these may use the "Portugal Sou Eu" logo.
The Technical Specifications of the Portuguese Institute for Quality (IPQ) define the "National Incorporation Percentage" as the percentage of direct costs allocated to the production process of a specific product or product family—or to a specific service or set of services—that corresponds to the fraction of direct "production" costs associated with exclusively national production factors.
For products:
The overall value of domestic content in the production process of a given product must be calculated in accordance with the spreadsheet indicated in Annex A (normative) of IPQ Technical Specification DNS4508:2012, based on the domestic content value attributed to each cost item related to the production process.
For services:
The overall value of domestic content in the process of a given service must be calculated in accordance with the spreadsheet indicated in Annex A (normative) of IPQ Technical Specification DNS4534:2014, based on the domestic content value attributed to each cost item related to the service's production process.
Oversight of the brand will be carried out by independent entities designated by the Operational Body, which will conduct company visits to verify and validate—ex post—the information provided at the time of enrollment.
