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Statute of limitations for execution of recognized EU pecuniary sanctions under Article 301 of Law No. 302/2004

Case Number ICCJ_202298
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting in its panel for appeals in the interest of the law, admitted the appeal filed by the General Prosecutor, establishing binding interpretive principles for the unitary application of Article 301 of Law No. 302/2004. The dispute concerned the correct legal basis for calculating the statute of limitations for the execution of pecuniary sanctions (penal or administrative fines) imposed by authorities of EU member states and subsequently recognized by Romanian judicial authorities. The Court ordered that the applicable legal framework for the limitation period depends on the nature of the sanction, requiring the application of either the Penal Code or the Fiscal Procedure Code, and decisively established that the limitation period begins to run from the date the foreign judgment rendered the sanction final and binding, rather than from the date of the Romanian recognizing judgment.

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art. 301 din Legea nr.302/2004, art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală; Statute of limitations for execution of recognized EU pecuniary sanctions under Article 301 of Law No. 302/2004: 302/2004. The dispute concerned the correct legal basis for calculating the statute of limitations for the execution of pecuniary sanctions (penal or administrative fines) imposed by authorities of EU member states and subsequently recognized by Romanian judicial authorities. The Court ordered that the applicable legal framework for the limitation period depends on the nature of the sanction, requiring the application of either the Penal Code or the Fiscal Procedure Code, and decisively established that the limitation period begins to run from the date the foreign judgment rendered the sanction final and binding, rather than from the date of the Romanian recognizing judgment.

Keywords

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statute of limitations penal sanctions foreign law pecuniary dispute fiscal law framework decision

Cited Legislation

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art. 301 din Legea nr.302/2004
Main ground for the verdict, providing the legal basis for the unitary interpretation of the calculation of the statute of limitations for the execution of foreign pecuniary sanctions.
art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural rule establishing the binding nature of the court's decision issued in the interest of the law.
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ICCJ_205125
Execution of EU-recognized pecuniary sanctions: applicable limitation law and start date of prescription
Decizia nr. 212/2012
Jurisdiction for recognition of EU pecuniary sanctions: Competence of lower courts vs. appellate courts under Law 302/2004
Decizia nr. 32/A/2024
Scope of judicial review in foreign judgment enforcement: exclusion of criminal liability statute of limitations under Law 302/2004
Decizia nr. 143/2020
Execution of foreign penal judgment: statute of limitations for unenforced sentences and deduction of pre-trial detention in mutual recognition transfers
Încheierea nr. 60/2013
Competence for recognition of foreign pecuniary sanctions: Court of First Instance vs. Court of Appeal under Law No. 302/2004

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art. 301 din Legea nr.302/2004

Main ground for the verdict, providing the legal basis for the unitary interpretation of the calculation of the statute of limitations for the execution of foreign pecuniary sanctions.

art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală

Procedural rule establishing the binding nature of the court's decision issued in the interest of the law.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 8 Dosar nr. 947/1/2023

Şedinţa din 29 mai 2023

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de procurorul general al Parchetului de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie şi stabileşte că:

1. În aplicarea şi interpretarea unitară a art. 301 din Legea nr.302/2004 privind cooperarea judiciară internaţională în materie penală, temeiul juridic al calculului termenului de prescripţie a executării în cazul sancţiunilor pecuniare reprezentând amenzi penale sau administrative aplicate de autorităţile din statele membre ale Uniunii Europene şi recunoscute prin hotărâre judecătorească de către instanţele române, este fie dispoziţia din Codul penal, fie dispoziţia din Codul de procedură fiscală, în funcţie de natura sancţiunii.

2. Data în raport cu care începe să curgă termenul de prescripţie a executării în cazul sancţiunilor pecuniare aplicate de autorităţile din statele membre ale Uniunii Europene şi recunoscute prin hotărâre judecătorească de către autorităţile române, este data rămânerii definitive a hotărârii pronunţate de autorităţile din statele membre prin care s-a aplicat sancţiunea pecuniară

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 29 mai 2023.