On 7 July 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 13 of the Cabinet Regulation of 27 October 2009 No. 1250 “Regulation Regarding State Fee for Registering Ownership Rights and Pledge Rights in the Land Register” with Article 91, Article 105 and Article 110 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm […]

On 25 June 2020, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in case No. 2019-24-03 “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 No. 913 “Regulation on the Guaranteed Minimum Income Level” with Article 1 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 18 December 2012 […]

On 19 June 2020, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019-20-03 “On Compliance of Para 9 of Annex 2 and Para 9 of Annex 4 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 November 2018 No. 716 “Regulation on the National Guidelines on Pre-school Education and Model Programmes of Pre-school education” with Article 64, Article 91, the First Sentence of Article 112 and Article 114 of […]

On 11 June 2020, the Constitutional Court decided to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter – CJEU) in case No. 2019 28 0103 “On Compliance of Decision No. 1/7 of 18 April 2019 by the Board of the Public Utilities Commission “Regulation on the Connection to the […]

  On 11 June 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in Case No. 2019-12-01 “On Compliance of the Third Sentence of Section 5 (1), Section 56 (3) and Para 49 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Institutions of Higher Education” with Article 1, Article 105 and Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The third sentence […]

In order to restrict the spread of Covid-19, on 12 March Latvia declared a state of emergency which was lifted on 9 June. As of 10 June, the judges and staff of the Constitutional Court will continue to perform their official duties face-to-face while observing epidemiological safety measures, including recommendations of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. […]

On Thursday, 4 June, the University of Latvia Faculty of Law (ULFL) team guided by the Constitutional Court judge Artūrs Kučs and his assistant Eva Vīksna won the Eighth European Human Rights Moot Court Competition organised by the European Law Students Association (ELSA). The team included Kristiāna Pētersone, who is an assistant to the Constitutional Court […]

Today, on 3 June, the State President Egils Levits visited the Constitutional Court. As part of the dialogue between constitutional bodies, the President and the Constitutional Court judges talked about the continuity of the Constitutional Court’s work in the emergency situation, discussed relevant issues in constitutional law in Latvia, as well as matters related to […]

On 2 June 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 9 of the Law “On Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Threat to the State and Its Consequences Due to the Spread of COVID-19” with Article 1 and the First Sentence of Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]

On 1 June 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 34 (1) of the Law “On Taxes and Duties, insofar it Envisages Calculation and Collection from the Taxpayer a Fine in the Amount of 100 Per Cent of the Underpaid Tax Due to the Budget, with Article 105 of the Satversme of the […]