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Exclusion of agricultural cooperative labor contracts from public pension useful time under Law 263/2010

Case Number ICCJ_223187
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice issued a mandatory ruling that work periods performed under individual labor contracts with agricultural production cooperatives cannot be counted as useful time for public pension entitlements, thereby resolving the preliminary question submitted by the Cluj Tribunal. The dispute arose from a request for a preliminary ruling to clarify whether such cooperative employment periods are eligible for pension calculation under the unified public pension system. Citing Article 16(a) and Article 17(3) of Law No. 263/2010 and Article 121 of Government Ordinance No. 257/2011, the court established that the specific legal status of agricultural production cooperatives excludes their members from the general "useful time" accumulation for public pensions, a decision that is binding on all lower courts under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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art. 17 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 263/2010, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Exclusion of agricultural cooperative labor contracts from public pension useful time under Law 263/2010: The dispute arose from a request for a preliminary ruling to clarify whether such cooperative employment periods are eligible for pension calculation under the unified public pension system. Citing Article 16(a) and Article 17(3) of Law No. 263/2010 and Article 121 of Government Ordinance No. 257/2011, the court established that the specific legal status of agricultural production cooperatives excludes their members from the general "useful time" accumulation for public pensions, a decision that is binding on all lower courts under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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agricultural production contract pension contract public employment law legal working time occupational pension cooperative legal systems

Cited Legislation

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art. 17 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 263/2010
a) şi art. 17 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 263/2010 privind sistemul unitar de pensii publice, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, precum şi ale art.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
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Decizia nr. 49/2025
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ICCJ_232860
Unitary interpretation of "special working conditions" for public pensions: only periods in Work Group I or II qualify under Law 263/2010
ICCJ_85416
Exclusion of civil law service providers from statutory social security and unemployment contributions where labor lacks continuity and institutional budgetary allocation.
ICCJ_228079
Valuation of Group I/II labor service periods for public pensions: whether actual time percentage in classified workplace affects pension calculation or is merely a classification condition
Decizia nr. 1095/2005
Eligibility for special retirement benefits for military service performed as an agricultural worker: scope of applicable units and prohibition of discriminatory treatment based on hierarchical subordination

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

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

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Minuta deciziei nr. 49 Dosar nr. 2547/1/2024

Ședința din 24 februarie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Cluj – Secţia mixtă de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, de conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 1758/117/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea dispoziţiilor art. 16 lit. a) şi art. 17 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 263/2010 privind sistemul unitar de pensii publice, cu modificările și completările ulterioare, precum şi ale art. 121 din Normele de aplicare a prevederilor Legii nr. 263/2010 privind sistemul unitar de pensii publice, aprobate prin Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 257/2011, cu completările ulterioare, volumul de muncă realizat de o persoană în perioada în care a avut contract individual de muncă încheiat cu cooperativa agricolă de producţie NU poate fi valorificat ca timp util la stabilirea drepturilor de pensie.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 24 februarie 2025.