Sounds like it's the same method as France. If your V5 for the bike hasn't got the long number beginning with ''e'' under section K, then it doesn't conform to European Cert, and it may cost a small fortune ( read big fortune) to update the bike to the required standard. If the bike is very precious to you, then you may want to attempt going through the system ( as I've suggested), doing all the work and hoping the authorities will accept it.
From experience ( a fair bit) of helping people re regsiter bikes imported into mainland Europe ( France) from the U.K., the advice often given for bikes that don't qualify for a cert of European Conformity,( ECOC), is to actually sell it where it's registered. and find a bike which is already registered in Portugal. ( if one exists).
I helped someone to buy a frame with a French reg document from a scrapped Ducati,to do a complete transfer rebuild of an immaculate ST2, because his original bike was a North American frame and didn't conform to EU spec. He got it registered fine. It's an alternative route you may want to consider.
It's hard, and rules get tighter everyday
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