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Judicial review of public auction prices: obligation to assess fictitious or derisory values under civil law during procedural verification of forced sales

Case Number ICCJ_131538
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible

Legislator summary

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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible a request for a preliminary ruling filed by the Vaslui Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court’s procedural status unchanged. The dispute concerned whether civil courts, when reviewing the legality of public auction sales under the Code of Civil Procedure, are obligated to verify if the adjudication price is fictitious or derisory relative to the property’s market value, or if such verification is prohibited regardless of the price disparity. The rejection was based on procedural inadmissibility, specifically addressing the scope of judicial review for forced sales and the interplay between procedural rules on auction legality and substantive civil law provisions regarding contract validity and speculative purchases.

Legislator headnote

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art. 845 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă, art. 846 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Judicial review of public auction prices: obligation to assess fictitious or derisory values under civil law during procedural verification of forced sales: The dispute concerned whether civil courts, when reviewing the legality of public auction sales under the Code of Civil Procedure, are obligated to verify if the adjudication price is fictitious or derisory relative to the property’s market value, or if such verification is prohibited regardless of the price disparity. The rejection was based on procedural inadmissibility, specifically addressing the scope of judicial review for forced sales and the interplay between procedural rules on auction legality and substantive civil law provisions regarding contract validity and speculative purchases.

Keywords

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forced auction of property market value of property judicial review value in dispute Civil Procedure Code contract of sale

Cited Legislation

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art. 845 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule governing the verification of the legality of public auction sales, cited in the dispositive to define the scope of the inadmissible preliminary ruling request.
art. 846 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă
Current version of the procedural rule governing public auction legality, cited in the dispositive to specify the applicable norm for the challenged procedure.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the obligatory and final nature of the decision resolving the request for a preliminary ruling.
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Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 845 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural rule governing the verification of the legality of public auction sales, cited in the dispositive to define the scope of the inadmissible preliminary ruling request.

art. 846 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă

Current version of the procedural rule governing public auction legality, cited in the dispositive to specify the applicable norm for the challenged procedure.

art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the obligatory and final nature of the decision resolving the request for a preliminary ruling.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 38 Dosar nr. 2552/1/2016

Şedinţa din 7 noiembrie 2016

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge ca inadmisibilă sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Vaslui - Secţia Civilă în dosarul nr. 4493/333/2015 privind pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea chestiunii de drept: „dacă, în aplicarea art. 845 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă (actual 846 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură civilă), instanţele judecătoreşti învestite cu verificarea legalităţii unor vânzări prin licitaţie publică, în legătură cu valoarea preţului de adjudecare, raportat la valoarea de circulaţie a bunului imobil urmărit silit şi vândut prin licitaţie publică, sunt obligate să verifice dacă preţul este fictiv sau derizoriu în raport de prevederile art. 1660, 1665 din Codul civil şi dacă adjudecatarul a consimţit să cumpere ori să obţină proprietatea bunului în mod speculativ, fără o reală contraprestaţie, ori instanţele nu au dreptul să verifice legalitatea vânzărilor prin licitaţie publică, în legătură cu valoarea preţului de adjudecare, indiferent de raportul dintre valoarea de piaţă a bunului imobil urmărit silit, vândut prin licitaţie publică şi preţul de adjudecare. "

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 7 noiembrie 2016.