Press release – Panel for the Clarification of Certain Points of Law in Civil Matters in its session of 14 June 2021

High Court of Review and Justice 

PRESS RELEASE

In its session of 14 June 2021, the High Court of Review and Justice – Panel for the Clarification of Certain Points of Law in Civil Matters, lawfully established in the Case, considered a request for a preliminary ruling for the clarification of certain points of law, and returned the following Judgment:

 

Decision #50 in Case #960/1/2021 

Denies as inadmissible the request brought by the Court of Appeals Cluj – Chamber III for Administrative and Tax Litigations, in Case #2.346/117/2020, for a preliminary ruling on the following point of law:

“1. Does Art. 6 in Law #544/2001 on free access to public-interest information, which mentions the term “person,” also include civil associations as described at Art. 1.892 in the Civil Code, and specifically a solicitors’ civil association as regulated by the special law, which does not have legal-entity status and is not a distinct subject of law.

2. In case the answer to the first question is affirmative, please state whether it is relevant to consider the principle of specialist usage capacity of the party requesting disclosure of public-interest information – a solicitors’ civil association without legal-entity status.”

Obligatory, as under Art. 521 para. (3) in the Civil Procedure Code.

Returned in public session today, the 14th of June 2021.

 

After the justification is written and the Judgment signed it shall be published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I.

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