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Criminal liability of legal entities for trading psychoactive products under Law No. 194/2011

Case Number ICCJ_122545
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the Panel for Resolving Issues of Law in Criminal Matters, admitted the referral and established that the active subject of the offense defined by Article 16 of Law No. 194/2011 may be any natural or legal person, a ruling that is mandatory for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor pursuant to Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This decision resolved a legal dispute arising from a criminal case regarding the combatting of operations with products capable of producing psychoactive effects, specifically clarifying whether legal entities could be held criminally liable for the offense in question. The decisive legal basis was the interpretation of Article 16 of Law No. 194/2011, which the court determined encompasses both natural and juridical persons as potential perpetrators.

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art.16 din Legea nr.194/2011, art.477 alin.3 Cod procedură penală; Criminal liability of legal entities for trading psychoactive products under Law No. 194/2011: 194/2011 may be any natural or legal person, a ruling that is mandatory for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor pursuant to Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This decision resolved a legal dispute arising from a criminal case regarding the combatting of operations with products capable of producing psychoactive effects, specifically clarifying whether legal entities could be held criminally liable for the offense in question. The decisive legal basis was the interpretation of Article 16 of Law No. 194/2011, which the court determined encompasses both natural and juridical persons as potential perpetrators.

Keywords

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product liability criminal offense legal entity natural law protection against illicit commercial practices narcotics act

Cited Legislation

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art.16 din Legea nr.194/2011
Stabileşte că subiect activ al infracţiunii prevăzute de art.16 din Legea nr.194/2011 privind combaterea operaţiunilor cu produse susceptibile de a avea efecte psihoactive, altele decât cele prevăzute de acte normative în vigoare, poate fi orice persoană fizică sau juridică.
art.477 alin.3 Cod procedură penală
Cited to establish that the ruling is mandatory for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.
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Decizia nr. 25/2015
Scope of active subject under Art. 16 of Law 194/2011: Liability for unauthorized operations with psychoactive-active products extends to any natural or legal person, not limited to licensed operators.
Decizia nr. 383/RC/2018
Possession of psychoactive products for personal consumption does not constitute an unlawful operation under Law No. 194/2011
ICCJ_144230
Obtaining psychoactive products for personal consumption is not criminal "operation with products"; preliminary ruling admitted with binding interpretation.
ICCJ_147660
Typicity of possession of psychotropic products under Art. 17 Law No. 194/2011: Personal use exclusion from "unauthorized operations"
Decizia nr. 392/2025
Absorption of unauthorized psychoactive substance operations into drug trafficking when mixed substances implicate both Law No. 194/2011 and Law No. 143/2000

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art.477 alin.3 Cod procedură penală

Cited to establish that the ruling is mandatory for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Şedinţa din data de 8 octombrie 2015

Minuta deciziei nr. 25 Dosar nr. 3009/1/2015

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Suceava - Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori prin încheierea din 8 iulie 2015, pronunţată în dosarul nr.2747/40/2014.

Stabileşte că subiect activ al infracţiunii prevăzute de art.16 din Legea nr.194/2011 privind combaterea operaţiunilor cu produse susceptibile de a avea efecte psihoactive, altele decât cele prevăzute de acte normative în vigoare, poate fi orice persoană fizică sau juridică.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art.477 alin.3 Cod procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 8 octombrie 2015.