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02.03.2016.

The norms of the Bank of Latvia Regulation that apply to buying and selling foreign currency cash are incompatible with the Satversme

On 2 March 2016 the Constitutional Court has pronounced Judgement in Case No. 2015-11-03 “On Compliance of Para 19 and Para 20 of the Bank of Latvia Regulation No. 141 of 15 September 2014 “Requirements Regarding Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism in Buying and Selling Foreign Currency Cash” with Article 1 and Article 64, […]

22.02.2016.

The Constitutional Court terminates legal proceedings in case regarding establishing the status of state officials for administrators of insolvency proceedings, who simultaneously are also tax (financial) advisors or are board members at capital companies

On 22 February 2016 the Constitutional Court adopted a decision to terminate legal proceedings in Case No. 2015-04-01 “On Compliance of Section 2 of the Law “Amendments to the Insolvency Law” of 25 September 2014 and the Law “Amendments to the Law On Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Activities of Public Officials” of 30 October […]

17.02.2016.

A case initiated with regard to a norm that revokes the possibility to inherit early retirement pension capital of farmers

On 16 February 2016 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 14 April 2015 No.187 “Amendment to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 30 November 2004 No.1002 “Procedure for Implementing the Programming Document “Latvia’s Rural Development Plan for the Implementation of Rural Development Programme for 2004-2006” […]

12.02.2016.

The norm in the binding regulation of the Riga City Council on not repaying part of the infrastructure fee is incompatible with the Satversme

On 12 February 2016 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-13-03 “On Compliance of the First Sentence in Para 24 of the Riga City Council Binding Regulation of 19 February 2013 No. 211 “On the Municipal Fee for the Maintenance and Development of the Municipality Infrastructure in Riga” with Article 105 of the Satversme […]

21.01.2016.

A case initiated with regard to recalculation of pension or discontinuing disbursement of pension to former military

On 15 January 2016 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 421 of Transitional Provisions of the Law “On State Pensions” with Section 1, Section 91, Section 105 and Section 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm The contested norm of the law “On State Pensions” provides: “If a […]

29.12.2015.

A case has been initiated with regard to norms that provide for the liability of a board member for late tax payments of a legal person

On 29 December 2015 the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the Compliance of Section 60, Section 61 and Section 62 of the Law on Taxes and Fees with the First Sentence of Article 91, Article 92 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms Section 60 of the Law on Taxes and Fees defines […]

22.12.2015.

The norms on establishing the status of public official for the administrators of insolvency proceedings are incompatible with the Satversme

On 21 December 2015 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2015-03-01 “On Compliance of Section 2 of the law “Amendments to the Insolvency Law” of 25 September 2014 and the law “Amendments to the Law On Prevention of Conflict of Interest in the Activities of Public Officials” of 30 October 2014 with Article 1 […]

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