Eligibility of children for persecution benefits limited to those conceived by date of expulsion under O.G. 105/1999
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice, acting as the complete for resolving legal questions, issued a binding interpretation (mandatory for all lower courts) clarifying the scope of beneficiary rights under the Romanian regime for persecuted persons. The dispute, referred by the Constanța Tribunal in two separate fiscal administrative litigation cases, concerned whether children of individuals persecuted during the period from September 6, 1940, to March 6, 1945, were eligible for state benefits if they were not yet conceived at the time of their parents' expulsion or displacement. Relying on a strict reading of Article 31(3) of Government Ordinance No. 105/1999, the court ruled that only children who were born or at least conceived on the specific date of the refugee event, expulsion, or relocation into another locality are eligible for these rights, effectively excluding those conceived after the specified historical events.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Eligibility of children for persecution benefits limited to those conceived by date of expulsion under O.G. 105/1999: The dispute, referred by the Constanța Tribunal in two separate fiscal administrative litigation cases, concerned whether children of individuals persecuted during the period from September 6, 1940, to March 6, 1945, were eligible for state benefits if they were not yet conceived at the time of their parents' expulsion or displacement. Relying on a strict reading of Article 31(3) of Government Ordinance No. 105/1999, the court ruled that only children who were born or at least conceived on the specific date of the refugee event, expulsion, or relocation into another locality are eligible for these rights, effectively excluding those conceived after the specified historical events.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 68 Dosar nr. 1649/1/2023
Ședința de la 9 octombrie 2023
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Admite sesizările formulate de Tribunalul Constanţa – Secţia de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, prin Încheierea din 31 mai 2023, pronunțată în Dosarul nr. 8.923/118/2022, şi prin Încheierea din 31 mai 2023, pronunţată în Dosarul nr. 8.890/118/2022 şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:
În interpretarea dispoziţiilor art. 31 alin. (3) din Ordonanţa Guvernului nr. 105/1999 privind acordarea unor drepturi persoanelor persecutate de către regimurile instaurate în România cu începere de la 6 septembrie 1940 până la 6 martie 1945 din motive etnice, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, de aceste prevederi pot beneficia numai copiii persoanelor care erau născute sau cel puţin concepute la data determinată a refugiului, expulzării sau strămutării în altă localitate, evenimente prevăzute de art. 1 alin. (1) lit. c) din ordonanţă.
Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 9 octombrie 2023.