Published: 19.11.2019.
On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December 2009 No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and Funeral Benefit, Procedures for the Review thereof and Procedures for the Granting and Disbursement of Benefits” with Article 1, the Second Sentence of Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Years
2019
Stages of the proceedings
Adjudicated
Outcome of the proceedings
Judgement
Type of the proceedings
Court sitting with the participation of the participants of the case
Applicant
Ombudsman
Applicant: Latvijas Republikas tiesībsargs
Date of the judgment: 09.07.2020.
Official publication: 10.07.2020.

On Compliance of Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December 2009 No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and Funeral Benefit, Procedures for the Review thereof and Procedures for the Granting and Disbursement of Benefits” with Article 1, the Second Sentence of Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia

Case short name: Amount of the Social security benefits

The Constitutional Court held:

to recognise Para 2 of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and Funeral Benefit, Procedures for the Review thereof and Procedures for the Granting and Disbursement of the Benefits”, insofar it defines the amount of the State social security benefit for unemployed disabled persons and seniors, as being incompatible with Article 1, Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and void as of 1 January 2021.

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