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Eligibility for in-kind compensatory measures in religious property retrocession claims involving post-1989 alienation

Case Number ICCJ_213708
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted a recusal in the public interest filed by its governing body, establishing binding nationwide guidance that determines which parties are eligible for compensatory measures in kind. The dispute concerned the uniform interpretation of emergency decree no. 94/2000 regarding the retrocession of immovable property formerly belonging to religious institutions, specifically clarifying whether all claimants or only those whose properties were legally alienated after December 22, 1989, could opt for compensation under Article 5(5). The court held that the right to choose reparatory measures in kind is exclusively reserved for the owners of retrocession claims where the subject immovable property was legally transferred after the specified post-communist date, thereby restricting eligibility for this specific remedy based on the timeline of alienation.

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art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Eligibility for in-kind compensatory measures in religious property retrocession claims involving post-1989 alienation: The dispute concerned the uniform interpretation of emergency decree no. 94/2000 regarding the retrocession of immovable property formerly belonging to religious institutions, specifically clarifying whether all claimants or only those whose properties were legally alienated after December 22, 1989, could opt for compensation under Article 5(5). The court held that the right to choose reparatory measures in kind is exclusively reserved for the owners of retrocession claims where the subject immovable property was legally transferred after the specified post-communist date, thereby restricting eligibility for this specific remedy based on the timeline of alienation.

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reparatory measures public property restitution of church property immovable property established right right to compensatory damages

Cited Legislation

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art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă
Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the decision following the admission of the recusal in the public interest.
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Decizia nr. 5573/2022
Retrocession of religious property: eligibility for compensatory measures for land alienated prior to 1989 under O.U.G. 94/2000
Decizia nr. 1572/2022
Retrocession of religious property alienated post-1989: availability of equivalent reparatory measures under Emergency Ordinance 94/2000
Decizia nr. 4297/2022
Religious property retrocession: scope of judicial jurisdiction to order equivalent compensation after post-1989 alienation under Law No. 94/2000
ICCJ_214644
Scope of post-1989 compensation rights for religious properties in Emergency Government Ordinance No. 94/2000
Decizia nr. 5734/2022
Right to compensatory measures for religious properties unlawfully alienated by the state under O.U.G. 94/2000 and passive procedural standing of the local municipality

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art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă

Cited in the dispositive to establish the binding nature of the decision following the admission of the recusal in the public interest.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluţionarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 12 Dosar nr. 975/1/2024

Ședința de la 17 iunie 2024

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Înaltei Curţi de Casaţie şi Justiţie şi, în consecinţă, stabileşte că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispoziţiilor art. 6 alin. (1) din Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 94/2000 privind retrocedarea unor bunuri imobile care au aparţinut cultelor religioase din România, republicată, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, numai titularii cererilor de retrocedare ale căror imobile, ce fac obiectul ordonanței de urgenţă, au fost înstrăinate legal după data de 22 decembrie 1989 pot opta pentru acordarea măsurilor reparatorii în echivalent potrivit art. 5 alin. (5) din actul normativ sus-menţionat.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 17 iunie 2024.