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Legal nature of the 14-day deadline for sectorial procurement constatation documents and exclusion of nullity sanction

Case Number ICCJ_192238
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the Plenary for Resolving Questions of Law, admitted the referral and established a binding interpretation of sectorial public procurement rules, effectively resolving the legal uncertainty in favor of a narrower procedural sanction over absolute annulment. The dispute concerned the legal nature and consequences of the 14-day deadline imposed on contracting entities to issue a constatation document under Article 161 of the Methodological Norms for Sectorial Acquisitions, specifically whether missing this deadline renders the document null and void. Relying on Article 161 of the Methodological Norms approved by Government Decision No. 394/2016 (in the version in force as of March 5, 2020), the Court ruled that the 14-day period is a relative, imperative procedural term; consequently, its non-compliance does not trigger the sanction of nullity for the constatation document.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Legal nature of the 14-day deadline for sectorial procurement constatation documents and exclusion of nullity sanction: The dispute concerned the legal nature and consequences of the 14-day deadline imposed on contracting entities to issue a constatation document under Article 161 of the Methodological Norms for Sectorial Acquisitions, specifically whether missing this deadline renders the document null and void. Relying on Article 161 of the Methodological Norms approved by Government Decision No. 394/2016 (in the version in force as of March 5, 2020), the Court ruled that the 14-day period is a relative, imperative procedural term; consequently, its non-compliance does not trigger the sanction of nullity for the constatation document.

Keywords

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public procurement contract procedural deadline nullity of contract interpretation of a judgment legal entity public sector

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the Court's decision.
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Decizia nr. 45/2022
Sectoral public procurement: 14-day deadline for constatative document is procedural and relative, not a nullity bar
Decizia nr. 5641/2021
Validity of late-issued public procurement constative document: 14-day deadline is non-decadal and does not trigger nullity or virtual nullity absent demonstrable prejudice.
Decizia nr. 2504/2022
Validity of public procurement declarative document: absence of nullity for late issuance beyond the 14-day statutory term
Decizia nr. 17/2023
Validity of sectoral procurement constatative document upheld; contractor's annulment action dismissed on solidary liability and procedural deadline grounds
Decizia nr. 5950/2022
Judicial suspension of negative constating document in sectoral public procurement: framework agreement termination and the non-justifiable case requirement

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 161 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a prevederilor referitoare la atribuirea contractului sectorial/acordului-cadru din Legea nr. 99/2016 privind achiziţiile sectoriale, aprobate prin Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 394/2016

The specific provision whose interpretation was required and established by the Court in the dispositive to resolve the question of law regarding the nature of the 14-day deadline.

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

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the Court's decision.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 45 Dosar nr. 1001/1/2022

Şedinţa de la 19 septembrie 2022

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea - Secția de contencios administrativ și fiscal, prin Încheierea din 15 aprilie 2022, pronunţată în Dosarul nr. 3.722/111/CA/2020, şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 161 din Normele metodologice de aplicare a prevederilor referitoare la atribuirea contractului sectorial/acordului-cadru din Legea nr. 99/2016 privind achiziţiile sectoriale, aprobate prin Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 394/2016, forma în vigoare la 5 martie 2020, termenul de 14 zile instituit în sarcina entităţii contractante are natura juridică a unui termen procedural, legal, imperativ, relativ.

Nerespectarea termenului nu atrage sancţiunea nulităţii documentului constatator.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică, astăzi, 19 septembrie 2022.