Partial admission clarifies Article 14(3) pay raise applies only to staff performing both corruption prevention and combat duties; remainder inadmissible.
Romania (RO)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice, ruling on a preliminary question referred by the Tribunal of Botoșani in an administrative fiscal dispute, partially admitted the referral and held, with binding effect under Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, that the 12.5% increase to the function salary/basic salary under Article 14(3) of Annex VI (occupational family "Defense, Public Order and National Security") of Framework Law No. 153/2017 applies only to military personnel, police officers, special-status public servants of the penitentiary system, and civilian staff who perform both prevention and combat activities against corruption among their own personnel; the remainder of the referral was dismissed as inadmissible. The dispute concerned the interpretation of the scope of beneficiaries of the pay increase, challenging whether it extended to personnel involved in only one of these corruption-related activities; the decisive legal basis was the statutory construction of the phrase "prevention and combating" as cumulative, limiting the entitlement to those engaged in both functions.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Partial admission clarifies Article 14(3) pay raise applies only to staff performing both corruption prevention and combat duties; remainder inadmissible: 153/2017 applies only to military personnel, police officers, special-status public servants of the penitentiary system, and civilian staff who perform both prevention and combat activities against corruption among their own personnel; the remainder of the referral was dismissed as inadmissible. The dispute concerned the interpretation of the scope of beneficiaries of the pay increase, challenging whether it extended to personnel involved in only one of these corruption-related activities; the decisive legal basis was the statutory construction of the phrase "prevention and combating" as cumulative, limiting the entitlement to those engaged in both functions.
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AI generatedMain ground for the preliminary ruling, establishing the interpretation of the salary increase provision.
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive, declaring the ruling mandatory.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 60 Dosar nr. 1690/1/2024
Ședința din 28 octombrie 2024
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Admite, în parte, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Botoşani – Secţia de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, în dosarul nr. 621/40/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:
În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 14 alin. (3) din Anexa nr. VI familia ocupaţională de funcţii bugetare „Apărare, ordine publică şi securitate naţională” din Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017, de majorarea soldei de funcţie/salariului de funcţie/salariului de bază cu 12,5% beneficiază numai personalul militar, poliţiştii, funcţionarii publici cu statut special din sistemul administraţiei penitenciare şi personalul civil care desfăşoară atât activităţi privind prevenirea, cât şi activităţi privind combaterea corupţiei în rândul personalului propriu.
Respinge, în rest, sesizarea, ca inadmisibilă.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 28 octombrie 2024.