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eTribunal CITIUS (sistema de informação dos tribunais)

Justice and securitySystemNational12 connections

Core electronic case-processing system of the judicial courts and, since 20 Oct 2025, also of the administrative and tax courts.

Acronym: Citius
Type: System
Level: National
Area: Justice and security
Owner: Instituto de Gestão Financeira e Equipamentos da Justiça, I.P.
Used by: public staff, citizens, businesses
In service since: 2007
Evidence: Checked against sources
Interface types: Web service / API (unspecified), file upload (portal)
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

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Run by1

Instituto de Gestão Financeira e Equipamentos da Justiça, I.P.

Gets data from3

eTribunal (área de mandatários)Lawyers' portal shows notifications and documents issued by the courts
Procuradoria-Geral da República / Ministério PúblicoMP uses the courts' information system, including a specific module for MP documents and the inquiry phase (Portaria 350-A/2025/1)
SITAF (sistema informático da jurisdição administrativa e fiscal)SITAF case base (~800k cases) migrated into eTribunal CITIUS on 17–20 Oct 2025; SITAF switched off

Connected from7

eTribunal-MagistratusJudges' interface over the courts' case data, intended to replace Citius as judges' working tool
Guarda Nacional RepublicanaPlanned electronic sending of autos/participações and case-status queries between GNR and courts/MP (draft portaria; interop specs via IGFEJ–GNR–PSP protocol; CNPD Parecer 2026/4)
H@bilus (aplicação das secretarias judiciais)Clerks' H@bilus and magistrates' Citius operate on the same electronic case flow
MP CodexProsecutors' platform; Citius kept in use until MP Codex fully works (CSMP 22 Oct 2025)
Plataforma de Interoperabilidade da JustiçaJustice interoperability platform for exchanges between courts and other entities (PRR)
Polícia de Segurança PúblicaPlanned electronic sending of autos/participações and case-status queries between PSP and courts/MP (draft portaria; interop specs via IGFEJ–GNR–PSP protocol; CNPD Parecer 2026/4)
Sistema de Informação e de Execução de Penas e MedidasSIEPM adds interoperability with the courts' support platform

Network from1

Rede de Comunicações da JustiçaCourts reach Citius over the justice network; May 2025 circuit fault paralysed courts · Network link

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Buyer in Portal BASE: INSTITUTO DE GESTÃO FINANCEIRA E EQUIPAMENTOS DA J. This is everything the owner signed for IT, not the cost of this entry alone.

€271.7MIT contracts, 2012 to October 2026

€34.8Ma year on average, 2022 to 2025

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