Partial repeal of parking regulations in Pristina, GLPS provides details

The Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS) has announced that it has received the judgment of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, which approved the lawsuit dated March 10, 2025, for the partial repeal of the Regulation on the Organization and Use of Parking Lots of the Municipality of Pristina.

Their announcement states that "this decision of the Supreme Court is a major victory for the Center's mission in protecting the public interest from illegal by-laws of public authorities, and the Court's findings according to our lawsuit will serve as a precedent for all municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo when adopting Regulations on the management and use of public parking lots."

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"With the judgment dated April 16, 2025, the Supreme Court has found our claims as plaintiffs to be well-founded and has found that 9 provisions of the by-law known in public as the Prishtina Parking Regulation are in conflict with constitutional rights, the principle of legality and European standards for human rights," the announcement states. The provisions repealed in part or in full are: Article 1, Article 14, Article 15, Article 8, Article 12 paragraph 1, Article 12 paragraph 9, Article 22 paragraph 1, Article 22 paragraph 8 and Article 22 paragraph 9 of the Regulation.

The Supreme Court has deemed the provisions of the Regulation that define:

The competence of the Local Public Enterprise "Prishtina Parking" JSC to block vehicles due to non-payment of parking fees;

Release of the Local Public Enterprise “Prishtina Parking” JSC from liability for compensation for damages that may eventually be caused by its personnel in public parking lots;

The competence of "Prishtina Parking" for blocking, unblocking and transporting vehicles that do not pay the parking fee;

The competence of "Prishtina Parking" to manage cases of illegal parking of vehicles;

Limiting the time for the use of residential parking spaces by visitors;

Limiting citizens' access to public services - parking lots - leaving payment by phone as the only option. /telegraph/