The full Supreme Court of Justice approved Agreement No. 631 of October 16, 2026, published in Official Gazette No. 30645 of October 29, which enables the Judiciary's Single Entry Registry (RUE) centers nationwide to receive claims, appeals, briefs and other matters for the Third Chamber for Administrative and Labor Disputes. According to its recitals, the goal is to extend the intake of matters for the Chamber, a court with nationwide jurisdiction, across the country.

The second clause covers new cases, filings in cases already docketed and official referrals that give rise to a matter. The fourth clause limits the clerk's review to formal aspects: it may not assess jurisdiction, standing, statutes of limitation or exhaustion of administrative remedies. The fifth clause requires documents to be accepted unless expressly prohibited by law, and any refusal must be exceptional and reasoned. The sixth clause establishes that the valid filing date and time are those when the RUE center receives the document, even if the paper file reaches the Chamber later.

The eleventh clause lists matters that may be filed: administrative and compensation claims, illegality challenges, legal-viability reviews of Comptroller General endorsements, labor cassation, Panama Canal Authority labor matters, coercive collection proceedings and challenges arising from the intervention or liquidation of banks, brokerage firms and insurers. Under the second clause, filing at these centers does not change the rules on standing, jurisdiction or admissibility set by law.

For those litigating from outside the capital, such as government contractors, concessionaires, taxpayers facing coercive collection and regulated entities, the measure could reduce travel and provide greater certainty about meeting deadlines. The eighteenth clause adds that system failures may not have consequences for users, and the fifteenth gives these matters top priority.

The agreement does not set a start date. The twentieth clause requires training intake staff before the service begins, the twenty-first orders approval of a national manual and the twenty-second calls for publicizing locations and hours. Until the electronic case file is fully implemented, digital intake will coexist with the delivery of paper documents. Nexo Capital will follow the launch of the service.

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