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Cessation of effect of amended restitution compensation statute following constitutional ruling on pending pre-amendment claims

Case Number ICCJ_172418
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Court of Appeal and ruled that Article 21(6) of Law No. 165/2013, as amended by Law No. 219/2020, ceased to have legal effect and no longer serves as a valid legal basis for pending civil cases concerning pre-amendment compensation decisions that were not finally resolved by the date of the Constitutional Court’s publication; consequently, the statutory provisions invoked by the lower court for such claims are deemed inoperative for these specific proceedings. The dispute centered on the interpretive and applicability of civil restitution and compensation laws regarding properties abductively taken during the communist regime, specifically whether the 2020 legislative amendments could retroactively govern existing, unresolved compensation judgments. The decisive legal basis is the constitutional ruling (Constitutional Court Decision No. 189/2021), which established that the challenged statutory modifications lost their effect, thereby mandating that courts exclude the amended Article 21(6) from cases with compensation decisions issued prior to the legislative changes but still pending at the time of the constitutional decision's publication.

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art. 21 alin. (6) din Legea nr. 165/2013; Cessation of effect of amended restitution compensation statute following constitutional ruling on pending pre-amendment claims: 165/2013, as amended by Law No. 219/2020, ceased to have legal effect and no longer serves as a valid legal basis for pending civil cases concerning pre-amendment compensation decisions that were not finally resolved by the date of the Constitutional Court’s publication; consequently, the statutory provisions invoked by the lower court for such claims are deemed inoperative for these specific proceedings. The dispute centered on the interpretive and applicability of civil restitution and compensation laws regarding properties abductively taken during the communist regime, specifically whether the 2020 legislative amendments could retroactively govern existing, unresolved compensation judgments. The decisive legal basis is the constitutional ruling (Constitutional Court Decision No. 189/2021), which established that the challenged statutory modifications lost their effect, thereby mandating that courts exclude the amended Article 21(6) from cases with compensation decisions issued prior to the legislative changes but still pending at the time of the constitutional decision's publication.

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restitution of property amendment of the claim pending proceedings civil dispute statutory basis effects of the judgment

Cited Legislation

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art. 21 alin. (6) din Legea nr. 165/2013
466 din 4 mai 2021, dispozițiile art. 21 alin.
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Decizia nr. 46/2021
Constitutional Court invalidation bars use of amended compensation grid in pending land restitution appeals.
Decizia nr. 4234/2012
Effect of Constitutional Court invalidation of compensation statute on pending civil claims and retroactivity limits
Decizia nr. 106/2018
Applicability of Law No. 165/2013 to compensation proceedings initiated under prior final judgments predating its entry into force
Decizia nr. 4844/2014
Enforceability of property compensation orders under the new restitution law despite procedural suspension and legislative amendments
ICCJ_127719
Constitutional Court ruling on compensation date upheld; just compensation and damages award affirmed.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta Deciziei nr. 46 Dosar nr. 3464/1/2020

Şedinţa din 7 iunie 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Suceava - Secția I civilă, în dosarul nr. 99/86/2020, privind pronunțarea unei hotărâri prealabile și, în consecință, stabilește că:

Urmare a Deciziei Curții Constituționale nr. 189 din 18 martie 2021, publicată în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, nr. 466 din 4 mai 2021, dispozițiile art. 21 alin. (6) din Legea nr. 165/2013 privind măsurile pentru finalizarea procesului de restituire, în natură sau prin echivalent, a imobilelor preluate în mod abuziv în perioada regimului comunist în România, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, astfel cum au fost modificate prin Legea nr. 219/2020 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 165/2013 privind măsurile pentru finalizarea procesului de restituire, în natură sau prin echivalent, a imobilelor preluate în mod abuziv în perioada regimului comunist în România, și-au încetat efectele și nu mai pot constitui temei juridic pentru cauzele aflate pe rolul instanțelor judecătorești având ca obiect decizii de compensare emise anterior intrării în vigoare a legii modificate, nesoluționate definitiv la data publicării deciziei instanței de contencios constituțional în Monitorul Oficial.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 7 iunie 2021.