On Wednesday, June 19, two cases were initiated before the Constitutional Court according to applications of consumer crediting service providers regarding the duty to pay the surcharge of the enterprise income tax, as well as procedures for calculation thereof. The applicants provide consumer crediting services with a fixed loan interest rate and are payers of the […]
A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Paragraph 142.4 of the Cabinet Regulation No. 350 of 19 June 2018 “Regulations on Lease of Land of a Public Person and the Right to Construction” with the first sentence of Article 91 of the Constitution. The applicant is a capital company whose primary type of economic […]
On 9 and 10 May of the current year, Judges and employees of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, as well as the Council of Europe representatives met in Kraków (Poland) in the framework of the project “Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine”, implemented as part of the […]
Following a constitutional complaint, a case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 8.4(10)(2) of the Consumer Rights Protection Law with the first sentence of Article 91 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. Section 8.4 of the Consumer Rights Protection Law provides for a mortgage credit borrower protection fee from revenue of […]
On 18 and 19 April 2024, Judges and staff members of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the European Court of Human Rights met to discuss several aspects of the development of the dialogue between the two Courts, as well as understanding of the principles of sustainability and good legislation process on the national and […]
On 16 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Artūrs Kučs as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Latvia. We are proud of this esteemed international recognition of his exceptional qualifications and extensive expertise in human rights. For information On 2 September 2024, expires the term of […]
Following an application of the Administrative District Court, a case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 7(1) and Section 7.1(4) of the Law on State Compensation to Victims with the third sentence of Section 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. The contested provision provides that the maximum amount of the […]
According to the application of the political party “”Saskaņa” Social Democratic Party”, a case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 5.1 of the Pre-election Campaign Law with Article 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. The contested provision provides for the use of language in the pre-election campaign. The application […]
According to the application of a consumer crediting service provider, a case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 4.1(1) of the Law on the Enterprise Income Tax with the first sentence of Article 91 and the first and third sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia. The applicant […]
On 15th and 16th March, a delegation of the Latvian Constitutional Court participated in the 138th Plenary Session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and the 21st meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, in which the resolution proposed by the Latvian Constitutional Court on restoring the international legal […]
