Portuguese court declares civil jurisdiction competent for injunctive proceedings distributed after July 16, 2000.

The Tribunal da Relação do Porto declared the civil court of Porto competent for the injunctive proceedings. The plaintiff sought a declaration of jurisdiction based on the procedural distribution date, arguing that the case fell within the specific temporal scope of the new law. The court ruled that judicial proceedings only become formal processes upon distribution to the respective secretariat, thereby establishing the Porto court's authority for cases distributed after July 16, 2000.