26.11.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 347/14


Reference for a preliminary ruling from Tribunalul Argeș (Romania) lodged on 20 September 2011 — Andrei Emilian Boncea, Filofteia Catrinel Boncea, Adriana Boboc, Cornelia Mihăilescu v Romanian State represented by the Ministry for Public Finance

(Case C-483/11)

2011/C 347/21

Language of the case: Romanian

Referring court

Tribunalul Argeș

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Andrei Emilian Boncea, Filofteia Catrinel Boncea, Adriana Boboc, Cornelia Mihăilescu

Defendant: Romanian State represented by the Ministry of Public Finance

Questions referred

1.

Do the provisions of Article 5 of Law No 221/2009, as amended by decision No 1358 of the Constitutional Court of Romania of 21 October 2010, infringe Article 5 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

2.

Do Article 5 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Article 8 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights preclude national legislation which, in the case of the politically-motivated conviction of an individual by a decision contrary to law, allows that individual’s right to compensation for the non-material damage suffered to be limited?