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Applicable Contribution Period for Pension Recalculation: Statutory 20-Year Limit Versus Actual Total Contribution History Under Former State Social Insurance System

Case Number ICCJ_220716
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the referral by the Cluj Tribunal as inadmissible, meaning no binding legal interpretation was issued and the lower court's procedural path regarding the specific case remains in force without higher court guidance. The dispute concerned a pension recalculation under the former state social insurance system, specifically challenging whether the 20-year contribution period and its associated annual score, established by a 2009 decision, should be applied or if the total actual contribution period recorded at the time of retirement should govern the calculation. The decisive legal basis involved the interpretation of Emergency Government Ordinance No. 4/2005 on the recalculation of public system pensions, Government Decision No. 1,550/2004 on evaluation operations, and the legislative framework of Law No. 19/2000, with the referral seeking clarification on the applicable contribution period under the law in force at the time of retirement.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Applicable Contribution Period for Pension Recalculation: Statutory 20-Year Limit Versus Actual Total Contribution History Under Former State Social Insurance System: The dispute concerned a pension recalculation under the former state social insurance system, specifically challenging whether the 20-year contribution period and its associated annual score, established by a 2009 decision, should be applied or if the total actual contribution period recorded at the time of retirement should govern the calculation. The decisive legal basis involved the interpretation of Emergency Government Ordinance No. 4/2005 on the recalculation of public system pensions, Government Decision No. 1,550/2004 on evaluation operations, and the legislative framework of Law No. 19/2000, with the referral seeking clarification on the applicable contribution period under the law in force at the time of retirement.

Keywords

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recalculation of pension calculation of contribution period retirement statutory limits social insurance dispute duration of disability pension

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the decision regarding the referred legal question.
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Decizia nr. 112/2024
Pension recalculation for pre-2001 special work groups: inapplicability of the 20-year full contribution period to pensions opened under Law No. 19/2000
ICCJ_86101
Pension recalculation for special-work groups: full contribution period under Law No. 3/1977 governs, not Law No. 19/2000's 20-year term.
Decizia nr. 69/2018
Pension score recalculation: whether "statutory contribution periods" in Law 263/2010 refers to the law at the date of recalculation or at the opening of the pension right
ICCJ_220664
Pension recalculation for special conditions allowed; referral on 2022 limits ruled inadmissible.
Decizia nr. 1330/2003
Pension recalculation based on corrected average salary and contribution period

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory nature of the decision regarding the referred legal question.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 112 Dosar nr. 2097/1/2024

Ședința din 9 decembrie 2024

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Cluj – Secția mixtă de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, de conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 1741/117/2024, privind dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„Dacă se impune revizuirea unei pensii stabilite printr-o decizie din data de 1 iunie 2009, cu luarea în calcul a unui stagiu complet de cotizare de 20 de ani şi a punctajului anual aferent acestui stagiu de cotizare, în raport cu prevederile Ordonanței de urgență a Guvernului nr. 4/2005 privind recalcularea pensiilor din sistemul public, provenite din fostul sistem al asigurărilor sociale de stat, aprobată cu completări prin Legea nr. 78/2005, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare şi ale Hotărârii Guvernului nr. 1.550/2004 privind efectuarea operaţiunilor de evaluare în vederea recalculării pensiilor din sistemul public, stabilite în fostul sistem al asigurărilor sociale de stat potrivit legislaţiei anterioare datei de 1 aprilie 2001, în conformitate cu principiile Legii nr. 19/2000, cu completările ulterioare, în condiţiile în care raportarea a fost făcută la un stagiu total de cotizare realizat şi nu la stagiul de cotizare de 20 de ani. Se impune determinarea stagiului de cotizare aplicabil la calcularea pensiei, ţinând cont de legea în vigoare la momentul pensionării.”

Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 9 decembrie 2024.