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Admissibility of preliminary ruling request on statutory composition of penal appellate courts

Case Number ICCJ_178583
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the preliminary ruling request filed by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court's procedural standing unaffected as no substantive legal interpretation was mandated. The dispute concerned a request for clarification on whether a lower appellate court was constituted in violation of the law, specifically questioning if the composition of the appellate panel complied with statutory requirements in relation to the specific appeal route or the solution pronounced in the initial penal decision. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was the procedural inadmissibility of the referral, rendered under Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which governs the mandatory application of such decisions only upon publication in the Official Gazette after they have been validly issued.

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Admissibility of preliminary ruling request on statutory composition of penal appellate courts: The dispute concerned a request for clarification on whether a lower appellate court was constituted in violation of the law, specifically questioning if the composition of the appellate panel complied with statutory requirements in relation to the specific appeal route or the solution pronounced in the initial penal decision. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was the procedural inadmissibility of the referral, rendered under Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which governs the mandatory application of such decisions only upon publication in the Official Gazette after they have been validly issued.

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

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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. 65 Dosar nr.1607/1/2021

Şedinţa din data de 29 septembrie 2021

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Secţia I Penală în dosarul nr. 1629/2/2021, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„Art.426 alin.(1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală, trebuie interpretat în sensul că instanţa de apel nu a fost compusă potrivit legii, raportat la calea de atac cu care a fost sesizată sau/şi raportat la soluţia pronunţată prin decizia penală”.

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, 29 septembrie 2021