Regulations Regarding the State Fee for the Registration of a Fertiliser and a Substrate or Receipt of a Permit for the Importation or Marketing of a Fertiliser and a Substrate, also the Procedures for Payment Thereof

[22 December 2015]

Issued pursuant to
Section 16 of the Law on Circulation of Fertilisers

1. The Regulation prescribes the amount of the State fee for the registration of a fertiliser and a substrate or receipt of a permit for the importation or marketing of a fertiliser and a substrate, also the procedures for payment thereof.

[22 December 2015]

2. The State fee for the registration of a fertiliser and a substrate shall be paid by an importer or producer. A packer shall pay the State fee if it changes the name indicated in the registration document of a producer or importer of fertilisers or substrates. In accordance with the identification group of fertilisers specified in laws and regulations regarding identification, quality conformity assessment and marketing of fertilisers and substrates, the State fee is determined in the following amount:

2.1. for registration of a fertiliser included in identification groups D, E, G or H - EUR 71.14;

2.2. for registration of a fertiliser and a substrate included in identification groups A, B, C, F or K - EUR 142.29;

2.3. for registration of a fertiliser (microbiological preparation) included in the identification group I - EUR 284.57;

2.4. for registration of a fertiliser included in the identification group J - EUR 142.29. The State fee shall not be paid for re-registration of a fertiliser registered in another group to the identification group J.

[6 December 2011; 15 May 2012; 24 September 2013; 22 December 2015; 18 August 2020; 5 July 2022]

3. [5 July 2022]

4. The State fee for the receipt of a permit for the importation or marketing of a fertiliser and a substrate shall be specified in the following amount:

4.1. a permit for marketing of a registered fertiliser and substrate if the testing results thereof show non-conformity with the quality declared in the Fertiliser and Substrate State Register - EUR 14.23;

4.2. a permit for marketing or importation of fertilisers and substrates that are not referred to in laws and regulations regarding requirements of identification, quality conformity assessment and marketing of fertilisers and substrates - EUR 71.14;

4.3. a permit for the importation of a non-registered fertiliser for effectiveness trials and research - EUR 142.29;

4.4. a permit for the importation of a fertiliser and a substrate for testing and registration - EUR 14.23;

4.5. a permit for the marketing of relevant lots of fertiliser and substrate imported for testing and registration - EUR 71.14;

4.6. a permit for the importation and marketing of a particular lot of a fertiliser if the lot of the fertiliser does not conform to the quality requirements specified in the laws and regulations regarding fertilisers - EUR 71.14.

[24 September 2013; 22 December 2015]

5. [6 December 2011]

6. A registration document of fertilisers and a substrate shall be issued for an unlimited period of time.

[22 December 2015]

7. [5 July 2022]

8. The State fee shall be transferred into the State basic budget in accordance with the laws and regulations regarding the procedures by which payments into the State budget are to be made and are to be recognised as received and in accordance with the requirements for the use of online payment services for accounting with the State budget.

[6 December 2011]

8.¹ Payments in the State budget shall be made:

8.¹ 1. via such provider of payment services who has the right to provide payment services within the meaning of the Law on Payment Services and Electronic Money;

8.¹ 2. at the State Plant Protection Service with a VISA, VISA Electron, MasterCard, Maestro or American Express payment card at a payment card terminal or in another alternative system if the State Plant Protection Service or intermediary body ensures it technically.

[6 December 2011]

9. Cabinet Regulation No. 285 of 2 July 2002, Regulations Regarding the State Fee for the Registration of Fertilisers and Procedures for Payment Thereof (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2002, No. 102), is repealed.

Prime Minister A. Kalvītis

Acting for the Minister for Agriculture -
Minister for Welfare D. Staķe

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