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On Compliance of Para 244 of the Cabinet Regulation of 28 September 2021 No. 662 “Epidemiological Safety Measures for the Containment of the Spread of Covid-19 Infection” with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

The Constitutional Court recognised that, given the spread of the Covid-19 virus and the threat it posed to the health system, the legitimate interests of certain merchants could not be placed above the interests of society as a whole. In addition, the applicants had access to support mechanisms to mitigate the effects of the restriction imposed thereon. However, the benefit to society of the restriction contained in the contested norm, in circumstances where it was necessary to reduce the possible transmission of the Covid-19 virus from mink to humans and thereby protect human health and well-being of society, outweighed the adverse consequences for the applicants.