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Shareholder exclusion grounds are exhaustive under Companies Law; civil code cannot extend them

Case Number ICCJ_172324
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Oradea Court of Appeal and ruled that the grounds for excluding a shareholder under Article 222 of Law No. 31/1990 (Companies Law) are not supplemented by Article 1,928 of the Civil Code (Law No. 287/2009), meaning the statutory list of exclusion grounds is exhaustive and cannot be extended via general civil contract provisions. The decision, rendered in a preliminary ruling procedure for the interpretation of law, is binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code and resolves the legal question in favor of a restrictive reading of the Companies Law.

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art. 222 din Legea nr. 31/1990, Art. 1.928 din Legea nr. 287/2009 privind Codul civil, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Shareholder exclusion grounds are exhaustive under Companies Law; civil code cannot extend them: 31/1990 (Companies Law) are not supplemented by Article 1,928 of the Civil Code (Law No. 287/2009), meaning the statutory list of exclusion grounds is exhaustive and cannot be extended via general civil contract provisions. The decision, rendered in a preliminary ruling procedure for the interpretation of law, is binding under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code and resolves the legal question in favor of a restrictive reading of the Companies Law.

Keywords

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exclusion of shareholder Civil Procedure Code statutory grounds contract interpretation interpretation of the law preliminary ruling procedure

Cited Legislation

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art. 222 din Legea nr. 31/1990
Main ground: the Court ruled that the exclusion hypotheses under this article are not complemented by Art. 1928 Civil Code.
Art. 1.928 din Legea nr. 287/2009 privind Codul civil
Main ground: the Court established that this provision does not complement the exclusion hypotheses of Art. 222 Law No. 31/1990.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive: the ruling is declared mandatory.
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ICCJ_238162
Nullity of limited liability company: Exclusion of Civil Code grounds by Company Law's exhaustive list
Decizia nr. 2164/2013
Exhaustiveness of statutory grounds for partner exclusion in Romanian LLCs under Law No. 31/1990
Decizia nr. 2845/2008
Shareholder Exclusion Upheld; Excluded Associate’s Appeal Rejected
Decizia nr. 1447/2009
Shareholder exclusion claim upheld; appeal quashed and case remanded for retrial.
Decizia nr. 1572/2008
Inapplicability of shareholder exclusion for fraud to joint-stock companies under strict interpretation of personal company provisions

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Art. 222 din Legea nr. 31/1990

Main ground: the Court ruled that the exclusion hypotheses under this article are not complemented by Art. 1928 Civil Code.

Art. 1.928 din Legea nr. 287/2009 privind Codul civil

Main ground: the Court established that this provision does not complement the exclusion hypotheses of Art. 222 Law No. 31/1990.

art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural rule applied in the dispositive: the ruling is declared mandatory.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr.28 Dosar nr. 373/1/2021

Şedinţa din 10 mai 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea – Secţia a II-a Civilă și, în consecință, stabilește că:

Ipotezele de excludere a asociatului prevăzute de art. 222 din Legea nr. 31/1990, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, nu se completează cu prevederile art. 1.928 din Legea nr. 287/2009 privind Codul civil.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 10 mai 2021.