The Constitutional Court, with the judgment No. UI No.210/21, dated November 29, 2021 and published on December 6, 2021, upheld the appeal filed by some public employees against the article RS, No.147 /21, 149/21, 152/21, 155/21, 170/21 and 171/21 of the government decree.
The decreee requires all public sector employees the vaccine against COVID-19 as of October 1, 2021, in order to perform duties at the workplace, on the premises of the employer or other state agency, administration. The Court declared this regulation unconstitutional and stated that mandatory vaccination requires a prior amendment to the Law on Infectious Diseases," effectively postponing the choice on the introduction of mandatory vaccination to parliamentary discussion, in order to be introduced into the legal system.
