On 18 April 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-16-03 “On Compliance of Para 91, Para 92, Para 98 and Para 99, and Para 2 of Annex 8 of the Cabinet Regulation of 10 March 2019 No. 221 “Regulations Regarding Electricity Production and Price Determination upon Production of Electricity in Cogeneration” and of the last sentence of Para 638, Para 106, Para 107, Para […]

On 18 April 2019, the Constitutional Court has adopted a decision in case No. 2018-13-03 “On Compliance of Para 4 and Para 5 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 April 1998 No. 139 “Regulation on the Latvian Building Standard LBN 205‑97 “The Standards of Designing Masonry and Reinforced Masonry Constructions”” with Article 90 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested […]

Today, on 3 April, the State President Raimonds Vējonis and a delegation from the Chancery of the President of Latvia paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court. The State President and the Constitutional Court judges discussed the current issues in constitutional law in Latvia and focused on the execution of the Constitutional Court’s judgments. The […]

On 26 March 2019, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 1 (1) of the Law of 4 October 2018 “Amendments to the Consumer Rights Protection Law” with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) of the law of 4 October 2018 “Amendments to the […]

Today, on 21 March, Minister for Justice Jānis Bordāns and Head of the Minister’s Bureau Aldis Bukšs paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court. The delegation from the Ministry of Justice was welcomed by the Judges of the Constitutional Court in full composition. During the visit, the parties discussed current matters related to the judicial […]

On 6 March 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018‑11‑01 “On Compliance of Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 (92) of the law “On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities” with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Para 1 and Para 2 […]

On 4 March 2019, the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 1 (1) of the Law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” with the Second Sentence of Article 91 and the First Sentence of Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to […]

On 5 March 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-08-03 “On Compliance of Para 18 and Para 20 of the Binding Regulation of the Jūrmala City Council of 4 September 2014 No. 27 “Regulation on the Operations and Maintenance of the Municipal Cemeteries of Jūrmala City” with Article 1 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The […]

On 1 March 2019, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” provides that in […]

On 25 February 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 3 of the Cabinet Regulation of 12 December 2017 No. 724 “Regulation on the Qualification Criteria of the Experts of the Latvian Council of Science, Establishing of Experts’ Committees and Organising of the Work thereof” and the decision of 15 January 2018 by the […]