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Wage Guarantee Fund liability window fixed to three months preceding and following insolvency opening

Case Number ICCJ_141000
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, in a preliminary ruling issued by the Panel for Resolving Questions of Law, admitted the referral from the Brașov Court of Appeal and established a binding interpretation regarding the scope of the Wage Guarantee Fund. The dispute concerned the specific temporal reference period for which the Fund is liable to cover unpaid wage claims of an employer in insolvency, specifically whether the relevant three-month period should be calculated before or after the opening of insolvency proceedings. The Court ruled that the maximum three-month period for which the Fund may assume and pay such claims falls within the interval of three months immediately preceding to three months immediately following the opening of the insolvency procedure, and clarified that this period is exclusively referenced to the date of the opening of the insolvency proceedings. This decision interprets Article 15(1) and (2) of Law No. 200/2006 on the establishment and use of the Wage Guarantee Fund, read in conjunction with Article 7 of the Methodological Norms approved by Government Decision No. 1,850/2006, thereby resolving the legal uncertainty regarding the calculation window for guarantee coverage.

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art. 15 alin. (1) şi (2) din Legea nr. 200/2006, art. 7 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a Legii nr. 200/2006; Wage Guarantee Fund liability window fixed to three months preceding and following insolvency opening: The dispute concerned the specific temporal reference period for which the Fund is liable to cover unpaid wage claims of an employer in insolvency, specifically whether the relevant three-month period should be calculated before or after the opening of insolvency proceedings. The Court ruled that the maximum three-month period for which the Fund may assume and pay such claims falls within the interval of three months immediately preceding to three months immediately following the opening of the insolvency procedure, and clarified that this period is exclusively referenced to the date of the opening of the insolvency proceedings. This decision interprets Article 15(1) and (2) of Law No. 200/2006 on the establishment and use of the Wage Guarantee Fund, read in conjunction with Article 7 of the Methodological Norms approved by Government Decision No. 1,850/2006, thereby resolving the legal uncertainty regarding the calculation window for guarantee coverage.

Keywords

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duration of liability guarantee fund insolvency opening of proceedings reference for a preliminary ruling occurrence of the guarantee event

Cited Legislation

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art. 15 alin. (1) şi (2) din Legea nr. 200/2006
Main substantive provision interpreted to define the temporal scope of wage claim coverage by the Guarantee Fund.
art. 7 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a Legii nr. 200/2006
Procedural norm applied in conjunction with the main law to clarify the calculation of the reference period for insolvency proceedings.
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Decizia nr. 16/2018
Interpretation of the three-month salary guarantee period relative to the date of opening insolvency proceedings under Law No. 200/2006
Decizia nr. 2314/2022
Scope of Insurers' Guarantee Fund liability: obligation to pay full repair costs versus application of alternative parts pricing and reduced labor rates under insolvency guarantee regimes
Decizia nr. 2010/2021
Scope of Insurance Claims Guarantee Fund liability: exclusion of late penalties and court costs from guaranteed indemnities in insurer insolvency
Decizia nr. 6067/2023
Insolvency of insurer and whether late-payment penalties constitute insurable claims under the Guarantee Fund legislation.
Decizia nr. 5138/2021
Insolvency guarantee fund claim deadline: suspension of 90-day peremption period due to claimant's objective inability to act under Civil Code limitation rules

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art. 15 alin. (1) şi (2) din Legea nr. 200/2006

Main substantive provision interpreted to define the temporal scope of wage claim coverage by the Guarantee Fund.

art. 7 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a Legii nr. 200/2006

Procedural norm applied in conjunction with the main law to clarify the calculation of the reference period for insolvency proceedings.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta deciziei nr.16 Dosar nr. 3027/1/2017

Şedinţa din 5 martie 2018

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Braşov - Secţia contencios administrativ şi fiscal, în dosarul nr. 4833/62/2016, pentru pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, în interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 15 alin. (1) şi (2) din Legea nr. 200/2006 privind constituirea şi utilizarea Fondului de garantare pentru plata creanţelor salariale, cu modificările ulterioare, coroborate cu prevederile art. 7 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a Legii nr. 200/2006 privind constituirea şi utilizarea Fondului de garantare pentru plata creanţelor salariale, aprobate prin Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1.850/2006, cu modificările ulterioare, stabileşte că:

-perioada de maximum 3 luni, pentru care Fondul de garantare poate prelua şi plăti creanţele salariale ale angajatorului în insolvenţă, se situează în intervalul de referinţă de 3 luni imediat anterioare deschiderii procedurii de insolvenţă - 3 luni imediat ulterioare deschiderii procedurii de insolvenţă;

-perioada de 3 luni, pentru care Fondul de garantare poate prelua şi plăti creanţele salariale ale angajatorului în insolvenţă, se raportează exclusiv la data deschiderii procedurii insolvenţei.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică, astăzi, 5 martie 2018