Recusal of review jurisdiction: Declination to Court of Appeal based on CPC Article 3(21) for appeals against interlocutory orders

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the appeal for review as incompetent, ordering the case referred back to the Ploiești Court of Appeal for resolution, thereby leaving the lower court's decision pending further review by that competent body. The dispute involved a party's challenge to a civil decision rendered by the Court of Appeal, where the High Court identified a procedural jurisdictional defect rather than evaluating the merits of the underlying civil matter. Relying on Article 3(21) of the Code of Civil Procedure, as amended by Emergency Government Ordinance no. 65/2004 and Law no. 493/2004, in conjunction with Article II(3) of the same legal framework, the court determined that appeals against Court of Appeal decisions in this specific context fall within the exclusive competence of the Court of Appeal itself, necessitating the declination of jurisdiction by the supreme court.