ERC
Source Passport
PT-R-00005-6
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social
- Country
- Portugal
- Type
- Regulator
- Founded
- 2005
- Head
- Helena Sousa (Presidente do Conselho Regulador)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 1 March 2026
1 of 5 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
5 of 6 key disclosures on record, 1 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name on record, not yet checked
- Who leads it on record, not yet checked
- How it is funded on record, not yet checked
- Legal basis or parent body on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts verified
- Public body
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Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names Pending check
- ERC
- Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social
- Registration number Pending check
- (Established by Lei n.º 53/2005, de 8 de novembro)
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owner or founding authority Pending check
Owner Holding Owner type Assembleia da República (designates four of the five Conselho Regulador members, who co-opt the fifth) Direct State or public body - State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Answers to Pending check
- Assembleia da República
3 sources
- Lei n.º 53/2005, Estatutos art. 15, read 2026-10-16 (Assembleia da República designates four members of the conselho regulador by resolution; they co-opt the fifth)
- Assembleia da República, conference page, 03.12.2024, read 2026-10-16 ('Presidente do Conselho Regulador da ERC, Helena Sousa')
- Deliberação ERC/2025/362 (LIC-R), 23 Oct 2025, read 2026-10-16 (signed by Helena Sousa, Telmo Gonçalves, Rita Rola)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- How it is funded
- Not disclosed
- Budget and funding bodies Pending check
Funder Type Note Orçamento do Estado (funds entered in the Assembleia da República budget) Government or public body statutory revenue source alongside regulatory taxas and fines (Estatutos art. 50 and 48(5)); amount not found
Where does it appear?
Channels
Verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Agencies and funds under it
- Not disclosed
- Public-office or party roles of board members
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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