Inadmissibility of preliminary ruling request regarding continued penal liability for unlicensed driving after Constitutional Court Decision No. 224/2017
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Court of Appeal of Constanța, effectively leaving the lower courts without a binding principle on the specific legal question raised and leaving the status quo regarding the interpretation of the relevant criminal code provisions in place. The dispute concerned whether driving a motor vehicle or tram on public roads without a driving license remained punishable under Article 335(1) of the Penal Code following the Constitutional Court’s Decision No. 224 of April 4, 2017, and its publication in the Official Gazette on June 9, 2017. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was procedural inadmissibility, determined by the Complete for the Resolution of Legal Issues in Criminal Matters, which found the session request did not meet the statutory requirements for a preliminary ruling under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală; Inadmissibility of preliminary ruling request regarding continued penal liability for unlicensed driving after Constitutional Court Decision No. 224/2017: The dispute concerned whether driving a motor vehicle or tram on public roads without a driving license remained punishable under Article 335(1) of the Penal Code following the Constitutional Court’s Decision No. 224 of April 4, 2017, and its publication in the Official Gazette on June 9, 2017. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was procedural inadmissibility, determined by the Complete for the Resolution of Legal Issues in Criminal Matters, which found the session request did not meet the statutory requirements for a preliminary ruling under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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AI generatedEstablishes the obligatory nature of the decision from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, applied in the dispositive as the procedural rule for the effect of the ruling.
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R O M Â N I A
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ
Minuta deciziei nr. 4 Dosar nr.3101/1/2017
Şedinţa din data de 28 februarie 2018
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
D E C I D E:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Constanţa – Secţia penală şi pentru cauze penale cu minori şi de familie în dosarele nr.9683/327/2016, nr.5285/254/2016 şi nr.34338/212/2016 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a chestiunii de drept: „Dacă, după pronunţarea şi publicarea în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, nr.427 din 9 iunie 2017 a Deciziei nr.224 din 4 aprilie 2017 a Curţii Constituţionale, fapta persoanei care conduce pe drumurile publice un autovehicul sau un tramvai, exceptând tractoarele agricole şi forestiere, fără a poseda permis de conducere, mai poate atrage răspunderea penală a acesteia pentru săvârşirea infracţiunii prevăzute de art.335 alin.(1) din Codul penal ”.
Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 28 februarie 2018.