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27 November 2008 [shall come into force from 31 December
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17 October 2013 [shall come into force from 20 November
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23 October 2014 [shall come into force from 6 November
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The Saeima1 has adopted and
President has proclaimed the following law:
Law on
Circulation of Fertilisers
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. Terms Used in this
Law
The following terms are used in this Law:
1) performer of activities - a natural or legal person
who produces fertilisers or growing media, prepares mixtures of
fertilisers, packs, imports or sells fertilisers, mixtures of
fertilisers or growing media;
2) fertiliser - any substance containing one or several
such chemical elements which are recognised as necessary for
plants, if such substance is used due to the content of its
elements and is intended or offered for plant growth promotion,
or a microbiological preparation containing live micro-organisms
which promote growth and development of plants or is used for the
renewal, activation and regulation of microbiological processes
in soil or other substrate to improve its biological, physical or
chemical features;
3) circulation of fertilisers - production of
fertilisers, preparation of their mixtures, packaging,
importation and sale thereof;
4) growing media - material other than soil in
situ (soil formed in a natural way in its natural
environment) where plants are grown;
5) circulation of growing media - production,
packaging, importation and sale of growing media.
[17 June 2010; 17 October 2013]
Section 2. Purpose of this Law
Purpose of this Law is to protect consumers of fertilisers and
growing media (hereinafter - the substrate) from the use of poor
quality fertilisers and substrates, which are dangerous to human
and animal health and to the environment, as well as to ensure
identical requirements for natural and legal persons who perform
activities with fertilisers and substrates.
[17 October 2013]
Section 3. Exceptions to the
Application of this Law
(1) This Law shall not apply to:
1) sewage sludge if such is used as a fertiliser the use of
which is regulated by laws and regulations regarding the use,
monitoring and control of sewage sludge and its compost;
2) unprocessed organic fertilisers and unprocessed liming
materials;
3) [17 June 2010];
4) [17 October 2013];
5) fertilisers and substrates that are subject to any customs
procedure, except for those fertilisers and substrates to which
the customs procedure - putting into free circulation - is
applied.
(2) Provisions of this Law regarding the following shall apply
to fertilisers with "EC fertiliser" marking (hereinafter - the EC
marking):
1) maximum permissible concentration of all undesirable
impurities in fertilisers (Section 4, Paragraph one, Clause 1,
Sub-clause "d");
2) monitoring, control and accounting of fertilisers, and also
receipt of detonation tests or copies thereof and provision of
information (Section 4, Paragraph one, Clause 1, Sub-clause "f",
Section 4, Paragraph three, Section 8, Paragraph one, Section 9,
Paragraph one, Clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10 and Paragraph two, Clauses
1 and 2, and Section 17);
3) procedures for quality conformity assessment of fertilisers
when performing monitoring and control (Section 4, Paragraph one,
Clause 1, Sub-clause "g");
4) control sampling of fertilisers, and also procedures for
sampling and sampling preparation (Section 4, Paragraph one,
Clause 2);
5) notification of the cases of non-conformity to the European
Commission (Section 4, Paragraph two);
6) obligations of the performer of activities (Section 5,
Paragraphs one, two, three, four, six, seven, eight, nine and
ten);
7) actions with poor quality fertilisers (Section 7);
8) payment of the State monitoring and control expenses
(Section 14).
[27 November 2008; 17 June 2010; 17 October 2013; 17
January 2019; 21 November 2019 / Amendment to Paragraph
two, Clause 2 regarding the replacement of the words and numbers
"Paragraph two, Clauses 1, 2 and 5" with the words and numbers
"Paragraph two, Clauses 1 and 2, and Section 17" shall come into
force on 1 July 2020. See Paragraph 16 of the Transitional
Provisions]
Section 4. Competence of State
Authorities in the Field of the Circulation of Fertilisers and
Substrates
(1) The Cabinet shall issue:
1) regulation regarding the identification, quality conformity
assessment and marketing of fertilisers and substrates, which
shall prescribe:
a) requirements for the identification, quality and sale of
fertilisers and substrates;
b) conditions and procedures for the registration of
fertilisers and substrates;
c) acceptable deviations from the declared quality of a
fertiliser and substrate,
d) maximum permissible concentration of all undesirable
impurities in fertilisers and substrates;
e) requirements for the labelling and packaging of fertilisers
and substrates,
f) procedures for monitoring and controlling fertilisers and
substrates,
g) procedures for quality conformity assessment of fertilisers
and substrates, in performing monitoring and control,
h) procedures by which a permit for the sale or import of
those fertilisers and substrates which are not included in the
State Fertiliser Register of the State Information System for
Monitoring of Agricultural Plants (hereinafter - the Register) or
do not conform to the declared quality or quality requirements,
or identification requirements;
2) requirements for taking control samples of fertilisers and
substrates, and also procedures for sampling and preparation of
samples.
(2) If the information is received from the State Plant
Protection Service (hereinafter - the Service) that a fertiliser
having the EC marking does not conform to the requirements
specified in Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 concerning
fertilisers (hereinafter - Regulation No 2003/2003), the Ministry
of Agriculture shall notify the European Commission of the cases
of non-conformity.
(3) Customs institutions shall ensure the monitoring and
control of the compliance with the requirements specified in this
Law in respect of import of fertilisers and substrates from
countries other than European Union Member States (hereinafter -
the third countries).
[27 November 2008; 17 October 2013]
Chapter
II
Performer of Activities
Section 5. Obligations of a
Performer of Activities
(1) A producer, packer and importer of fertilisers and
substrates, and also a maker of mixtures of these fertilisers
shall submit the Service the following:
1) an application for the registration of a fertiliser or
substrate produced, packaged or imported for sale or the mixture
prepared from fertilisers (except for an individual order) or an
application for the accounting of fertilisers with the EC marking
or the accounting of the fertiliser and substrate which are
imported in Latvia in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 764/2008
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008
laying down procedures relating to the application of certain
national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another
Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC (hereinafter -
the notified fertilisers and substrates);
2) each year by 31 January - data on fertilisers (with or
without the EC marking) and substrates produced or imported or
mixtures of fertilisers prepared for sale by indicating the type,
name and quantity of the fertiliser and substrate.
(2) The performer of activities shall ensure a service
inspector access to the fertiliser and substrate production,
storage, packaging and marketing premises, vehicles, and also
fertiliser and substrate accounting documents and accompanying
documents, and provide the requested information regarding the
circulation of fertilisers and substrates.
(3) Before registering such straight or compound fertiliser in
Latvia in the composition of which the nitrogen content in
ammonium nitrate exceeds 28 per cent of the fertiliser weight
(hereinafter - the ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen
content), or prior to the receipt of the relevant permit referred
to in Section 8, Paragraph two of this Law, a producer, importer
or maker of mechanical mixture shall submit a detonation test or
a copy thereof to the Service and a guarantee letter of the
producer of the fertiliser or a copy thereof on the compliance of
the produced fertiliser with the requirements of Regulation No.
2003/2003 in relation to the detonation test. If the ammonium
nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content has the EC marking,
and it is intended to be sold in Latvia, a producer or importer
shall, at least five days before the first importation into
Latvia or sale thereof, submit a detonation test of the
fertiliser or a copy thereof to the Service.
(4) When importing a fertiliser and substrate from a third
country and applying customs procedures - putting into free
circulation - thereto, a performer of activities shall present a
registration certificate of the fertiliser and substrate to the
customs institution (except when the fertiliser and substrate has
been registered in Latvia by a producer from a third country) or
the relevant permit referred to in Section 8, Paragraph two of
this Law for the import of the fertiliser and substrate.
Identification marking shall be presented for fertilisers with
the EC marking which has been drawn up in accordance with the
conditions of Regulation No 2003/2003 in relation to packaging or
the label, or the relevant accompanying documents. Marking, label
or accompanying document shall be presented for the notified
fertilisers and substrates.
(5) A maker of mechanical mixture of mineral fertilisers in
Latvia shall keep records of the ingredients of the mixture and
their origin, but, if the mechanical mixture of mineral
fertilisers is prepared by an individual order in Latvia -
additional record of the amount of each such mixture shall also
be performed additionally.
(6) A performer of activities is allowed to sell fertiliser in
the composition of which the nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate
is 16 per cent or more of the fertiliser weight, additionally
indicating in the transaction supporting document provided for in
the laws and regulations governing the accounting the
certification of the buyer that the fertiliser shall be used only
for plant fertilisation, or if the person presents a permit
issued in accordance with the laws and regulations regarding the
handling of explosives for civil uses.
(7) A performer of activities who is selling fertiliser in the
composition of which the nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate is
16 per cent or more of the fertiliser weight, in addition to the
requirements specified in the laws and regulations regarding
conduct and organisation of accounting, shall provide the
following in the accounting register:
1) name and basic content of the fertiliser containing
ammonium nitrate;
2) texpayer registration number of the State Revenue Service
(for a legal person) or personal identification number (for a
natural person).
(8) Prior to placing on the market of the potassium nitrate,
sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, calcium ammonium nitrate and
fertilisers in the composition of which the nitrogen content in
ammonium nitrate is 16 per cent or more of the fertiliser weight,
a performer of activities shall submit to the Service a list of
sales locations, indicating the actual address of the sales
location. If the performer of activities changes the sales
location, it shall immediately inform the Service of the actual
address of the new sales location.
(9) A performer of activities shall, each year by 31 January,
submit to the Service information regarding the amount in which
the potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, calcium
ammonium nitrate and fertilisers in the composition of which the
nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate is 16 per cent or more of
the fertiliser weight was sold in the previous year.
(10) A performer of activities shall keep documents regarding
the sold potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate,
calcium ammonium nitrate and fertilisers in the composition of
which the nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate is 16 per cent or
more of the fertiliser weight for five years.
[26 October 2006; 27 November 2008; 11 February 2010; 17
June 2010; 17 October 2013; 17 January 2019 / Paragraphs
eight, nine and ten shall come into force on 1 January 2020.
See Paragraph 15 of the Transitional Provisions]
Section 6. Self-monitoring
(1) A producer of fertilisers and substrates and a maker of
fertiliser mixtures shall assess the conformity of the quality of
the fertiliser and substrate with the requirements laid down in
laws and regulations regarding fertilisers and substrates
(hereinafter - the self-monitoring) at least once a year.
(2) Results of the self-monitoring shall be documented,
registered and kept for at least three years.
(3) If during the self-monitoring it is determined that the
quality of a fertiliser and substrate does not conform to the
quality declared in the Register and its conformity cannot be
achieved, the producer of the relevant fertiliser and substrate
or a maker of fertiliser mixtures shall inform the Service
thereof in writing within one week.
[17 October 2013; 17 January 2019]
Section 7. Actions with Poor Quality
Fertilisers and Substrates
A fertiliser and substrate of poor quality that is dangerous
to human and animal health, and to the environment, and which
cannot be made harmless and suitable for use by additional
processing, shall be buried by the producer in accordance with
the procedures laid down in laws and regulations regarding waste
management. If such fertiliser and substrate have been imported,
the importer shall return them to the producer. The producer or
processor thereof shall cover the costs related to the burial of
dangerous fertilisers and substrates.
[17 October 2013]
Chapter
III
Registration of Fertilisers and Substrates, Monitoring and
Control of their Circulation
[17 October 2013]
Section 8. Registration of
Fertilisers and Substrates, and Issue of Permits
(1) It is allowed to produce, package, import and sell the
fertilisers and substrates that have been included in the
Register, fertilisers and substrates for which the respective
permit referred to in Paragraph two of this Section has been
issued, and also fertilisers with the EC marking that have been
applied for accounting, and fertilisers and substrates that have
been included in the list of the notified fertilisers and
substrates. Mechanical mixtures may be prepared for sale from
fertilisers with the EC marking and the fertilisers included in
the Register,complying with the requirements of the laws and
regulations regarding the identification, quality conformity
assessment and sale of the fertiliser. This condition shall apply
also to mechanical mixtures of fertilisers which are produced
upon an individual order.
(2) The Service shall issue the following permits in
conformity with laws and regulations regarding the requirements
for the identification, quality conformity assessment and
marketing of fertilisers and substrates :
1) sale of a registered fertiliser and substrate, if the
testing results show non-conformity with the quality declared in
the register;
2) sale or importation of such fertiliser and substrate, which
are not referred to in laws and regulations regarding the
requirements for the identification, quality conformity
assessment and marketing of fertilisers and substrates;
3) importation of unregistered fertiliser for effectiveness
trials and research;
4) importation of a fertiliser and substrate for testing and
registration;
5) marketing of relevant lots of fertiliser and substrate
imported for testing and registration;
6) importation and marketing of concrete lots of fertiliser if
the fertiliser lot does not conform to the laws and regulations
regarding the quality requirements specified for fertilisers.
(3) [17 January 2019]
[26 October 2006; 17 October 2013; 17 January 2019]
Section 9. Service Functions and
Rights in the Field of Circulation of Fertilisers and
Substrates
(1) The Service shall:
1) accept, examine and evaluate application for the
registration of a fertiliser and substrate and the documents
related therewith;
2) issue and cancel fertiliser and substrate registration
certificates;
3) keep the register and ensure updating of the data
therein;
4) issue permits for the import or sale of fertilisers and
substrates in accordance with Section 8 of this Law;
5) monitor and control circulation of fertilisers and
substrates;
6) take free-of-charge control samples of fertilisers and
substrates for analysis to perform fertiliser and substrate
conformity assessment. Control samples shall be taken in the
required quantity in accordance with laws and regulations
regarding fertilisers and substrates;
7) perform monitoring, control and accounting of those
fertilisers having the EC marking in accordance with Regulation
No 2003/2003, and also receive detonation tests or copies thereof
for all types of ammonium nitrate fertilisers of high nitrogen
content, which are placed on the market with the EC marking;
8) inform in writing the Ministry of Agriculture if a
fertiliser having the EC marking does not conform to the
requirements of Regulation No 2003/2003 which refer to the type
of a fertiliser and declared content of nutrients, whether there
is a reason to think that such fertiliser can cause a risk to
human, animal or plant health or to the environment;
9) provide the following information to the State Revenue
Service regarding fertilisers and substrates produced in the
third countries one of the circulation stages of which is
import:
a) within five working days - regarding fertilisers with the
EC marking applied for accounting, notified fertiliser and
substrates, and also fertilisers and substrates registered by a
producer;
b) by the fifth day of each month - regarding the fertilisers
and substrates registered in the previous month, regarding those
fertilisers and substrates for which the permit referred to in
Section 8, Paragraph two of the Law has been issued, and also
regarding those fertilisers and substrates the registration
certificate of which has been cancelled;
10) when specifying the data necessary for identification, the
information regarding fertilisers and substrates for which the
customs procedure - putting into free circulation - has been
applied may be requested from the State Revenue Service;
11) publish on its website a list of fertilisers indicating
the potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, calcium
ammonium nitrate and fertilisers in the composition of which the
nitrogen content in ammonium nitrate is 16 per cent or more of
the fertiliser weight.
(2) Inspectors of the Service have the right to:
1) request and receive the information required for the
performance of monitoring in accordance with laws and regulations
regarding fertilisers and substrates from the performer of
activities free of charge;
2) control the conformity of packaging, marking, label and
accompanying documents with the requirements laid down in laws
and regulations regarding fertilisers and substrates which must
be complied with at the sites where the fertilisers and
substrates are produced, stored, packaged and sold, and in the
respective vehicles;
3) to suspend until the elimination of non-conformity or
prohibit the sale or distribution by any other means of a
fertiliser and substrate if a person fails to comply with the
requirements laid down in laws and regulations regarding
fertilisers and substrates;
4) set a deadline by which the performer of activities must
eliminated the established violations;
5) [21 November 2019 / See Paragraph 16 of the Transitional
Provisions];
6) submit to the law-enforcement institutions materials
regarding persons whose actions cause significant harm to
consumer rights and interests, and also to human and animal
health, and the environment.
[27 November 2008; 11 February 2010; 17 June 2010; 17
October 2013; 17 January 2019; 21 November 2019]
Section 10. Information to be
Included in the Register
(1) Information regarding the performer of activities and the
fertiliser and substrate to be registered shall be included in
the Register in accordance with the procedures laid down in laws
and regulations regarding fertilisers and substrates.
(2) Information which has been submitted in accordance with
the procedures laid down in Section 5 of the Law regarding the
quantity of fertilisers and substrates produced or imported for
sale in the State shall be included and kept in the Register each
year.
[17 October 2013]
Section 11. Cancellation and Renewal
of a Registration Certificate
(1) A registration certificate shall be cancelled:
1) upon receipt of an application from the producer, packer or
importer of the fertiliser and substrate, and also the maker of
mixtures of these fertilisers;
2) by the respective decision of the Service if the produced
or imported fertiliser and substrate do not conform with the
requirements laid down in laws and regulations regarding
fertilisers and substrates;
3) if a person, except for foreign producers, has not provided
the information referred to in Section 5, Paragraph one, Clause 2
of the Law for two consecutive years or has not produced or
imported the fertiliser for two consecutive years in accordance
with the provided information.
(2) If the registration certificate has been cancelled, after
elimination of the reasons for its cancellation the person
referred to in Paragraph one of this Section may submit an
application for the inclusion of the fertiliser and substrate in
the Register.
[27 November 2008; 17 October 2013; 17 January
2019]
Section 12. Disclosure of
Information of the Register
The Service shall once a year disclose information regarding
the total quantity of fertilisers and substrates produced or
imported separately by types thereof in the previous year, as
well as data on such fertilisers and substrates obtained as a
result of State monitoring and control.
[17 October 2013]
Section 13. Availability of
Information
Data of the Register, and also information regarding the
method of production of fertilisers and substrates and raw
materials shall be available to a restricted group of persons for
the performance of their work duties.
[17 October 2013]
Section 14. Payment of State
Monitoring and Control Expenses
Expenses for the State monitoring and control of fertilisers
and substrates shall be covered from the State budget resources,
except when the requirements of laws and regulations governing
the requirements for the identification, quality conformity
assessment and marketing of fertilisers and substrates provide
otherwise.
[27 November 2008; 17 October 2013; 20 November
2013]
Section 15. Principle of Mutual
Recognition
In Latvia, such fertilisers and substrates which in accordance
with laws and regulations regarding fertilisers and substrates
have been produced or put into free circulation in any of the
European Union Member States or Turkey or which in accordance
with the laws and regulations regarding fertilisers and
substrates have been produced in any of the European Economic
Area States are allowed to be marketed.
[17 October 2013]
Section 16. State Fee for the
Registration of a Fertiliser and Substrate and Receipt of a
Permit
A person shall pay a State fee for the registration of a
fertiliser and substrate or receipt of a permit for the
production, importation or marketing of a fertiliser and
substrate. The amount of the State fee and procedures for its
payment shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[26 October 2006; 17 October 2013; 10 November 2013 /
Amendment to the Section regarding the supplementation of the
title and text with words "and substrate" (in the appropriate
number and case) after the word "fertiliser" (in the appropriate
number and case) shall come into force on 29 December 2015. See
Paragraph 14 of the Transitional Provisions]
Chapter
IV
Administrative Offences in the Field of the Circulation of
Fertilisers and Substrates and Competence within the
Administrative Offence Proceedings
[21 November 2019 /
Chapter shall come into force on 1 July 2020. See
Paragraph 16 of the Transitional Provisions]
Section 17. Violation of the
Provisions for the Circulation of Fertilisers and Substrates
For the violation of the provisions for the circulation of
fertilisers and substrates, a warning or a fine of up to one
hundred units of fine shall be imposed on a natural person, but
on a legal person - from five up to five hundred units of
fine.
[21 November 2019 / This Section shall come into
force on 1 July 2020. See Paragraph 16 of the Transitional
Provisions]
Section 18. Competence in
Administrative Offence Proceedings
Administrative offence proceedings for the offence referred to
in Section 17 of the Law shall be conducted by the Service.
[21 November 2019 / This Section shall come into
force on 1 July 2020. See Paragraph 16 of the Transitional
Provisions]
Transitional
Provisions
1. With the coming into force of this Law, the Law on
Circulation of Fertilisers (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un
Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs, 2001, No. 23; 2002, No. 23) is
repealed.
2. The Cabinet shall issue the regulations referred to in
Section 4, Paragraph one of the Law until 1 September 2006.
3. Until the day of coming into force of the Cabinet
regulations referred to in Section 4, Paragraph one of this Law,
but not longer than until 1 September 2006, the Cabinet
Regulation No. 247 of 25 June 2002, Regulations Regarding the
Identification, Conformity Assessment and Sale of Fertilisers
(Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 2002, No. 17; 2003, No. 15; 2004, No. 5., 18),
shall be applied insofar as the Regulation is not in conflict
with this Law.
4. The Cabinet shall issue the regulations referred to in
Sectio 16 of this Law until 1 September 2006. Until the day of
coming into force of these regulations, the Cabinet Regulation
No. 285 of 2 July 2002, Regulations regarding the State Fee for
the Registration of Fertilisers and Procedures for Payment
Thereof (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 2002, No. 18), shall be applied insofar as the
Regulation is not in conflict with this Law.
5. Importers who until the day when Section 5, Paragraph three
of the Law shall come into force have registered a straight or
compound ammonium nitrate fertiliser of high nitrogen content,
shall, until 30 June 2009, submit a guarantee letter of a
producer or its copy to the Service on the compliance of this
fertiliser with the requirements of Regulation No 2003/2003 in
relation to the detonation test.
[27 November 2008]
6. A producer of fertilisers, maker of mixtures, packager or
importer of these fertilisers shall submit to the Service the
application specified in Section 5, Paragraph one, Clause 1 of
the Law for the accounting of fertilizers with the EC marking
starting from 1 January 2013.
[27 November 2008; 11 February 2010]
7. [11 February 2010]
8. Starting from 1 January 2013, the Service shall:
1) conduct the accounting referred to in Section 9, Paragraph
one, Clause 7 of the Law regarding fertilisers with the EC
marking;
2) provide the information specified in Section 9, Paragraph
one, Clause 9 of the Law regarding fertilisers with the EC
marking.
[27 November 2008; 11 February 2010]
9. Section 8, Paragraph three of the Law shall come into force
on 1 January 2013.
[27 November 2008; 11 February 2010]
10. Between the time period from 1 July 2010 until 1 July
2014, Section 5, Paragraph six and seven of the Law shall be
applied to fertilisers in the composition of which the nitrogen
content in ammonium nitrate is 20 per cent or more of the
fertiliser weight.
[17 June 2010]
11. Rhe requirements of this Law shall not be applied to the
circulation of microbiological preparations until 1 February
2011.
[17 June 2010]
12. The Cabinet shall issue the regulations referred to in
Section 4, Paragraph one of the Law regarding substrates until 1
July 2015.
[17 October 2013; 23 October 2014]
13. Section 5, Paragraph one and Section 9, Paragraph one,
Clause 9 of the Law regarding the notified fertilisers and
substrates shall be applied from 1 July 2015.
[17 October 2013; 23 October 2014]
14. The State fee laid down in Section 16 of the Law for the
registration of substrates and receipt of a permit shall come
into force concurrently with the relevant amendments to the law
On Taxes and Duties.
[17 October 2013]
15. Amendments to Section 3, Paragraph two, Clause 6 of the
Law, and also amendments to Section 5 of the Law regarding its
supplementation with Paragraphs eight, nine and ten shall come
into force on 1 January 2020.
[17 January 2019]
16. Amendment to Section 2, Paragraph two, Clause 2 of the
Law, amendment to Section 9, Paragraph two of the Law regarding
the deletion of Clause 5, and also Chapter IV of the Law shall
come into force concurrently with the Law on Administrative
Liability.
[21 November 2019]
Informative
Reference to European Union Directives
[17 October 2013]
Legal norms have been harmonised with the European Commission
and the Member States of the European Union in conformity with
Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of
information in the field of technical standards and regulations
and Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 20 July 1998 amending Directive 98/34/EC laying down a
procedure for the provision of information in the field of
technical standards and regulations.
This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 26 January
2006.
President V. Vīķe-Freiberga
Rīga, 9 February 2006
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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