Constitutional Court Case No 207/2013

Human Rights – Freedom of Religion or Belief – Funding of Religious Bodies – Cooperation Agreements between State and Religious Bodies – Special Regional Law of Navarra partially repealing exemption from the Tax on Estates for religious bodies by limiting that exemption to estates of Roman Catholic Church and other bodies with an agreement of co-operation with the State ‘as long as they “are” used for the purposes of worship and liturgy’ – President of Spanish government appealing against unconstitutional nature of this Law – (1) Whether exemption only applicable when estates were used exclusively for the purposes of worship and liturgy (2) Whether Special Regional Law of Navarra (Ley Foral) 10/2013, of 12th March unconstitutional in the light of the Cooperation Agreement between State and Catholic Church (3) Whether Special Regional Law of Navarra unconstitutional in the light of Cooperation Agreements with other religious bodies – Whether Special Regional Law of Navarra in breach of collective religious freedom – Organic Law on Religious Freedom 7/1980 – Spanish Constitution, art 16 - Statute on the Regional Framework and Powers of Navarra (Estatuto de Autonomía)

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