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Admissibility of reference to High Court on interpretation of 2022 public sector salary ceiling under OUG 168/2022

Case Number ICCJ_225818
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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 filed by the Tribunal of Dâmbovița, thereby leaving the lower court's proceedings without a binding interpretation from the Supreme Court on the specific legal question raised. The dispute involved a civil matter concerning the interpretation of salary ceiling limits for public sector employees under fiscal-budgetary measures, specifically whether the 2022 total salary fund limit was based on the effective amount paid at the end of the fiscal year or the nominal value established by the framework law on public sector salaries and its annexes. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the admissibility requirements and procedural obligations for referring questions of law to the complete judicial panel for the resolution of legal issues.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of reference to High Court on interpretation of 2022 public sector salary ceiling under OUG 168/2022: The dispute involved a civil matter concerning the interpretation of salary ceiling limits for public sector employees under fiscal-budgetary measures, specifically whether the 2022 total salary fund limit was based on the effective amount paid at the end of the fiscal year or the nominal value established by the framework law on public sector salaries and its annexes. The decisive legal basis for the dismissal was Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the admissibility requirements and procedural obligations for referring questions of law to the complete judicial panel for the resolution of legal issues.

Keywords

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reference for a preliminary ruling matter in dispute fiscal law calculation of salary Civil Procedure Code interpretation of the law

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited as the basis for the obligation arising from the dismissal of the reference for the resolution of legal questions.
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Decizia nr. 152/2025
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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited as the basis for the obligation arising from the dismissal of the reference for the resolution of legal questions.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 152 Dosar nr. 2625/1/2024

Ședința din 5 mai 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge ca inadmisibilă sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Dâmboviţa - Secţia a II-a civilă, de contencios administrativ şi fiscal în Dosarul nr. 17.280/3/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:

Dacă teza finală a art. I alin. (1) Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 168/2022 privind unele măsuri fiscal-bugetare, prorogarea unor termene, precum şi pentru modificarea şi completarea unor acte normative ar trebui interpretată în sensul că: 1) nu se poate depăși fondul total de salarii pentru anul 2022 aferent personalului plătit din fonduri publice - fondul efectiv plătit la sfârșitul anului bugetar 2022 sau în sensul că: 2) nu se poate depăși valoarea nominală pentru anul 2022 stabilită potrivit anexelor la Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017 privind salarizarea personalului plătit din fonduri publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, stabilite în anexa nr. VIII la Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017, corespunzător salariului de bază aferent funcției publice şi gradației deţinute.

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 5 mai 2025.