Admissibility of preliminary ruling on effective date of rights for persecuted persons under Government Ordinance No. 105/1999
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible a request for a preliminary ruling filed by the Court of Appeal of Constanta, leaving the lower court to proceed without a binding interpretation from the supreme instance. The dispute concerned the proper interpretation of Article 5 of Government Ordinance No. 105/1999, specifically whether the rights granted to individuals persecuted by the regimes installed in Romania between September 6, 1940, and March 6, 1945, for ethnic reasons, must be awarded starting January 1, 2024, or if the statutory extension of the deadline applies solely to the allowance regulated by Article 31 of the same ordinance. The court's decision was grounded in procedural admissibility criteria under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the prerequisites for seizing the full bench with a question of law, resulting in the rejection of the constitutional and fiscal administrative challenge without reaching the merits of the statutory interpretation.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Admissibility of preliminary ruling on effective date of rights for persecuted persons under Government Ordinance No. 105/1999: The dispute concerned the proper interpretation of Article 5 of Government Ordinance No. 105/1999, specifically whether the rights granted to individuals persecuted by the regimes installed in Romania between September 6, 1940, and March 6, 1945, for ethnic reasons, must be awarded starting January 1, 2024, or if the statutory extension of the deadline applies solely to the allowance regulated by Article 31 of the same ordinance. The court's decision was grounded in procedural admissibility criteria under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the prerequisites for seizing the full bench with a question of law, resulting in the rejection of the constitutional and fiscal administrative challenge without reaching the merits of the statutory interpretation.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 76 Dosar nr. 1919/1/2023
Ședința de la 20 noiembrie 2023
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Constanţa - Secţia de contencios administrativ şi fiscal, în Dosarul nr. 575/118/2023, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
Articolul 5 din Ordonanța Guvernului nr. 105/1999 privind acordarea unor drepturi persoanelor persecutate de către regimurile instaurate în România cu începere de la 6 septembrie 1940 până la 6 martie 1945 din motive etnice, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, trebuie interpretat în sensul că şi drepturile reglementate de acest articol se vor acorda începând cu data de 01.01.2024 sau prorogarea termenului de acordare privește doar plata indemnizației reglementate de art. 31 din Ordonanța Guvernului nr. 105/1999?
Obligatorie, potrivit art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 20 noiembrie 2023.