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Meal-ticket allowances as salary rights: preliminary-ruling referrals held inadmissible.

Case Number ICCJ_145126
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected as inadmissible the referrals from the Constanța Tribunal (Civil Section I) in cases nos. 25171/212/2017 and 25185/212/2017, seeking a preliminary ruling on whether meal-ticket allowances under Law No. 142/1998 constitute a salary right and whether damages for their non-grant are salary rights; thus, no ruling was issued on the merits, and the referring court’s questions remain unresolved. The dispute involved civil litigation over the legal classification of meal-ticket benefits and related compensation for non-provision, challenged through a preliminary-ruling procedure under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code. The decisive basis was the inadmissibility of the referral, as the questions did not meet the statutory admissibility requirements for a preliminary ruling, leading to rejection without addressing the substance of the interpretative issue.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Meal-ticket allowances as salary rights: preliminary-ruling referrals held inadmissible: 25171/212/2017 and 25185/212/2017, seeking a preliminary ruling on whether meal-ticket allowances under Law No. 142/1998 constitute a salary right and whether damages for their non-grant are salary rights; thus, no ruling was issued on the merits, and the referring court’s questions remain unresolved. The dispute involved civil litigation over the legal classification of meal-ticket benefits and related compensation for non-provision, challenged through a preliminary-ruling procedure under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code. The decisive basis was the inadmissibility of the referral, as the questions did not meet the statutory admissibility requirements for a preliminary ruling, leading to rejection without addressing the substance of the interpretative issue.

Keywords

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preliminary ruling procedure statutory benefit preliminary decision right to remain salary classification civil dispute

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cites the binding effect of the decision according to procedural law, as stated in the dispositive.
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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 68 Dosar nr. 1747/1/2018

Şedinţa din 15 octombrie 2018

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge ca inadmisibile sesizările formulate de Tribunalul Constanţa - Secţia I civilă, în dosarele nr. 25171/212/2017 şi nr. 25185/212/2017, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la „modalitatea de interpretare a dispoziţiilor Legii nr. 142/1998, în sensul de a se stabili dacă: 1) alocaţia individuală de hrană sub forma tichetelor de masă acordate conform Legii nr. 142/1998 are natura juridică a unui drept salarial sau excedează acestuia; 2) despăgubirile datorate pentru neacordarea tichetelor de masă au natura juridică a unor drepturi salariale”.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 15 octombrie 2018.