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Decizia nr. 1984/2003 AI generated

Commercial transport fuel shortage: Annulment of appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty under Law No. 146/1997

Case Number Decizia nr. 1984/2003
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Court dismissed the appellant’s appeal, leaving the appellate decision that annulled the underlying appeal as invalid and unfiled in force, thereby upholding the initial judgment which ordered the defendant railway company to pay 24,034,000 lei for missing fuel and 1,997,729 lei in judicial costs to the plaintiff oil company. The dispute involved a commercial action for breach of transport regulations due to fuel theft or leakage in a wagon arriving with broken seals, which proceeded after the defendant’s appeal was rejected by the Court of Appeals on procedural grounds for failure to prove the payment of judicial stamp duty, despite the defendant arguing in the final appeal that the summons lacked the mandatory notice of the required duty. The High Court relied on the evidentiary record confirming that the service of process clearly indicated the required stamp taxes, applying the sanction under Article 20 of Law No. 146/1997 for non-compliance with pre-payment requirements, and rejected the appellant’s claim as lacking probative support.

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art. 20 din Legea nr. 146/1997; Commercial transport fuel shortage: Annulment of appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty under Law No. 146/1997: The dispute involved a commercial action for breach of transport regulations due to fuel theft or leakage in a wagon arriving with broken seals, which proceeded after the defendant’s appeal was rejected by the Court of Appeals on procedural grounds for failure to prove the payment of judicial stamp duty, despite the defendant arguing in the final appeal that the summons lacked the mandatory notice of the required duty. The High Court relied on the evidentiary record confirming that the service of process clearly indicated the required stamp taxes, applying the sanction under Article 20 of Law No. 146/1997 for non-compliance with pre-payment requirements, and rejected the appellant’s claim as lacking probative support.

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payment of stamp duty action for annulment judicial breach of duty commercial dispute summons transport law

Cited Legislation

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art. 20 din Legea nr. 146/1997
Sanction applied to annul the appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty, maintaining the decision that dismissed the appeal as unfiled.
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Decizia nr. 669/2003
Fuel liability dispute: annulment of appeal for non-compliance with judicial stamping requirements under Law No. 146/1997
Decizia nr. 2511/2009
Annulment of appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty under Law No. 146/1997
Decizia nr. 4771/2010
Annulment of appellate appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty in challenge to bilateral transport license
Decizia nr. 2759/2011
Freight debt collection suit: annulment of appeal for failure to prepay judicial stamp tax under Law No. 146/1997
Decizia nr. 1215/2010
Annulment of extraordinary appeal for lack of payment of judicial stamp duty in commercial dispute over illegal road passenger transport contract

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art. 20 din Legea nr. 146/1997

Sanction applied to annul the appeal for non-payment of judicial stamp duty, maintaining the decision that dismissed the appeal as unfiled.

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Asupra recursului de față;

Din examinarea lucrărilor din dosar, constată următoarele:

Prin sentința nr. 164 din 27 martie 2001 Tribunalul Mehedinți, secția comercială, a admis acțiunea formulată de reclamanta S.N.P. P. SA București și a dispus obligarea pârâtei S.N.T.F.M. C.F.R. M., sucursala Craiova, la plata sumei de 24.034.000 lei combustibil și la 1.997.729 lei cheltuieli de judecată.

Instanța de fond a făcut aplicarea art. 82 și 83 din Regulamentul de transport aprobat prin O.G. nr. 41/1997, constatând că vagonul în speță a sosit la destinație cu sigiliile violate și cantități de combustibil lipsă.

Curtea de Apel Craiova, secția comercială, prin decizia nr. 882 din 11 septembrie 2001, a dispus anularea apelului declarat de pârâta S.N.T.F.M. C.F.R. M., sucursala Craiova, împotriva sentinței, ca netimbrat.

Reținând că apelanta, deși a fost citată cu mențiunea taxei judiciare de timbru de 983.860 lei și a timbrului judiciar de 30.000 lei, nu a făcut dovada achitării lor, s-a aplicat sancțiunea prevăzută de art. 20 din Legea nr. 146/1997.

Împotriva deciziei, pârâta S.N.T.F.M. C.F.R. M. SA, sucursala Craiova, a declarat recurs, invocând nelegalitatea acesteia, deoarece pe citație nu s-a făcut mențiunea timbrării.

Recursul nu este fondat.

Din verificarea actelor de la dosar se constată că dovada de îndeplinire a procedurii de citare poartă mențiunea clară a taxelor de timbru.

Cum susținerea recurentei este lipsită de suport probator, Curtea va respinge recursul, ca nefondat, menținând, ca legală, decizia atacată.

PENTRU ACESTE MOTIVE

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca nefondat, recursul declarat de pârâta S.N.T.F.M. C.F.R. M., sucursala Craiova, împotriva deciziei nr. 882 din 11 septembrie 2001 a Curții de Apel Craiova, secția comercială.

Irevocabilă.

Pronunțată, în ședință publică, astăzi, 1 aprilie 2003.