Admissibility of preliminary reference on application of fiscal ordinance restricting public autonomous media entity from issuing meal vouchers
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the reference to a preliminary question submitted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, meaning no preliminary ruling was issued and the lower court's proceedings continue without a binding interpretive answer from the supreme court. The dispute concerned whether a public autonomous media organization, subject to parliamentary control and organized by organic law, was prohibited from issuing meal vouchers during 2022 under the fiscal and budgetary measures established by Government Emergency Ordinance No. 130/2021. The legal issue centered on the interpretation and application of Article III(1) of that ordinance, specifically regarding the restriction or allowance of certain employee benefits in the public sector context.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary reference on application of fiscal ordinance restricting public autonomous media entity from issuing meal vouchers: The dispute concerned whether a public autonomous media organization, subject to parliamentary control and organized by organic law, was prohibited from issuing meal vouchers during 2022 under the fiscal and budgetary measures established by Government Emergency Ordinance No. 130/2021. The legal issue centered on the interpretation and application of Article III(1) of that ordinance, specifically regarding the restriction or allowance of certain employee benefits in the public sector context.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 148 Dosar nr. 2609/1/2024
Ședința din 5 mai 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Secţia a VII-a pentru cauze privind conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 23630/3/2022, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:
Dacă în interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. III alin. (1) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 130/2021 privind unele măsuri fiscal-bugetare, prorogarea unor termene, precum şi pentru modificarea şi completarea unor acte normative, Societatea Română de Televiziune (serviciu public autonom, sub control parlamentar, a cărei organizare este reglementată prin lege organică) mai poate acorda tichete de masă în cursul anului 2022.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 5 mai 2025.