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Valuation of purchased pension service periods under Emergency Ordinance No. 163/2020 for early partial military pension eligibility

Case Number ICCJ_232202
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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 a reference for a preliminary ruling submitted by a lower tribunal, leaving the lower court to resolve the case without a supreme court directive on the principle of law. The dispute concerned whether pension service periods "purchased" under Emergency Government Ordinance No. 163/2020 can be valued to qualify for early partial pensions under Article 18(b) of the Law No. 223/2015 on state military pensions. The legal issue centered on the interpretation of Article 25(1) in relation to Article 3(i) of the relevant legislation, specifically regarding the admissibility of such purchased periods in the context of military pension entitlements, but the high court did not address the merits due to procedural inadmissibility.

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art. 18 lit. b) din Legea nr. 223/2015, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Valuation of purchased pension service periods under Emergency Ordinance No. 163/2020 for early partial military pension eligibility: The dispute concerned whether pension service periods "purchased" under Emergency Government Ordinance No. 163/2020 can be valued to qualify for early partial pensions under Article 18(b) of the Law No. 223/2015 on state military pensions. The legal issue centered on the interpretation of Article 25(1) in relation to Article 3(i) of the relevant legislation, specifically regarding the admissibility of such purchased periods in the context of military pension entitlements, but the high court did not address the merits due to procedural inadmissibility.

Keywords

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partial pension military service reference for a preliminary ruling emergency government ordinance address for service interpretation of the law

Cited Legislation

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art. 18 lit. b) din Legea nr. 223/2015
163/2020 pot fi valorificate în vederea deschiderii drepturilor de pensie anticipată parţială în temeiul art. 18 lit. b) din Legea nr. 223/2015 privind pensiile militare de stat.
art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the decision regarding the dismissal of the preliminary reference.
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Decizia nr. 185/2025
Pension calculation date for transformed service pension: preliminary ruling referral rejected as inadmissible
Decizia nr. 2544/2021
Court bars referral of entire ordinance as inadmissible; military pension claim upheld only as to applicable Article VII point 3.
Decizia nr. 2220/2023
Recalculation of military pension: extrinsic unconstitutionality of emergency ordinance for failure to obtain prior legislative counsel and admissibility of constitutional challenge to legal interpretation
ICCJ_222078
Admissibility of including temporary 2020 emergency salary increases in the military pension calculation base
Decizia nr. 93/2025
Military pension cap validity and non-applicability of unratified emergency ordinance under Law 223/2015

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

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the decision regarding the dismissal of the preliminary reference.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 15 Dosar nr. 2372/1/2025

Ședința din 26 ianuarie 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul București – Secţia a VIII-a Conflicte de muncă și asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 31991/3/2025, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile prin care să dea o rezolvare de principiu asupra următoarei chestiuni de drept:

Dacă în interpretarea şi aplicarea prevederilor art. 25 alin. (1) raportat la art. 3 lit. i), perioadele de stagiu de cotizare „cumpărate” în temeiul Ordonanței de urgență a Guvernului nr. 163/2020 pot fi valorificate în vederea deschiderii drepturilor de pensie anticipată parţială în temeiul art. 18 lit. b) din Legea nr. 223/2015 privind pensiile militare de stat.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 26 ianuarie 2026.