The decision is not final and may be appealed with the Bucharest Court.
Nastase was found guilty of corruption in raising funds for his 2004 presidential campaign and was sentenced to two years in prison. He has been in prison since June 2012.
In January 2013, the parole commission at the Jilava Penitentiary, where he is held, upheld Nastase’s early release request.
Nastase will be released from prison if the Bucharest Court backs the ruling handed down today.