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Retroactive recovery of legislative indemnities after unconstitutional termination: scope of damages framework from Constitutional Court Decision 678/2023

Case Number ICCJ_228139
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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 on a question of law submitted by the Tribunal of Neamț in civil case no. 416/103/2024, leaving the reference pending without a substantive judicial determination on the merits. The underlying dispute concerned whether the retroactive recovery of unpaid benefits was required for a claimant, a beneficiary of the end-of-age indemnity (retirement compensation for former legislators), following the constitutional invalidation of Law No. 7/2021, which had modified the cessation of such payments; specifically, the referring court inquired if the remedy should align with the damages framework established by Constitutional Court Decision No. 678/2023. The decision relied on the procedural inadmissibility criteria derived from Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, thereby declining to address the substantive interpretation of the Constitutional Court’s earlier ruling regarding compensation for legislative changes affecting social benefits.

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Retroactive recovery of legislative indemnities after unconstitutional termination: scope of damages framework from Constitutional Court Decision 678/2023: 416/103/2024, leaving the reference pending without a substantive judicial determination on the merits. The underlying dispute concerned whether the retroactive recovery of unpaid benefits was required for a claimant, a beneficiary of the end-of-age indemnity (retirement compensation for former legislators), following the constitutional invalidation of Law No. 7/2021, which had modified the cessation of such payments; specifically, the referring court inquired if the remedy should align with the damages framework established by Constitutional Court Decision No. 678/2023. The decision relied on the procedural inadmissibility criteria derived from Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, thereby declining to address the substantive interpretation of the Constitutional Court’s earlier ruling regarding compensation for legislative changes affecting social benefits.

Keywords

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termination of benefits damages payment judicial law framework decision article of civil procedure retroactive legislation

Cited Legislation

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish that the decision is obligatory for the referring court and all other courts.
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Decizia nr. 21/2025
Former lawmakers’ referral on post-constitutional ruling indemnity recalculation held inadmissible
Decizia nr. 3078/2023
Constitutional unconstitutionality of law abolishing parliamentary age-limit indemnities and retroactive effect of Constitutional Court decision on pending litigation
Decizia nr. 3891/2022
Constitutional exception admissibility and current interest for pension adjustments invalidated by subsequent legislative repeal
Decizia nr. 1838/2024
Unconstitutionality of age-limit indemnity suspension overturned; appeal dismissed to enforce retroactive payment
Decizia nr. 6007/2011
Political conviction damages: retroactivity of constitutional unconstitutionality and legitimate expectations under Protocol 1

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

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 281 Dosar nr. 3064/1/2024

Ședința din 30 iunie 2025

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Neamț - Secția I civilă și de contencios administrativ în Dosarul nr. 416/103/2024, în vederea pronunțării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:

Se impune recuperarea prejudiciului cauzat reclamantului, beneficiar al indemnizației pentru limită de vârstă, începând cu data încetării plătii acesteia prin efectul Legii nr. 7/2021 pentru modificarea Legii nr. 96/2006 privind Statutul deputaţilor şi al senatorilor, declarată neconstituţională prin Decizia Curții Constituționale nr. 261 din 5 mai 2022, publicată în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I nr. 570 din 10 iunie 2022, în mod similar cu cele statuate de Curtea Constituțională prin Decizia nr. 678 din 28 noiembrie 2023, publicată în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I nr. 1.119 din 12 decembrie 2023 (paragraful 57)?

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

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 30 iunie 2025.