Admissibility of preliminary ruling on applicability of interest to penalty interest under Civil Code and Government Ordinance 13/2011
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Court of Appeal of Bacău, leaving the underlying civil proceedings unaffected. The referred legal issue concerned whether courts could award interest on contractual remuneration interest, interest on statutory penalty interest, or both, as derived from the interpretation of Civil Code Article 1489(2) alongside Government Ordinance No. 13/2011 (Articles 8(3) and 18(3)) regarding legal remuneration and penalty interest for monetary obligations. The decision was grounded in Civil Procedure Code Article 521(3), which governs the competence and admissibility of the Complete Body for resolving issues of law, thereby establishing that the specific interpretation query did not meet the procedural requirements for a binding preliminary ruling.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary ruling on applicability of interest to penalty interest under Civil Code and Government Ordinance 13/2011: The referred legal issue concerned whether courts could award interest on contractual remuneration interest, interest on statutory penalty interest, or both, as derived from the interpretation of Civil Code Article 1489(2) alongside Government Ordinance No. 13/2011 (Articles 8(3) and 18(3)) regarding legal remuneration and penalty interest for monetary obligations. The decision was grounded in Civil Procedure Code Article 521(3), which governs the competence and admissibility of the Complete Body for resolving issues of law, thereby establishing that the specific interpretation query did not meet the procedural requirements for a binding preliminary ruling.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 87 Dosar nr. 2182/1/2017
Şedinţa din 20 noiembrie 2017
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bacău - Secția I civilă, în dosarul nr. 176/110/2016, pentru pronunțarea unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:
“Din coroborarea dispoziţiilor art. 1489 alin. (2) din Codul civil, art. 8 alin. (3) şi art. 18 alin. (3) din Ordonanţa Guvernului nr. 13/2011 privind dobânda legală remuneratorie şi penalizatoare pentru obligaţii băneşti, precum şi pentru reglementarea unor măsuri financiar-fiscale în domeniul bancar, aprobată prin Legea nr. 43/2012, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, rezultă că pot fi acordate de instanţă doar dobânzi la dobânzile remuneratorii prevăzute într-un contract sau, dimpotrivă, că pot fi acordate şi dobânzi la dobânzile penalizatoare prevăzute de lege (dobânda legală)?”
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 20 noiembrie 2017.