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Scope of criminal liability for entrusting a vehicle to a driver under alcohol influence: requirement of blood alcohol concentration exceeding 0.80 g/l under Article 335(3) of the Penal Code

Case Number ICCJ_158633
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The Supreme Court of Romania, acting through its Complete Panel for Resolving Questions of Law, resolved a preliminary reference question by determining that under Article 335(3) of the Penal Code, the crime of entrusting a vehicle to a person under the influence of alcohol is only established when the recipient has a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 0.80 g/l. This decision prevails as the mandatory legal interpretation for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor, effectively narrowing the scope of criminal liability to cases of high-level intoxication rather than any degree of alcohol presence. The dispute, initiated by the Oradea Court of Appeal in a criminal case, centered on whether the specific subjective knowledge element required for this offense applies to any detectable level of blood alcohol or strictly to the threshold associated with drunk driving. The decisive legal basis is the interpretation of Article 335(3) of the Penal Code in conjunction with the procedural mechanism of preliminary references under Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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art. 335 alin. (3) din Codul penal, art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Scope of criminal liability for entrusting a vehicle to a driver under alcohol influence: requirement of blood alcohol concentration exceeding 0.80 g/l under Article 335(3) of the Penal Code: This decision prevails as the mandatory legal interpretation for all courts from the date of publication in the Official Monitor, effectively narrowing the scope of criminal liability to cases of high-level intoxication rather than any degree of alcohol presence. The dispute, initiated by the Oradea Court of Appeal in a criminal case, centered on whether the specific subjective knowledge element required for this offense applies to any detectable level of blood alcohol or strictly to the threshold associated with drunk driving. The decisive legal basis is the interpretation of Article 335(3) of the Penal Code in conjunction with the procedural mechanism of preliminary references under Article 477 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Keywords

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criminal offense basis of liability breathalyzer test aggravated drunk driving subjective law procedural requirement

Cited Legislation

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art. 335 alin. (3) din Codul penal
Main substantive ground interpreted by the court to establish that the crime requires a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 0.80 g/l.
art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural basis cited in the dispositive to determine that the decision becomes mandatory from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.
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Decizia nr. 14/2020
Penal Code Art. 335(3) vehicle entrustment: Blood alcohol threshold requirement for "influence of alcohol"
ICCJ_142119
Bodily injury under influence of alcohol: No minimum blood alcohol threshold required for criminal liability
Decizia nr. 238/RC/2022
Drunk driving: Criminal liability under Art. 336 Penal Code vs. contravention and relevance of first blood sample timing per CC No. 732/2014
ICCJ_230213
Driving under alcohol influence: sufficiency of breathalyzer evidence and requirement to prove impaired driving capacity
Decizia nr. 347/RC/2022
Drunk driving: typicity of the offense and temporal relevance of blood alcohol tests

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art. 335 alin. (3) din Codul penal

Main substantive ground interpreted by the court to establish that the crime requires a blood alcohol concentration exceeding 0.80 g/l.

art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

Procedural basis cited in the dispositive to determine that the decision becomes mandatory from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.

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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.14 Dosar nr.21/1/2020

Şedinţa din data de 25 mai 2020

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea în dosarul nr.918/271/2019, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept: „dacă, în condiţiile art.335 alin.(3) din Codul penal, acţiunea de încredinţare a unui vehicul pentru a fi condus pe drumurile publice unei persoane despre care ştia că se află sub influenţa alcoolului, trebuie să vizeze o persoană care să aibă o îmbibaţie alcoolică de peste 0,80g/l alcool pur în sânge sau este suficient ca aceasta să aibă o îmbibaţie alcoolică indiferent de gradul de alcoolemie?”.

Stabileşte că, în interpretarea dispoziţiilor art. 335 alin. (3) din Codul penal, care incriminează fapta unei persoane de a încredinţa un vehicul pentru conducerea pe drumurile publice unei persoane despre care ştie că se află sub influenţa alcoolului, trebuie să vizeze o persoană care să aibă o îmbibaţie alcoolică de peste 0,80g/l alcool pur în sânge.

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, 25 mai 2020.