Inapplicability of Romania-Ukraine legal assistance treaty to administrative citizenship reacquisition acts under pre-2021 procedure
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice, through its Complete Panel for Resolving Issues of Law, resolved a preliminary question raised by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, determining that specific provisions of the Romania-Ukraine Treaty on legal assistance are not applicable to requests for the reacquisition of Romanian citizenship. This ruling clarifies that such procedures, conducted by the National Authority for Citizenship and finalized by administrative acts subject to administrative litigation, fall outside the scope of Article 13 and Article 40(2) of the 2002 bilateral treaty, particularly for cases decided prior to the entry into force of Emergency Ordinance No. 82/2021. The decision mandates that the treaty’s legal assistance provisions cannot be invoked to challenge or adjudicate these specific administrative acts, thereby establishing the exclusive jurisdiction of the administrative courts for these matters based on domestic law rather than international treaty mechanisms.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Inapplicability of Romania-Ukraine legal assistance treaty to administrative citizenship reacquisition acts under pre-2021 procedure: This ruling clarifies that such procedures, conducted by the National Authority for Citizenship and finalized by administrative acts subject to administrative litigation, fall outside the scope of Article 13 and Article 40(2) of the 2002 bilateral treaty, particularly for cases decided prior to the entry into force of Emergency Ordinance No. 82/2021. The decision mandates that the treaty’s legal assistance provisions cannot be invoked to challenge or adjudicate these specific administrative acts, thereby establishing the exclusive jurisdiction of the administrative courts for these matters based on domestic law rather than international treaty mechanisms.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 66 Dosar nr. 1616/1/2023
Şedinţa de la 9 octombrie 2023
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti - Secţia a VIII-a contencios administrativ şi fiscal, în Dosarul nr. 20.776/3/2021, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:
Prevederile art. 13 şi art. 40 pct. 2 din Tratatul dintre România şi Ucraina privind asistenţa juridică şi relaţiile juridice în cauzele civile, semnat la Bucureşti la 30 ianuarie 2002, ratificat prin Legea nr. 3/2005, nu sunt aplicabile cu ocazia soluţionării cererii de redobândire a cetăţeniei române de către Comisia pentru cetăţenie din cadrul Autorităţii Naţionale pentru Cetăţenie, procedură finalizată prin emiterea unui act administrativ supus controlului instanţelor de contencios administrativ (în ipoteza cererilor soluţionate anterior intrării în vigoare a Ordonanţei de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 82/2021 pentru completarea Legii cetăţeniei române nr. 21/1991).
Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 9 octombrie 2023.