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Preliminary ruling on bribery statute of limitations commencement dismissed as inadmissible

Case Number ICCJ_223127
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal regarding the commencement date of the statute of limitations for criminal liability. The dispute concerned whether, in cases of a single offense under Article 289 of the Penal Code (bribery) involving multiple alternative modalities committed on different dates, the limitation period begins from the commission of the first or the last modality, and whether such conduct constitutes a continued offense. The court’s decision resolves the procedural challenge without establishing a substantive legal rule, leaving the lower court to determine the applicable limitation period based on existing law; the decision becomes binding upon publication in the Official Monitor.

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Preliminary ruling on bribery statute of limitations commencement dismissed as inadmissible: The dispute concerned whether, in cases of a single offense under Article 289 of the Penal Code (bribery) involving multiple alternative modalities committed on different dates, the limitation period begins from the commission of the first or the last modality, and whether such conduct constitutes a continued offense. The court’s decision resolves the procedural challenge without establishing a substantive legal rule, leaving the lower court to determine the applicable limitation period based on existing law; the decision becomes binding upon publication in the Official Monitor.

Keywords

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commencement of limitation period preliminary decision bribery date of commencement procedural limitations criminal offense

Cited Legislation

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
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Decizia nr. 27/2025
Statute of limitations start date for bribe-taking involving multiple alternative modalities in a single offense
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Cassation appeal by prosecution against termination for statute of limitations in active bribery case dismissed as unfounded
ICCJ_203004
Preliminary ruling referral on limitation in preliminary chamber ruled inadmissible
Decizia nr. 794/RC/2023
Cassation appeal against termination of bribery and money laundering prosecution due to statute of limitations dismissed
Decizia nr. 24/2025
Bribery conviction quashed due to erroneous calculation of statute of limitations commencement date for continuous crimes

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT

ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Minuta deciziei nr. 27 Dosar nr. 950/1/2024

Ședința din data de 5 februarie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Secţia a II-a penală în dosarul nr. 25638/3/2015 (2387/2021), în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„Data de la care începe să curgă termenul de prescripţie a răspunderii penale în cazul infracţiunii unice (unitate de infracţiune) prevăzute de art. 289 din Codul penal (luarea de mită), în ipoteza în care sunt realizate, la date diferite, mai multe modalităţi alternative ale aceleiași infracțiuni, este:

- data comiterii primei modalităţi alternative, întrucât nu este vorba de o infracţiune continuă, continuată, de obicei sau progresivă, în cazul cărora se pune problema stabilirii unui moment al epuizării

sau

- data comiterii ultimei modalităţi alternative, fiind vorba de o infracţiune continuată?”

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 5 februarie 2025.