Date of the judgment: 09.02.2023.
Official publication: 10.02.2023.
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 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
The Constitutional Court decided:
1. To terminate proceedings in the case on compliance of the third sentence of Section 5, Paragraph One of the Law on Higher Education Institutions with Article 1 and Article 105 of the Constitution.
2. To declare Section 56, Paragraph Three and Paragraph 49 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law on Higher Education Institutions (in force from 1 January 2019 to 30 April 2021), insofar as these norms applied to the implementation of study programmes in private higher education institutions in the official languages of the European Union, incompatible with Article 1 and the first, second and third sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and null and void from the moment of adoption.
3. To declare Section 56, Paragraph Three and Paragraph 49 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law on Higher Education Institutions (in force from 1 January 2019 to 30 April 2021), insofar as these norms applied to the implementation of study programmes in private higher education institutions in foreign languages other than the official languages of the European Union, compatible with Article 1 and the first, second and third sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia.