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Referral on timing of extinction prescription exception in small claims procedure declared inadmissible

Case Number ICCJ_235032
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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 referral for a preliminary decision submitted by the Bistrița-Năsăud Tribunal, meaning the lower court’s procedure continues without a binding legal interpretation from the supreme court. The dispute concerned a procedural issue in small claims litigation, specifically determining the procedural deadline by which a party may invoke the exception of extinctive prescription. The decisive legal basis involved the interplay between Article 2.513 of the Civil Code (extinctive prescription) and Article 1.030(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (admissibility of procedural referrals).

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art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Referral on timing of extinction prescription exception in small claims procedure declared inadmissible: The dispute concerned a procedural issue in small claims litigation, specifically determining the procedural deadline by which a party may invoke the exception of extinctive prescription. The decisive legal basis involved the interplay between Article 2.513 of the Civil Code (extinctive prescription) and Article 1.030(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (admissibility of procedural referrals).

Keywords

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procedural deadline civil litigation procedure preliminary decision prescription referral for lack of jurisdiction postponement of trial

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 mandatory for the referring court.
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Decizia nr. 69/2026
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Referral on interruption of prescriptive period by new summons lacking triple identity and admissibility of re-trying definitively adjudicated issues
ICCJ_185465
Limitation period for enforcing old-code judgments: preliminary referral held inadmissible
Decizia nr. 58/2021
Limitation-period query inadmissible as referral under old procedural law postdates Code
Decizia nr. 41/2017
Preliminary ruling referral on prescription of restitution for void credit clauses inadmissible as non-novel issue.

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

Cited in the dispositive to establish that the decision is mandatory for the referring court.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr. 69 Dosar nr. 488/1/2026

Ședința din 18 mai 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Bistriţa-Năsăud – Secţia a II-a civilă, de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, în dosarul nr. 10185/190/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:

Stabilirea momentului procedural până la care se poate invoca excepţia prescripţiei extinctive în procedura cu privire la cererile cu valoare redusă, faţă de prevederile art. 2.513 din Codul civil şi cele ale art. 1.030 alin. (1) din Codul de procedură civilă.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică astăzi, 18 mai 2026.