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Deadline computation: Procedural acts sent via fax or email after working hours on the final day are not filed in time

Case Number ICCJ_133969
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Bucharest Court of Appeal and issued a binding uniform interpretation, establishing that a procedural act transmitted via fax or email in the final day of a calendar-day deadline, after the court's working hours have ended, is not considered filed within the deadline. The dispute concerned the legal interpretation of deadline computation and the validity of late-filed acts in civil proceedings, specifically addressing whether electronic transmissions sent after the daily cutoff are deemed timely. The decisive legal basis is found in Articles 182 and 183 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which govern the calculation of deadlines and the effects of acts filed within or outside those periods, resulting in a ruling that clarifies the strict cutoff for electronic submissions.

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art. 182 şi art. 183 Cod procedură civilă, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Deadline computation: Procedural acts sent via fax or email after working hours on the final day are not filed in time: The dispute concerned the legal interpretation of deadline computation and the validity of late-filed acts in civil proceedings, specifically addressing whether electronic transmissions sent after the daily cutoff are deemed timely. The decisive legal basis is found in Articles 182 and 183 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which govern the calculation of deadlines and the effects of acts filed within or outside those periods, resulting in a ruling that clarifies the strict cutoff for electronic submissions.

Keywords

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procedural deadline Civil Procedure Code legal working time e-justice late submission preclusion untimely filing

Cited Legislation

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art. 182 şi art. 183 Cod procedură civilă
Main ground for the decision, cited in the operative order to establish the binding interpretation regarding the deadline for filing procedural acts via fax or email.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish that the interpretation is mandatory for the referring court and all other courts.
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ICCJ_160848
Timeliness of fax or email procedural submissions on the final day of a term after the court's daily cutoff time
Decizia nr. 45/2020
Deadline filing by fax or e-mail after court hours deemed timely under amended Civil Procedure Code.
Decizia nr. 34/2017
Timeliness of procedural acts sent by fax or email after court closing hours: application of Art. 182(2) and Art. 183 Civil Procedure Code
Decizia nr. 12/2020
Validity of appeals filed via email or fax on the final day despite post-deadline court registration under criminal procedure deadline rules
Decizia nr. 2536/2023
Tardiness of appeal filed after electronic service; calculation of procedural deadline from date of transmission under Art. 154(6) and 163(111) of the Civil Procedure Code.

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art. 182 şi art. 183 Cod procedură civilă

Main ground for the decision, cited in the operative order to establish the binding interpretation regarding the deadline for filing procedural acts via fax or email.

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

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish that the interpretation is mandatory for the referring court and all other courts.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr.34 Dosar nr. 4106/1/2016

Şedinţa din 15 mai 2017

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel București - Secția a VII-a pentru cauze privind conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 35438/3/2016 şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispozițiilor art. 182 şi art. 183 Cod procedură civilă, actul de procedură transmis prin fax sau poştă electronică, în ultima zi a termenului care se socotește pe zile, după ora la care activitatea încetează la instanță, nu este socotit a fi depus în termen.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 15 mai 2017.