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Admissibility of administrative litigation revision based on CJEU decisions under Law No. 554/2004

Case Number ICCJ_131602
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the full bench for resolving matters of law, issued a binding preliminary ruling (Decision No. 45 in Case No. 1886/1/2016) that resolved a procedural question referred by the Cluj Court of Appeal. The dispute concerned the admissibility of a request for revision (revizuire) in administrative litigation, specifically whether such a request could be grounded in decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued after the final judgment in the underlying case. The court established that under Article 21(2), first sentence, of Law No. 554/2004 on administrative litigation, a request for revision is admissible based on CJEU decisions regardless of when those decisions were pronounced or whether the specific European law provisions were invoked in the original litigation. The ruling further specified that the one-month deadline for filing such a revision request runs from the date of communication of the final judgment subject to revision, mandating this interpretation for all similar cases in accordance with Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code.

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art. 21 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 554/2004, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of administrative litigation revision based on CJEU decisions under Law No. 554/2004: 45 in Case No. 1886/1/2016) that resolved a procedural question referred by the Cluj Court of Appeal. The dispute concerned the admissibility of a request for revision (revizuire) in administrative litigation, specifically whether such a request could be grounded in decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued after the final judgment in the underlying case. The court established that under Article 21(2), first sentence, of Law No. 554/2004 on administrative litigation, a request for revision is admissible based on CJEU decisions regardless of when those decisions were pronounced or whether the specific European law provisions were invoked in the original litigation. The ruling further specified that the one-month deadline for filing such a revision request runs from the date of communication of the final judgment subject to revision, mandating this interpretation for all similar cases in accordance with Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code.

Keywords

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revision of a judgment preliminary ruling procedure article of civil procedure matter in dispute preliminary decision grounds for cassation

Cited Legislation

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art. 21 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 554/2004
The main ground for the verdict, as the court interprets and applies this provision to define the admissibility of the revision request based on CJEU decisions.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to declare the ruling obligatory for all courts.
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Decizia nr. 45/2016
Admissibility of revision based on subsequent CJEU interpretations and the one-month deadline under Law No. 554/2004
Decizia nr. 5678/2022
Admissibility of revision under Law No. 554/2004 limited to violations of EU law primacy requiring a CJEU decision
Decizia nr. 4772/2012
Admissibility of revision for violation of EU law primacy pending final appeal
Decizia nr. 2481/2023
Admissibility of revision based on alleged violation of EU law priority and legal efficacy of post-inadmissibility cost requests
Decizia nr. 3851/2014
Admissibility of revision based on re-litigation of legal character of administrative acts

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art. 21 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 554/2004

The main ground for the verdict, as the court interprets and applies this provision to define the admissibility of the revision request based on CJEU decisions.

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

Procedural rule applied in the dispositive to declare the ruling obligatory for all courts.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta deciziei nr. 45

Dosar nr. 1886/1/2016

Şedinţa de la 12 decembrie 2016

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea privind pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile, formulată de Curtea de Apel Cluj – Secţia a III-a de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, prin încheierea din 25 ianuarie 2016, dată în dosarul nr. 1216/33/2015 şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 21 alin. (2) teza I din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, cererea de revizuire este admisibilă în baza unor decizii ale Curţii de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene, indiferent de momentul pronunţării acestora şi de împrejurarea invocării sau nu, în litigiul de bază, a dispoziţiilor de drept european preexistente, încălcate prin hotărârea a cărei revizuire se cere.

Termenul în care poate fi formulată cererea de revizuire întemeiată pe dispoziţiile art. 21 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 554/2004 este de o lună şi curge de la data comunicării hotărârii definitive, supusă revizuirii.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţa publică din data de 12 decembrie 2016.