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Scope of the exception of illegality in administrative litigation regarding individual acts issued before the entry into force of Law No. 554/2004

Case Number ICCJ_172408
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the appeal in the interest of the law filed by the Board of Directors of the Court of Appeal of Constanța, establishing a mandatory binding interpretation that applies uniformly to all courts. The dispute concerned the scope of the exception of illegality in administrative litigation, specifically whether this procedural defense could be raised against individual administrative acts issued prior to the enactment of the relevant legislation. Deciding the issue, the Court held that under Article 4, paragraph (1) of Law No. 554/2004 on administrative litigation, the exception of illegality may indeed be invoked with respect to individual administrative acts adopted or issued before the entry into force of that Law.

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art. 4 alin. (1) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004, art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Scope of the exception of illegality in administrative litigation regarding individual acts issued before the entry into force of Law No. 554/2004: The dispute concerned the scope of the exception of illegality in administrative litigation, specifically whether this procedural defense could be raised against individual administrative acts issued prior to the enactment of the relevant legislation. Deciding the issue, the Court held that under Article 4, paragraph (1) of Law No. 554/2004 on administrative litigation, the exception of illegality may indeed be invoked with respect to individual administrative acts adopted or issued before the entry into force of that Law.

Keywords

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administrative acts scope of the legislation interpretation of the law procedural issues mandatory defense action for annulment

Cited Legislation

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art. 4 alin. (1) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004
Main substantive ground cited in the operative decision to establish that the exception of illegality applies to individual administrative acts issued prior to the law's entry into force.
art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural provision cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the Court's interpretation for all lower courts.
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Decizia nr. 596/2009
Temporal scope of the illegality exception for individual administrative acts under Law No. 554/2004 and the principle of legal certainty
ICCJ_178656
Admissibility of the illegality exception for individual administrative acts predating the 2004 Administrative Litigation Law
Decizia nr. 1052/2006
Admissibility of exception to illegality for pre-2005 administrative acts under Law No. 554/2004
Decizia nr. 2580/2007
Inadmissibility of illegality exception against individual administrative acts predating administrative litigation law
Decizia nr. 4172/2008
Eligibility of normative acts for illegality exception under Law 554/2004

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art. 4 alin. (1) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004

Main substantive ground cited in the operative decision to establish that the exception of illegality applies to individual administrative acts issued prior to the law's entry into force.

art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural provision cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the Court's interpretation for all lower courts.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 9 Dosar nr. 3375/1/2020

Şedinţa de la 7 iunie 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E :

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Curţii de Apel Constanţa şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispoziţiilor art. 4 alin. (1) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, excepţia de nelegalitate poate fi invocată şi cu privire la actele administrative cu caracter individual adoptate sau emise anterior intrării în vigoare a Legii nr. 554/2004.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 7 iunie 2021.