On Thursday, 11 March, the Constitutional Court in cooperation with the Supreme Court of Latvia and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will run a webinar on the topic of “Role of the Constitutional Court in ensuring the conformity of national law with the EU law”.
The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the most effective ways for the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court to ensure protection of the applicants’ rights in line with both the European Union law and the specific scope of competence conferred by the legislator on the higher judicial authorities of the Republic of Latvia.
The participants will talk over the ways of applying secondary EU legislation in the Constitutional Court. The discussion is particularly aimed at defining the possible boundaries of the Constitutional Court’s competence in evaluating the compliance of national-level legal provisions with the secondary legislation of the European Union, including directives and regulations.
Finally, the participants in the webinar will discuss several possible approaches, considering the specificity of the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction as well as the distribution of competences between the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court. Representatives of the CJEU, too, will give their point of view in the discussion.
Speakers via video conference:
Prof., PhD. Mrs Sanita Osipova, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Mr Aldis Laviņš, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Mr Aigars Strupišs, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Latvia and Chair of the Judicial Council.
Prof., Ph.D. Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Prof., Ph.D. Mrs Ineta Ziemele, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Participants in the discussion via video conference:
Mr Gunārs Kusiņš, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Prof., Dr. iur. Mrs Daiga Rezevska, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Dr. iur. Mr Jānis Neimanis, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Assoc. Prof., Dr. iur. Mr Artūrs Kučs, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
Prof., Dr. iur. Mrs. Jautrīte Briede, Senator of the Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court of Latvia.
PROGRAM:
11.00 - 11.05 Introductory words by Prof., PhD. Mrs Sanita Osipova, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
11.05 - 11.10 Introductory words by Prof., Ph.D. Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
11.10 - 11.25 Presentation by Mr. Aldis Laviņš, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
11.25 - 11.40 Presentation by Mr. Aigars Strupišs, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Latvia and Chair of the Judicial Council.
11.40 - 11.55 Presentation by Prof., Ph.D. Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
11.55 - 12.10 Presentation by Prof., Ph.D. Mrs Ineta Ziemele, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
12.10 - 12.50 Discussion.
12.50 - 12.55 Conclusions by Prof., PhD. Mrs Sanita Osipova, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia.
12.55 - 13.00 Conclusions by Prof., Ph.D. Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Webinar in Latvian is available here: [ Ссылка ]
