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Criminal liability for driving with a foreign provisional license: interpretation of "no right to drive" under Penal Code Art. 335(2)

Case Number ICCJ_195518
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) issued a binding preliminary decision, admissible from publication in the Official Gazette, ruling that the driving of a public road vehicle by a person holding only a valid UK "Provisional Driving Licence" constitutes the attenuated form of driving without a license under Art. 335(2) of the Penal Code, provided the individual does not have the right to drive in Romania. This ruling resolves a legal question referred by the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal regarding the criminal liability for operating a vehicle without a recognized Romanian license. The decisive legal basis is the interpretation of Art. 335 alin. (2) of the Penal Code in conjunction with Romanian road traffic regulations, which mandates that a valid, non-provisional license issued by a competent authority recognized in Romania is required to legally drive, thereby classifying the use of a foreign provisional license as a criminal offense.

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art. 335 alin. (2) din Codul penal, art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Criminal liability for driving with a foreign provisional license: interpretation of "no right to drive" under Penal Code Art. 335(2): 335(2) of the Penal Code, provided the individual does not have the right to drive in Romania. This ruling resolves a legal question referred by the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal regarding the criminal liability for operating a vehicle without a recognized Romanian license. The decisive legal basis is the interpretation of Art. 335 alin. (2) of the Penal Code in conjunction with Romanian road traffic regulations, which mandates that a valid, non-provisional license issued by a competent authority recognized in Romania is required to legally drive, thereby classifying the use of a foreign provisional license as a criminal offense.

Keywords

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criminal offense operating licence driving without authorization basis of liability road traffic law right of use

Cited Legislation

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art. 335 alin. (2) din Codul penal
Defines the specific criminal offense of driving a vehicle without a license in the attenuated form, which the court establishes as the applicable legal ground for the conduct described.
art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural basis cited in the final order to establish that the decision is mandatory from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
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Decizia nr. 78/2022
Criminal classification of driving with a UK provisional license under Romanian Criminal Code Art. 335
Decizia nr. 9/RC/2023
Criminal liability for driving with a UK Provisional Driving Licence in Romania under Penal Code Art. 335(2)
ICCJ_205584
Aggravated driving without license upheld after UK provisional licence held invalid in Romania
ICCJ_172292
Criminal liability for driving without a valid license during the interval between final conviction for driving under the influence and administrative license revocation
Decizia nr. 475/RC/2020
Driving with suspended license: validity of "license" vs. "right to drive" suspension in criminal liability under Penal Code Art. 335(2)

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art. 335 alin. (2) din Codul penal

Defines the specific criminal offense of driving a vehicle without a license in the attenuated form, which the court establishes as the applicable legal ground for the conduct described.

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

Procedural basis cited in the final order to establish that the decision is mandatory from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

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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.78 Dosar nr. 1418/1/2022

Ședința din data de 28 noiembrie 2022

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia - Secția penală prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„În situaţia în care, potrivit legislaţiei române, este obligatoriu ca persoana care conduce pe drumurile publice un vehicul să deţină un permis de conducere, iar aceasta posedă exclusiv un permis de conducere provizoriu eliberat de autoritatea competentă din Marea Britanie (Provisional Driving Licence), se reţine forma atenuată a infracţiunii de conducere a unui vehicul fără permis de conducere prevăzută de art. 335 alin. (2) din Codul penal, respectiv situaţia în care persoana nu are dreptul de a conduce autovehicule în România?” și stabilește că:

Potrivit legislaţiei române, conducerea pe drumurile publice a unui vehicul de către o persoană care deţine un permis de conducere provizoriu valabil, eliberat de autoritatea competentă din Marea Britanie („Provisional Driving Licence") constituie infracţiunea de conducere a unui vehicul fără permis de conducere prevăzută de art. 335 alin. (2) din Codul penal, în situaţia în care persoana nu are dreptul de a conduce autovehicule în România.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.