Date of the judgment: 08.04.2024.
Official publication: 09.04.2024.
On Compliance of Annex 7 to Cabinet Regulation No 935 of 18 December 2012, Regulations Regarding Felling of Trees in Forests”, insofar as it Reduces the Final Felling Diameter According to the Dominant Tree Species and Site Index, with Article 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia
The Constitutional Court decided as follows:
1. It is hereby declared that Annex 7 to Cabinet Regulation No. 935 of 18 December 2012, Regulations Regarding Felling of Trees in Forests, insofar as it reduces the final felling diameter according to the dominant tree species and site index, fails to conform to Article 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and therefore is no longer valid from the moment of its entry into force.
2. It is hereby determined that Annex 7 to Cabinet Regulation No. 935 of 18 December 2012, Regulations Regarding Felling of Trees in Forests, in the part declared as not conforming to Article 115 of the Constitution shall remain in force in the wording which was in force until 29 June 2022.