Survivor’s pension recalculation for judges tied solely to active judge’s current statutory salary; interpretive question resolved.
Romania (RO)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Iași Court of Appeal and issued a preliminary ruling that the recalculation of a survivor’s pension under art. 84(3) of Law No. 303/2004 (on the status of judges and prosecutors) must be based exclusively on the current gross monthly base salary of an active judge in identical conditions of position, seniority, and court grade, regardless of how that amount was determined. The referral arose in labor and social insurance litigation challenging the indexation of a survivor’s pension; the court resolved the interpretive question under art. 85(2) of the same law, holding that the pension update is tied solely to the active judge’s statutory salary benchmark, not to the deceased’s previously received salary or other calculation methods. The ruling is binding under art. 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 85 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 303/2004, art. 84 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 303/2004, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Survivor’s pension recalculation for judges tied solely to active judge’s current statutory salary; interpretive question resolved: 84(3) of Law No. 303/2004 (on the status of judges and prosecutors) must be based exclusively on the current gross monthly base salary of an active judge in identical conditions of position, seniority, and court grade, regardless of how that amount was determined. The referral arose in labor and social insurance litigation challenging the indexation of a survivor’s pension; the court resolved the interpretive question under art. 85(2) of the same law, holding that the pension update is tied solely to the active judge’s statutory salary benchmark, not to the deceased’s previously received salary or other calculation methods. The ruling is binding under art. 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code.
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AI generatedMain ground for the preliminary ruling, interpreted and applied to determine the basis for updating the survivor's pension.
Used to establish the pension update mechanism in conjunction with the main provision.
Procedural rule applied to declare the ruling binding.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 65 Dosar nr. 1054/1/2017
Şedinţa din 2 octombrie 2017
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Iași - Secția litigii de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 3639/99/2016, privind pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:
În interpretarea și aplicarea dispozițiilor art. 85 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 303/2004 privind statutul judecătorilor și procurorilor, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, actualizarea pensiei de urmaș în temeiul art. 84 alin. (3) din același act normativ se realizează prin raportare exclusiv la indemnizația de încadrare brută lunară a unui judecător în activitate, în condiții identice de funcție, vechime și grad al instanței, indiferent de modalitatea de stabilire a cuantumului acesteia.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 2 octombrie 2017.