Temporal applicability of amended emergency financial support provisions to pending judicial proceedings
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting in the Plenary for Recourse in the Interest of Law, admitted the appeal filed by the Board of Directors of the Suceava Court of Appeal, thereby establishing a mandatory binding interpretation. The dispute concerned the temporal scope and applicability of emergency financial support measures under Government Emergency Ordinance No. 43/2020 (as amended by Law No. 82/2020), specifically whether the provisions of Article 7(5) as modified by Law No. 166/2021 could be applied to civil or commercial cases pending before the courts at the time the new law entered into force. Relying on the principle of legal stability and procedural fairness inherent in the Civil Procedure Code, the Court ruled that the modified provisions of Article 7(5) of OUG No. 43/2020 are not applicable to requests that were already under judicial consideration on the date Law No. 166/2021 took effect, clarifying the non-retroactive nature of the amendment for pending litigation.
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AI generatedart. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Temporal applicability of amended emergency financial support provisions to pending judicial proceedings: The dispute concerned the temporal scope and applicability of emergency financial support measures under Government Emergency Ordinance No. 43/2020 (as amended by Law No. 82/2020), specifically whether the provisions of Article 7(5) as modified by Law No. 166/2021 could be applied to civil or commercial cases pending before the courts at the time the new law entered into force. Relying on the principle of legal stability and procedural fairness inherent in the Civil Procedure Code, the Court ruled that the modified provisions of Article 7(5) of OUG No. 43/2020 are not applicable to requests that were already under judicial consideration on the date Law No. 166/2021 took effect, clarifying the non-retroactive nature of the amendment for pending litigation.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii
Minuta deciziei nr. 26 Dosar nr. 1938/1/2022
Şedinţa din 14 noiembrie 2022
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Curţii de Apel Suceava şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:
Dispoziţiile art. 7 alin. (5) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 43/2020 pentru aprobarea unor măsuri de sprijin decontate din fonduri europene, ca urmare a răspândirii coronavirusului COVID-19, pe perioada stării de urgență, aprobată cu modificări şi completări prin Legea nr. 82/2020, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, astfel cum au fost modificate prin Legea nr. 166/2021 privind modificarea şi completarea art. 7 din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 43/2020 pentru aprobarea unor măsuri de sprijin decontate din fonduri europene, ca urmare a răspândirii coronavirusului COVID-19, pe perioada stării de urgență, nu sunt aplicabile cererilor aflate în curs de soluționare pe rolul instanțelor judecătorești la data intrării în vigoare a Legii nr. 166/2021.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 14 noiembrie 2022.