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Inadmissibility of preliminary ruling on criminal liability for alcohol exceeding 0.80 g/l under Penal Code Art. 336 and Traffic Ordinance

Case Number ICCJ_192254
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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 request for a preliminary ruling filed by the Court of Appeal Craiova, resulting in no substantive change to the lower court's proceedings. The dispute concerned the interpretation and application of Article 78(2) of Emergency Governmental Ordinance No. 195/2002 regarding road traffic, specifically whether a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.80 g/l of pure alcohol in the blood satisfies the elements of criminal liability under Article 336 of the Penal Code. The decision relied on the procedural grounds that the reference was inadmissible, leaving the specific factual and legal determination to be resolved by the referring court rather than establishing a binding interpretive precedent from the supreme level.

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Inadmissibility of preliminary ruling on criminal liability for alcohol exceeding 0.80 g/l under Penal Code Art. 336 and Traffic Ordinance: The dispute concerned the interpretation and application of Article 78(2) of Emergency Governmental Ordinance No. 195/2002 regarding road traffic, specifically whether a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.80 g/l of pure alcohol in the blood satisfies the elements of criminal liability under Article 336 of the Penal Code. The decision relied on the procedural grounds that the reference was inadmissible, leaving the specific factual and legal determination to be resolved by the referring court rather than establishing a binding interpretive precedent from the supreme level.

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road traffic law reference for a preliminary ruling interpretation of the law grounds for cassation emergency ordinance aggravated drunk driving

Cited Legislation

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Cited in the dispositive to establish that the decision becomes mandatory from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.
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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.52 Dosar nr. 1219/1/2022

Şedinţa din data de 28 septembrie 2022

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Craiova, Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori, în dosarul nr. 387/181/2020 în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„Lămurirea modului de interpretare şi aplicare a dispoziţiilor art. 78 alin. (2) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 195/2002 privind circulaţia pe drumurile publice, în sensul de a se stabili dacă sunt întrunite elementele de tipicitate ale infracţiunii prevăzute de art. 336 din Codul penal, sub aspectul îndeplinirii condiţiei vizând existenţa unei îmbibaţii alcoolice de peste 0.80 g/l alcool pur în sânge.”

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, 28 septembrie 2022.