This Corporate Disclosure page provides the legal and company information relating to Galeria MonChic and the website galeriamonchic.com (the “Website”), in accordance with applicable Portuguese and European Union law, including the requirements for information society services and electronic commerce (Decreto-Lei n.º 7/2004 and EU Directive 2000/31/EC). It also sets out important legal notices and disclaimers relating to your use of the Website. Please read this page together with our [Privacy Policy], [Cookie Policy] and [Terms and Conditions].
Note: This document is a general template. It is not legal advice, and several fields below must be completed with your official registration details before publication. We recommend having the final text reviewed by a qualified professional to ensure it meets all disclosure obligations applicable to your business.
1. Company Identification
Legal / trading name: Galeria MonChic [insert full registered legal name if different, e.g. “[Name], Unipessoal, Lda.”] Legal form: [insert legal form, e.g. sole trader / Sociedade Unipessoal por Quotas (Lda.) / other] Registered office / business address: 8550-233 Monchique, Algarve, Portugal [insert full street address] Tax identification number (NIF / NIPC): [insert number] Commercial registration (Conservatória do Registo Comercial): [insert registration number and place of registration] Share capital (if applicable): [insert amount in €] Legal representative(s) / management: [insert name(s) of owner, director or manager]
General contact details: Email: [email protected] Telephone: (+351) 967 392 946
The above information is provided so that you can identify and contact Galeria MonChic quickly, directly and effectively, as required by law.
2. Nature of Our Business
Galeria MonChic is an art gallery based in Monchique, in the Algarve region of Portugal. We present and sell original oil and acrylic paintings, original and limited edition prints, and related artworks and gallery objects, both at our gallery and, where applicable, through the Website. Our activities include the exhibition, sale and promotion of works of art.
3. Regulatory and Professional Information
[Where applicable, insert details of any professional bodies, associations, chambers of commerce, or trade registers to which Galeria MonChic belongs, together with any applicable authorisation scheme and the supervisory authority. If no specific regulatory or licensing regime applies to the business, state that the general commercial and consumer-protection laws of Portugal apply.]
Our activities are subject to the general laws of Portugal, including consumer protection and electronic commerce legislation.
4. Applicable VAT / Tax Information
[If Galeria MonChic is registered for VAT (IVA), insert the VAT number here and state whether prices shown include VAT. Note that special VAT arrangements, such as the margin scheme for works of art, antiques and collectors’ items, may apply to certain sales; where relevant, this will be indicated at the point of sale.]
5. Website Publisher and Hosting
Publisher of the Website: Galeria MonChic (details as set out in Section 1), which is responsible for the content published on the Website.
6. Intellectual Property Notice
All content on the Website — including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, the “Galeria MonChic” name and branding, layout, and the images of artworks — is the property of Galeria MonChic or of the respective artists or rights holders, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Copyright in the artworks themselves and in images of them remains with the respective artists or rights holders and is not transferred by the sale of a physical work. No content from the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed or otherwise exploited without our prior written permission or that of the relevant rights holder. For further detail, please see the intellectual property provisions.
7. Disclaimer and Accuracy of Information
We take reasonable care to ensure that the information published on the Website is accurate and up to date, including descriptions, provenance information and images of the artworks we offer. However, information is provided for general purposes and may contain occasional errors or omissions. Because many of our works are original and handmade, and because colours and textures can appear differently on different screens, images and descriptions on the Website are provided for illustration and should not be relied upon as an exact representation. We reserve the right to correct any errors and to update information at any time without notice.
Nothing on the Website constitutes financial, investment, legal or professional advice, including with respect to the value or investment potential of any artwork. Any decision to purchase should be based on your own judgement, and we encourage you to contact us for further information about any work.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Galeria MonChic accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from reliance on information contained on the Website, without prejudice to your statutory rights as a consumer and to the liability provisions set out in our Terms and Conditions.
8. External Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites operated by others. These links are provided for convenience only. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, accuracy or practices of any third-party websites, and the inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of that site.
9. Complaints, Consumer Rights and Dispute Resolution
We are committed to providing a high standard of service and to resolving any concerns fairly and promptly. If you have a complaint, please contact us first using the details in Section 1, and we will do our best to resolve the matter.
As a business operating in Portugal, we make available a complaints book (Livro de Reclamações), including in its electronic form via the official platform at https://www.livroreclamacoes.pt, in accordance with Portuguese law.
If you are a consumer and a dispute cannot be resolved directly, you may be entitled to refer the matter to an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) entity competent for consumer disputes in Portugal. In addition, the European Commission provides an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform, available at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.
10. Governing Law
This Corporate Disclosure and any matters arising from it are governed by the laws of Portugal, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protections available to you under the law of your country of residence within the EU.
11. Changes to This Disclosure
We may update this Corporate Disclosure from time to time to reflect changes to our company details, our business, or legal requirements. We will post the current version on the Website with an updated “Last updated” date, and we encourage you to review it periodically.
12. Contact Us
For any questions regarding this Corporate Disclosure or any legal matter relating to the Website or our business, please contact us:
Galeria MonChic 8550-233 Monchique, Algarve, Portugal Email: [email protected] Telephone: (+351) 967 392 946