Jurisdiction – Panels for the Settlement of Appeals in the Interest of Law
In order to ensure a consistent interpretation and implementation of the law by all courts, ex officio or upon request by the Minister of Justice, the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutors’ Office attached to the High Court of Review and Justice, the Management Collegium of the High Court of Review and Justice, the collegial management of Courts of Appeals, as well as the Ombudsman are under a duty to request the High Court of Review and Justice to rule on legal issues that have been settled differently by courts of law.
Appeals in the Interest of Law are admissible only if one proves that the legal issues under request have been settled differently through final court decisions, which are appended to the request.
Such decisions are returned only in the interest of law and have no effects on the court judgments subject to examination or on the status of parties in those cases.
Such decisions are published in Part I of the Official Gazette of Romania, and the clarification of legal issues subject to examination is binding on courts as of the date the judgment is published in the Official Gazette of Romania.
Applicable law:
- Article 97 of the Civil Procedure Code,
- Articles 514 - 518 of the Civil Procedure Code,
- Articles 471 - 4741 of the Criminal Procedure Code.