Admissibility of preliminary ruling on statutory cap applicability to contributive military pension calculations
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the request for a preliminary ruling filed by the Bacau Court of Appeal as inadmissible, leaving the lower court's procedural posture and the underlying pension calculation dispute unresolved at the supreme level. The case concerned whether a military pension, calculated under the contributivity principle of the 2010 Public Pensions System Law via Article 122 of the 2015 State Military Pensions Law and resulting in a gross amount exceeding that calculated under the standard 2015 rules, is subject to the net pension cap established by Article 60 of the 2015 Law, which limits the net pension to the average net monthly salary or allowance included in the calculation base. The court’s decision was based on the procedural inadmissibility of the reference to the specialized panel for resolving legal issues, as governed by Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, thereby failing to address the substantive conflict regarding the application of statutory pension caps in mixed-method military retirement cases.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedart. 122 din Legea nr. 223/2015, art. 60 din Legea nr. 223/2015, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary ruling on statutory cap applicability to contributive military pension calculations: The case concerned whether a military pension, calculated under the contributivity principle of the 2010 Public Pensions System Law via Article 122 of the 2015 State Military Pensions Law and resulting in a gross amount exceeding that calculated under the standard 2015 rules, is subject to the net pension cap established by Article 60 of the 2015 Law, which limits the net pension to the average net monthly salary or allowance included in the calculation base. The court’s decision was based on the procedural inadmissibility of the reference to the specialized panel for resolving legal issues, as governed by Article 521(3) of the Civil Procedure Code, thereby failing to address the substantive conflict regarding the application of statutory pension caps in mixed-method military retirement cases.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 404 Dosar nr. 851/1/2025
Ședința din 17 noiembrie 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bacău - Secţia I civilă în dosarul nr. 3315/110/2021*, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
Dacă pensia militară calculată potrivit art. 122 din Legea nr. 223/2015 privind pensiile militare de stat, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare - prin modul de calcul prevăzut de Legea nr. 263/2010 privind sistemul unitar de pensii publice, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, pe principiul contributivităţii şi care are un cuantum brut mai mare decât pensia calculată în baza Legii nr. 223/2015 - este supusă plafonării prevăzute de art. 60 din Legea nr. 223/2015, potrivit căruia pensia netă nu poate fi mai mare decât media soldelor/salariilor lunare nete corespunzătoare soldelor/salariilor lunare brute cuprinse în baza de calcul.
Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 17 noiembrie 2025.