PRESS RELEASE, 16 February 2022

I. At the hearing of 16 February 2022, the Constitutional Court, in the context of the review of laws prior to promulgation, decided:

1. Unanimously dismissed, as inadmissible, the objection of unconstitutionality of the Law amending and supplementing Law No 407/2006 on hunting and wild game protection, lodged by 23 senators belonging to the Save Romania Union; unanimously dismissed, as ungrounded, the objection of unconstitutionality lodged by 51 Deputies belonging to the Save Romania Union and found that the Sole Article of the Law amending and supplementing Law No 407/2006 on hunting and wild game protection was constitutional in relation to the criticisms made:

2. By a majority of vote, upheld the objection of unconstitutionality (following the joinder of the three referrals having the same object formulated by the People’s Advocate and, respectively, by 51 Deputies belonging to the Parliamentary Groups of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, of the Social Democratic Party, Liberal National Party, as well as of independent Deputies and one Deputy of the National Minorities Group) and found that the Law approving the Government Emergency Ordinance No 6/2016 on certain measures for the enforcement of technical surveillance warrants ordered in criminal proceedings, as well as the provisions of Article I point 1 second sentence, Article II point 1, Article IV point 1 third sentence and Article IV point 2 second sentence of the Government Emergency Ordinance No 6/2016 were unconstitutional:

3. Unanimously upheld the objection of unconstitutionality (following the joinder of the two referrals having the same object formulated by the Government of Romania and, respectively, by the President of Romania) and found that the provisions of Articles II and III of the Law amending Law No 134/2010 on the Code of Civil Procedure, were unconstitutional;

4. By a majority of vote, upheld the objection of unconstitutionality formulated by the President pf Romania and found unconstitutional, in its entirety, Law on the transmission of land in the public domain of the State under the administration of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the concession of the National Railway Company “C.F.R.” – SA, in the public domain of Mures County;

5. By a majority of vote, upheld the objection of unconstitutionality formulated by the President pf Romania and found unconstitutional, in its entirety, Law on the transmission of real estate land in the public domain of the State under the administration of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the concession of the National Railway Company C.F.R. – S.A., in the public domain of the Municipality of Brad and of the localities Șoimuș, Luncoiu de Jos, Vălișoara and Băița.

II. At the same hearing, the Constitutional Court, in the context of the review of constitutionality of Parliament’s Resolutions, unanimously dismissed, as inadmissible, the referral of unconstitutionality of the Senate Decision No 1/2022 on the validation of an interim member of the Superior Council of Magistracy, referral made by the leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Union Save Romania Party within the Senate.

*

The decisions are final and generally binding.

The arguments set out in the grounds for the decisions of the Constitutional Court will be presented in the decision, which will be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I.

External Relations, Press and Protocol Department of the Constitutional Court of the Constitutional Court