Archive 2009
Press releases 2009:
Federal Constitutional Court
Press releases by the Federal Constitutional Court
Opening of shops in Berlin on all four Sundays in advent is not constitutional
(01/12/2009)
Unequal treatment of marriages and registered civil partnerships concerning survivor’s pensions under an occupational pension scheme (VBL) unconstitutional
(22/10/2009)
Submission by the Federal Finance Court on the question of the taxation of life annuities is inadmissible
(15/10/2009)
Another successful constitutional complaint against decisions granting extradition
(12/10/2009)
Minimum contribution collected according to § 16 of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority Act is constitutional
(06/10/2009)
Motion for a temporary injunction against a deportation under the Dublin II procedure successful
(08/09/2009)
Response to "minor interpellations" by the Federal Government not constitutional
(30/07/2009)
Limited grant of permission to testify and refusal to surrender documents to BND committee of inquiry partly contrary to constitutional law
(23/07/2009)
Announcement of the provisional official election result for the 16th German Bundestag prior to the by-election in the Dresden I constituency held constitutional
(21/07/2009)
Seizure and confiscation of emails on the provider’s mail server not unconstitutional
(15/07/2009)
Act Approving the Treaty of Lisbon compatible with the Basic Law; accompanying law unconstitutional to the extent that legislative bodies have not been accorded sufficient rights of participation
(30/06/2009)
Provision on state financial advancement of Jewish communities in Brandenburg unconstitutional
(16/06/2009)
No obligation for small private mutual insurance associations to contract with non-members in the basic category
(14/06/2009)
Constitutional complaints relating to private health insurance are unsuccessful
(10/06/2009)
Provisions for long-service awards under the Income Tax Act held constitutional
(09/06/2009)
Constitutional complaint against duties collected for the Forestry Sales Fund / Timber Promotion Fund successful
(05/06/2009)
Statutory restriction to "double married name" compatible with Basic Law
(05/05/2009)
Number-of-units taxation standard of the Hamburg Gaming Machines Tax Act incompatible with the principle of equality
(28/04/2009)
Reasoning of the denial of the motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer falling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act
(24/03/2009)
Use of voting computers in 2005 Bundestag election unconstitutional
(03/03/2009)
Motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer falling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act denied
(19/02/2009)
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