Interpretation of gross monthly salary base and seniority bonus inclusions for judges and prosecutors under Law 303/2004 post-implementation of Framework Law 153/2017
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected as inadmissible the reference for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Court of Appeal of Pitești regarding the interpretation of specific wage calculation phrases in Article 85(2) of Law No. 303/2004 on the status of judges and prosecutors, effectively leaving the lower court’s position to determine the application of the norms without binding higher-court clarification. The dispute centered on the correct calculation of gross monthly allowances for judges and prosecutors, specifically concerning the inclusion of seniority surcharges and other bonuses in the base calculation following the entry into force of Framework Law No. 153/2017 on public salary regimes. The decisive legal basis for the rejection was the procedural framework under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, which the Complete Bench for Resolving Questions of Law applied to dismiss the challenge to the statutory interpretation of salary components under the judicial and prosecutorial status laws.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Interpretation of gross monthly salary base and seniority bonus inclusions for judges and prosecutors under Law 303/2004 post-implementation of Framework Law 153/2017: 303/2004 on the status of judges and prosecutors, effectively leaving the lower court’s position to determine the application of the norms without binding higher-court clarification. The dispute centered on the correct calculation of gross monthly allowances for judges and prosecutors, specifically concerning the inclusion of seniority surcharges and other bonuses in the base calculation following the entry into force of Framework Law No. 153/2017 on public salary regimes. The decisive legal basis for the rejection was the procedural framework under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, which the Complete Bench for Resolving Questions of Law applied to dismiss the challenge to the statutory interpretation of salary components under the judicial and prosecutorial status laws.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 34 Dosar nr. 363/1/2023
Ședința din 24 aprilie 2023
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Piteşti – Secţia I civilă, în dosarul nr. 2115/90/2020, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la chestiunea de drept ce vizează interpretarea sintagmei „indemnizaţia brută lunară a unui judecător şi procuror în activitate, în condiţii identice de funcţie, vechime şi grad al instanţei sau parchetului, cu luarea în considerare, în procent, a sporurilor intrate în baza de calcul la acordarea pensiei de serviciu, precum şi a sporului de vechime” din art. 85 alin. (2) al Legii nr. 303/2004 privind statutul judecătorilor şi procurorilor, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, odată cu intrarea în vigoare a Legii-cadru nr. 153/2017 privind salarizarea personalului plătit din fonduri publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 24 aprilie 2023.