Commemorative series 2006
Commemorative series 2006
Commemorative series 2006
150th anniversary of the State Council
0,50 € Stamp
The State Council, formed by the Constitution of 1856, is an independent institution. It gives its advice on all proposed new legislation, amendments thereto, as well as, except in the case of emergency, on every Grand Ducal order. Regarded as the “guardian of the Constitution”, it controls whether bills of law and of regulations submitted to it are in conformity with superior legal rules, that is, the Constitution, international treaties and conventions and general principals of law. In the absence of a second chamber, the Constitution also prescribes that Parliament submits each legal bill or proposition to a second vote, unless the State Council declares that this is not necessary.
Before the constitutional amendment of 1996, the State Council also exercised its power as a supreme administrative court through its Litigation Committee (“Comité du Contentieux”). (For reasons of impartiality, this plurality of functions had been denounced by the European Court of Human Rights.)
The Council is made up of 21 councilors, 11 of whom must have Law degrees, not counting the members of the Royal Family. Presently, Prince Guillaume, the future Grand Duke, sits as a councillor.
To be eligible to be a State councilor, one must be a Luxembourg citizen, reside in the country, be at least 30 years of age, and enjoy full civil and political rights.
| Price of the series: | 1,40 € |
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| Artwork: | Binsfeld Conseils, Luxembourg |
| Printing: | Offset and embossed by Cartor security print, La Loupe (F) |
| Size: | 34 x 34 mm, 10 stamps per sheet. |
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