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Interest accrual date unresolved: preliminary referral on traffic-accident damages inadmissible.

Case Number ICCJ_234979
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the referral from the Craiova Court of Appeal seeking a preliminary ruling on whether, in tort liability for traffic accidents, full compensation of material and moral damages requires legal penalizing interest from the accident date or from the final judgment date. The decision is binding upon publication in the Official Gazette. The dispute involved the interpretation of Articles 1381(2)-(3), 1531(1)-(3), and 1535(1) of the Civil Code, alongside Articles 25 and 397 of the Criminal Procedure Code, within a criminal case seeking civil damages. The court's dismissal was based on procedural admissibility grounds under Article 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, without reaching the merits of the legal question.

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Interest accrual date unresolved: preliminary referral on traffic-accident damages inadmissible: The decision is binding upon publication in the Official Gazette. The dispute involved the interpretation of Articles 1381(2)-(3), 1531(1)-(3), and 1535(1) of the Civil Code, alongside Articles 25 and 397 of the Criminal Procedure Code, within a criminal case seeking civil damages. The court's dismissal was based on procedural admissibility grounds under Article 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, without reaching the merits of the legal question.

Keywords

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damages from traffic accident accrual of interest preliminary ruling procedure civil liability preliminary decision interpretation of a judgment

Cited Legislation

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Cited in the dispositive to make the decision binding from its publication in the Official Gazette.
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Decizia nr. 62/2026
Admissibility of preliminary reference on delictual damages interest accrual precluded by prior appeal in the interest of the law
Decizia nr. 25/2022
Admissibility of preliminary ruling on election between statutory late-payment penalties and legal penalizing interest in civil liability claims
ICCJ_187723
Referral inadmissible: election between auto insurance penalty interest and legal penal interest for moral damages
Decizia nr. 87/2017
Inadmissible referral: no preliminary ruling on interest on statutory penalizing interest.
ICCJ_228126
Labor dispute referral inadmissible; merits of interest claim unresolved

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

Cited in the dispositive to make the decision binding from its publication in the Official Gazette.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT

ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Minuta deciziei nr. 62 Dosar nr. 2555/1/2025

Ședința din data de 20 aprilie 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Craiova – Secția penală şi pentru cauze cu minori, în dosarul nr. 3237/201/2023, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea chestiunii de drept: ”Dacă în interpretarea şi aplicarea dispozițiilor art. 1381 alin. (2),(3) din Codul civil, 1531 alin. (1), (2) şi (3) din Codul Civil, 1535 alin. (1) din Codul civil şi art. 25 rap. la art. 397 din Codul de procedură penală, în cazul răspunderii civile delictuale, repararea integrală a prejudiciilor materiale şi morale produse prin accidente de circulaţie presupune stabilirea dobânzilor legale penalizatoare de la data producerii accidentului sau de la data rămânerii definitive a hotărârii.”

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 20 aprilie 2026.