The Constitutional Court abolished the Fuel Transparency Board, considering it incompatible with the Constitution.
The Fuel Board was established by government regulation on March 12, 2022 to keep under control fuel prices affected by the war in Ukraine.
" The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Albania, based on articles 131, point 1, letter "c" and 134, point 1, letter "c", of the Constitution, as well as article 49, point 1, of law no. 8577, dated 10.02.2000 "On the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Albania ", amended, by majority vote,
DECIDE :
1. Partial acceptance of the request.
2. Repeal of Article 21/10, point 2, second sentence, of Law no. 39/2022 "For the approval of normative act no. 5, dated 12.03.2022 "For some additions to the law no. 8450, dated 24.02.1999 "On the processing, transportation and trading of oil, gas and their by-products", as amended", as incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Albania. This decision is final and enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
The final decision will be announced as reasoned within the legal deadlines provided by law no. 8577, dated 10.02.2000 "On the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Albania", as amended by the Regulation on Judicial Procedures of the Constitutional Court", the decision of the Constitutional Court states. A few days ago, the Constitution also abolished the Food Board.