Admissibility of assimilating a demolition-ordered injured party to a confiscation-owning injured party under contravention law via civil code analogy
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible a request for a preliminary ruling on a question of law filed by the Arad Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court to resolve the underlying labor and insurance social case without a unifying Supreme Court interpretation. The dispute concerned whether an injured party, distinct from the contravenor, who ordered the demolition of a structure via a contravention report, could be assimilated to an injured party owning confiscated goods under Romanian law. The court’s decision relied on procedural admissibility standards, specifically citing Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, to reject the referral rather than substantively interpreting the interaction between Article 31(2) of Government Ordinance No. 2/2001 on the legal regime of contraventions and Article 1(2) of the Civil Code regarding legal analogy.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of assimilating a demolition-ordered injured party to a confiscation-owning injured party under contravention law via civil code analogy: The dispute concerned whether an injured party, distinct from the contravenor, who ordered the demolition of a structure via a contravention report, could be assimilated to an injured party owning confiscated goods under Romanian law. The court’s decision relied on procedural admissibility standards, specifically citing Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, to reject the referral rather than substantively interpreting the interaction between Article 31(2) of Government Ordinance No. 2/2001 on the legal regime of contraventions and Article 1(2) of the Civil Code regarding legal analogy.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 73 Dosar nr. 1861/1/2023
Ședința de la 30 octombrie 2023
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Arad - Secţia a III-a contencios administrativ şi fiscal, litigii de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în Dosarul nr. 12.395/55/2022, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
„Persoana vătămată, alta decât contravenientul, căreia i s-a dispus demolarea construcţiei prin procesul verbal de contravenţie, poate fi asimilată persoanei vătămate căreia îi aparţin bunurile confiscate în sensul art. 31 alin. (2) teza a II-a din Ordonanţa Guvernului nr. 2/2001 privind regimul juridic al contravenţiilor, prin analogia reglementată de art. 1 alin. (2) din Codul civil?”
Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 30 octombrie 2023.