Admissibility of preliminary ruling on salary parity for military staff under Framework Law 153/2017 vs. budgetary limits in EGO 168/2022
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the referral submitted by the Tribunal of Alba for a preliminary ruling on questions of law, leaving the lower court's position unchanged without establishing a binding precedent on the substantive issue. The dispute concerned a salary equality claim by military personnel (gendarmes) from a specific county, who challenged whether they were entitled to a minimum hierarchy coefficient of 4.70, consistent with the treatment of similar ranks in other jurisdictions, under the principles of non-discrimination and equality. The decisive legal basis involved the interaction between the salary framework established by Framework Law No. 153/2017 (specifically Art. 6(b)-(c) and Art. 38) and the budgetary limitation measures imposed by Emergency Government Order No. 168/2022 (Art. I(16)), with the Court ultimately finding the referral inadmissible rather than addressing the merit of the salary parity and coefficient interpretation.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary ruling on salary parity for military staff under Framework Law 153/2017 vs. budgetary limits in EGO 168/2022: The dispute concerned a salary equality claim by military personnel (gendarmes) from a specific county, who challenged whether they were entitled to a minimum hierarchy coefficient of 4.70, consistent with the treatment of similar ranks in other jurisdictions, under the principles of non-discrimination and equality. The decisive legal basis involved the interaction between the salary framework established by Framework Law No. 153/2017 (specifically Art. 6(b)-(c) and Art. 38) and the budgetary limitation measures imposed by Emergency Government Order No. 168/2022 (Art. I(16)), with the Court ultimately finding the referral inadmissible rather than addressing the merit of the salary parity and coefficient interpretation.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 285 Dosar nr. 509/1/2025
Şedinţa din 30 iunie 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Alba – Secţia a II-a civilă, de contencios administrativ, fiscal şi de insolvenţă, în dosarul nr. 357/107/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:
Dacă reclamanţii-cadre militare, angajaţi ai inspectoratului judeţean de jandarmi, pot beneficia, în baza principiului nediscriminării şi a principiului egalităţii prevăzute de art. 6 lit. b) şi c), raportat la art. 38 din Legea-cadru nr. 153/2017 privind salarizarea personalului plătit din fonduri publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, de drepturi salariale corespunzător unui coeficient de ierarhizare de minim 4,70, drepturi acordate altor cadre militare ce ocupă funcţii similare în cadrul altor inspectorate judeţene de jandarmi şi, în caz afirmativ, dacă operează limitarea prevăzută de art. I alin. (16) din Ordonanţa de urgentă a Guvernului nr. 168/2022 privind unele măsuri fiscal-bugetare, prorogarea unor termene, precum şi pentru modificarea şi completarea unor acte normative, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 30 iunie 2025.