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into force from 1 January 2008];
14 November 2008 [shall come into force from 1 January
2009];
11 June 2009 [shall come into force from 1 August
2009];
1 December 2009 [shall come into force from 1 January
2010];
15 November 2012 [shall come into force from 1 January
2013];
5 June 2014 [shall come into force from 3 July 2014].
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The Saeima1 has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following Law:
On State Compensation to
Victims
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. Purpose of this Law
The purpose of this Law is to provide a natural person who, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the Criminal
Procedure Law, has been recognised a victim (hereinafter -
victim) with the right to receive a State compensation for moral
injury, physical suffering or financial loss (hereinafter -
injury) resulting from an intentional criminal offence.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 2. Application of this
Law
(1) The Law governs the procedures by which compensation shall
be paid to the victim by the Legal Aid Administration and the
amount of the State compensation.
(2) The request and payment of the State compensation, on the
basis of this Law, shall not limit the rights of the victim to
request the compensation in accordance with the Criminal
Procedure Law and the Civil Procedure Law.
(21) The provisions of this Law regarding a
perpetrator shall be applicable to a person against whom criminal
proceedings have been initiated, a detained person, a suspect, a
person against whom proceedings for determination of compulsory
measures of a medical nature are taking place, and a convicted
person.
(3) The victim has no right to receive the State compensation
if the criminal offence had been directed towards the traffic
safety and the victim has the right to insurance compensation in
accordance with the laws and regulations on the mandatory civil
legal liability insurance for owners of land means of
transport.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 3. Rights to the State
Compensation
(1) The victim has the right to the State compensation.
(2) The victim has the right to the State compensation also if
a perpetrator of a criminal offence or a joint participant
thereof has not been identified or he or she in accordance with
the Criminal Law shall not be held criminally liable.
(3) If the death of a person has occurred as a result of a
criminal offence or the victim has died and has not requested the
State compensation or has requested, but has not received the
State compensation, the person who has been recognised a victim
in the relevant criminal proceedings has the right to receive the
State compensation.
(4) The right to the State compensation shall exist, if as a
result of an intentional criminal offence:
1) the death of the person has occurred;
2) severe or moderate bodily injuries to the victim have been
caused;
3) morality or sexual inviolability of the person has been
violated;
4) the victim is a victim of trafficking in human beings;
5) the victim has been infected with human immunodeficiency
virus, Hepatitis B or C.
[15 November 2012]
Section 3.1 Duty to Repay
to the State Budget the State Compensation Paid to a Victim
The following persons have a duty to repay to the State budget
the State compensation paid to a victim:
1) the victim, if he or she has deliberately provided false
information in order to receive the State compensation;
2) the perpetrator who has been found guilty on the basis of
the judgment of conviction or a prosecutor's penal order, or
against whom criminal proceedings have been terminated due to
circumstances not exonerating the person.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 4. Tasks of the Legal Aid
Administration
(1) The Legal Aid Administration shall:
1) pay the State compensation in conformity with this Law;
2) establish and maintain a State compensation register;
3) ensure the collection of the amount of the paid State
compensation from the victim, who has intentionally provided
false information in order to receive the State compensation;
4) ensure the collection of the amount of the State
compensation paid to the victim from the perpetrator;
5) co-operate with the European Commission and other competent
authorities of the European Union Member States in conformity
with this Law;
6) request the information from the person directing the
proceedings or a sworn bailiff, necessary for taking of the
decision on the State compensation.
(2) The funds collected in the cases referred to in Paragraph
one, Clauses 3 and 4 of this Section shall be paid into revenue
of the State basic budget.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 5. Funds of the State
Compensation
The State compensation that is intended for the performance of
the tasks referred to in Section 4 of this Law shall be paid from
the State budget funds that have been intended for the Legal Aid
Administration.
Section 6. State Compensation
Register
(1) Inclusion of information in the State compensation
register, the processing, utilisation thereof and maintenance of
the State compensation register shall be ensured by the Legal Aid
Administration. The Legal Aid Administration is the manager and
keeper of the State compensation register.
(2) Information regarding payment of the State compensation to
the victims, regarding refusals to pay it, as well as information
regarding subrogation claims, shall be included in the State
compensation register.
(3) The Cabinet shall determine the amount of information to
be included in the State compensation register and the procedures
for the ensuring of access to such information.
Chapter II
Procedures and Conditions for the Request and Payment of the
State Compensation
Section 7. Maximum Amount of the
State Compensation
(1) The maximum amount of the State compensation to be paid to
one victim of a criminal offence shall be five minimum monthly
wages laid down in the Republic of Latvia. The amount of the
State compensation to be paid shall be calculated, taking into
account the amount of the minimum monthly working wage determined
at the time when the person was recognised a victim.
(2) The compensation shall be paid:
1) if the death of the person has occurred - in the amount of
100%;
2) if severe bodily injuries have been caused to the victim or
the criminal offence has been classified as rape or sexual
violence, or morality or sexual inviolability of the victim has
been violated, or the victim is a victim of trafficking in human
beings - in the amount of 70%;
3) if moderate bodily injuries have been caused to the victim
or morality or sexual inviolability of the victim has been
violated, except the cases referred to in Clause 2 of this
Paragraph, or the victim has been infected with human
immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B or C - in the amount of
50%.
(3) The person, who has been recognised a victim of a criminal
offence that has been qualified according to Section 120, 121,
122, 127, 128 or 129 of the Criminal Law, the State compensation
shall be paid in the amount of 50% from the amount of the State
compensation laid down in Paragraph two of this Section.
(4) [15 November 2012]
(5) [15 November 2012]
[11 June 2009; 15 November 2012; 5
June 2014]
Section 7.1 Determination
of the Amount of the State Compensation to be Paid
(1) If a victim has received compensation for the offence
committed from the perpetrator or from another person on his or
her behalf, the amount of the State compensation shall be reduced
according to the compensation already received.
(2) If as a result of a criminal offence the consequences
referred to in Section 7, Paragraph two, Clause 1, 2 or 3 of this
Law have set in concurrently, one State compensation shall be
paid according to the most severe consequences of the criminal
offence. If as a result of a criminal offence several of the
consequences referred to in Section 7, Paragraph two, Clause 2 or
3 of this Law of the same severity have set in concurrently, one
State compensation shall be paid in the amount laid down in
Section 7 of this Law according to the relevant consequences of
the criminal offence.
(3) If as a result of a criminal offence death of several
persons has occurred, the victim shall be paid the State
compensation according to the number of such persons whose death
in relation to which the person has been recognised a victim has
occurred as a result of a criminal offence.
(4) If as a result of a criminal offence death of a person has
occurred and several persons have been recognised as victims in
criminal proceedings, such persons shall be paid the State
compensation, dividing it in proportion to the number of
victims.
(5) If after paying of the State compensation due to the death
of a person that has occurred as a result of a criminal offence
the person directing the proceedings recognises another person a
victim in the same criminal proceedings, he or she shall be paid
the State compensation in the same amount in which it was paid to
the victim or victims.
(6) If the State compensation for the death of a person that
has occurred as a result of a criminal offence has been paid to
several victims and the Legal Aid Administration has taken a
decision to recover the paid State compensations from the victim
in the cases laid down in this Law, the part of the State
compensation to be recovered shall be paid to another victim or
in proportion to other victims in the same criminal proceedings.
The condition referred to in the first sentence of this Paragraph
shall not apply if the Legal Aid Administration has taken a
decision to recover the paid State compensations from the victim
because the victim has received compensation for the damage
caused from the perpetrator or from another person on his or her
behalf.
(7) If a person has been recognised a victim in criminal
proceedings and has also been recognised a victim in the same
criminal proceedings due to the death of another person that has
occurred as a result of a criminal offence, the victim shall be
paid the State compensation both for the consequences which have
set in for him or her as a result of the criminal offence and a
compensation for the death of another person that has occurred as
a result of the criminal offence.
(8) If the State compensation has been paid and it has been
established in the final adjudication that more severe
consequences have set in for the victim as a result of a criminal
offence, he or she shall paid the difference between the State
compensation paid and to be paid.
(9) If the victim has died and has not requested the State
compensation or he or she has requested the State compensation,
but has not received it, the person who has been recognised a
victim in the relevant criminal proceedings shall be paid the
State compensation in such amount as would be paid to the
deceased victim.
[15 November 2012]
Section 8. Request for the State
Compensation and Documents to be Attached thereto
(1) The victim shall submit a request for the State
compensation to the Legal Aid Administration - a completed form
of the request for the State compensation, the sample of which
shall be approved by the Cabinet - in order to receive the State
compensation.
(2) If a final verdict has not been reached in criminal
proceedings at the time of the request for the State
compensation, the victim shall attach a statement of the person
directing the proceedings to the form of the request for the
State compensation, in which the following shall be
indicated:
1) time and place of committing the criminal offence;
2) the qualification of the criminal offence, the form of the
committed criminal offence established at the time of the
issuance of the statement, date of commencement of the criminal
proceedings and the criminal case number;
3) information regarding the person, who has been recognised a
victim in the criminal proceedings (given name, surname, personal
identity number, address of the place of residence of the person
indicated in the criminal proceedings, contact information, as
well as the date when the person was recognised a victim);
4) information regarding the person who in criminal
proceedings has been recognised as a representative of the victim
(given name, surname, personal identity number, address of the
place of residence of the person indicated in the criminal
proceedings, contact information, as well as the date when the
person was recognised as the representative), if the victim is
exercising his or her rights with the intermediation of a
representative;
5) nature of the injury caused as a result of a criminal
offence (death of a person has occurred, seriousness of bodily
injuries, violation of morality or sexual inviolability, presence
of marks indicating to trafficking in human beings or human
immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B or C has been
established);
6) the date of the provision of an expert opinion, number of
the opinion and the performer of the expert-examination;
7) information regarding the perpetrator in the criminal
proceedings, if disclosure of such information does not hinder
determination of truth in the case;
8) the number of such persons who have been recognised victims
in the same criminal proceedings due to the death of a person
that has occurred, and information regarding such persons (given
name, surname, personal identity number, address of the place of
residence of the person indicated in the criminal proceedings,
contact information, as well as the date when the person was
recognised as the victim).
(3) If criminal proceedings are completed or the decision of
the person directing the proceedings regarding termination of the
criminal proceedings has come into force for reasons other than
exoneration, the victim shall attach the final adjudication of
the person directing the proceedings, which has come into force,
to the form of the request for the State compensation. If the
compensation to the victim regarding the caused injury as a
result of a criminal offence determined according to criminal
procedural and civil procedural procedures in the court judgement
or in the final adjudication of the person directing the
proceedings is not executed or is executed deficiently, a copy of
the execution document shall be attached to the final
adjudication of the person directing the proceedings.
(4) The victim may receive the form of the request for the
State compensation, as well as information regarding completion
of the form, free of charge in the Legal Aid Administration.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 9. Time Period for the
Submission of the Request for the State Compensation
The request for the State compensation shall be submitted to
the Legal Aid Administration within one year after the day when a
person has been recognised a victim or has become aware of the
facts that give such person the right to be recognised as
such.
[15 November 2012]
Section 10. Procedures for
Examination of the Requests for the State Compensation
(1) The Legal Aid Administration shall take the decision to
pay the State compensation in the cases laid down in this Law
within a month after receipt of the request for the State
compensation.
(2) If the Legal Aid Administration determines that
supplementary information is necessary for the taking of a
decision, it shall inform the victim thereof within seven days
from the day of the receipt of the request for the State
compensation.
(3) The time period for the taking of the decision referred to
in Paragraph one of this Section shall be suspended until the
receipt of all information requested by the Legal Aid
Administration.
(4) If the Legal Aid Administration does not receive the
information requested within 15 days, it may decide to refuse the
payment of the State compensation. The decision to refuse to pay
the State compensation in this case shall not be an obstacle for
the victim to turn repeatedly to the Legal Aid Administration
with the request for the State compensation, in accordance with
the procedures laid down in this Law.
(5) If it is established that the State compensation has been
requested for the same criminal offence on the basis of which the
State compensation has already been paid, the Legal Aid
Administration shall not consider the request for the State
compensation and return it to the person who submitted it.
(6) A repeated request for the State compensation for the same
criminal offence is permissible if changes have occurred to the
previously submitted information.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 11. Payment of the State
Compensation
(1) The State compensation shall be paid in one payment to the
person recognised a victim.
(2) The State compensation shall be paid within one month
after the day when the decision on payment of the State
compensation was taken.
(3) The Legal Aid Administration shall transfer the amount of
the State compensation to the bank account indicated in the
request for the State compensation. If the bank account has not
been indicated, the State compensation shall be transferred to
the settlement account of the postal settlement system.
[11 June 2009]
Section 12. Refusal to Pay the State
Compensation
The State compensation shall not be paid if:
1) it is requested without a reason;
2) the term for the submission of the request laid down in
this Law is missed, except the cases when the term has been
missed due to justifiable reasons (for example, illness of the
person);
3) it has been determined that the victim has provided false
information, when requesting it; or
4) the victim has received compensation from the perpetrator,
the amount of which exceeds the amount of the State compensation
intended in this Law or is equal to it.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 13. Changes in the
Information Provided
If changes have occurred in the information referred to in the
request for the State compensation, the victim has the duty to
inform thereof the Legal Aid Administration within seven days
after he or she has become aware of the changes.
Section 14. Notification of the
Decision on the State Compensation
(1) The decision of the Legal Aid Administration on the
payment of the State compensation or the refusal to pay the State
compensation shall be notified in writing, by sending it to the
address indicated in the request for the State compensation or by
handing it over to the addressee or the representative thereof in
person.
(2) A true copy of the decision on the State compensation and
a copy of the payment order shall be sent to:
1) the person directing the proceedings, if the final verdict
has not been reached in the criminal proceedings;
2) the institution which has taken the final decision, if the
criminal proceedings have been completed; or
3) the institution which took the decision on the termination
of the criminal proceedings if the criminal proceedings have been
terminated.
[11 June 2009]
Section 15. Procedures for the
Contesting and Appeal of the Decision
(1) The victim may contest the decision of the Legal Aid
Administration to pay the State compensation or to refuse to pay
the State compensation in accordance with the procedures laid
down in the Administrative Procedure Law, submitting a relevant
submission to the Legal Aid Administration. The Legal Aid
Administration shall forward the submission to the Ministry of
Justice.
(2) The decision of the Ministry of Justice, which has been
taken by examining the submission regarding the contested
decision referred to in Paragraph one of this Section, may be
appealed to the district administrative court.
[11 June 2009]
Section 16. Subrogation Rights [11 June 2009]
Chapter III
Co-operation with Other European Union Member States
Section 17. Co-operation when Paying
a Compensation for the Injury that has Occurred as a Result of a
Committed Criminal Offence in the Territory of Latvia
(1) The Legal Aid Administration shall take the decision on
the request of a long-term resident of another European Union
Member State to pay a compensation regarding the injury that has
occurred as a result of a criminal offence in the territory of
Latvia.
(2) The request referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
shall be submitted in Latvian or English. The documents that are
to be submitted to the Legal Aid Administration need not be
legalised and equal formality shall not be applied thereto.
(3) The Legal Aid Administration shall, within seven days from
the day of the receipt of the request, provide to the victim, but
if the request has been received from a competent authority of
another European Union Member State - also to it the following
information:
1) the confirmation of the receipt of the request for the
State compensation or a refusal to accept the request for the
State compensation;
2) a period of time for the taking of the decision;
3) information regarding additional documents necessary for
the examination of the request or other information if all
documents have not been submitted; and
4) the contact information of such official of the Legal Aid
Administration, who is responsible for the taking of the decision
in relation to the payment of the State compensation.
(4) The decision to pay compensation or to refuse to pay the
compensation shall be sent by the Legal Aid Administration to the
victim who is a long-term resident of another European Union
Member State, as well as to the competent authority of the
relevant European Union Member State if the request has been
received from it.
[15 November 2012]
Section 18. Co-operation when Paying
a Compensation for the Injury that has Occurred as a Result of a
Criminal Offence in the Territory of Another European Union
Member State
(1) The victim who is a long-term resident of Latvia and to
whom an injury has occurred as a result of a criminal offence in
the territory of another European Union Member State has the
right to directly or through the Legal Aid Administration submit
the request for the State compensation to the competent authority
of the relevant European Union Member State.
(2) The request for the State compensation shall be submitted
in the language that the relevant European Union Member State has
indicated as acceptable.
(3) The Legal Aid Administration shall submit to the victim
information regarding the conditions, procedures and additional
requirements for the payment of the State compensation determined
by competent authorities of another European Union Member
State.
(4) The Legal Aid Administration shall, within seven days,
draw up the request for the State compensation in conformity with
the request for the compensation determined by a particular
European Union Member State and together with other necessary
documents shall send them to the competent authority of the
relevant European Union Member State.
(5) The Legal Aid Administration upon a request of such
competent authority of the European Union Member State, which
examines the request for the State compensation, shall ensure the
hearing of the persons involved in the criminal proceedings.
Chapter IV
Collection of the Paid State Compensation
[11 June
2009]
Section 19. Rights of the Legal Aid
Administration in Ensuring the Collection of the Paid State
Compensation
When ensuring the collection of the paid State administration,
the Legal Aid Administration has the following rights:
1) to request the information necessary for the collection of
the paid State compensation from the victim, his or her
representative, the perpetrator and other State and local
government institutions;
2) without a special court adjudication, to represent the
victim (collector), in order to regain the amount of the paid
State compensation;
3) to impose an obligation to the victim to repay to the State
budget the received State compensation, if he or she has
intentionally provided false information in order to receive the
State compensation;
4) to impose an obligation to the perpetrator to repay to the
State budget the State compensation paid to the victim;
5) to divide the amount of the State compensation to be repaid
in parts, if a motivated written submission has been received
from the victim or the perpetrator. If the amount of the State
compensation to be repaid is divided into parts, the whole amount
shall be repaid within one year from the day of the entering into
effect of the decision of the Legal Aid Administration on the
collection of the paid State compensation;
6) to request information from the sworn bailiff regarding the
process for the collection of the paid State compensation.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 20. Collection of the Paid
State Compensation from a Victim who has Received the State
compensation
(1) If it is determined, in accordance with the procedures
laid down in laws and regulations, that a victim has
intentionally provided false information in order to receive the
State compensation, the Legal Aid Administration shall take a
decision to collect the paid State compensation and notify the
victim thereof.
(2) A victim has an obligation to execute the decision
referred to in Paragraph one of this Section within 30 days from
the day of the receipt of the decision.
(3) If the victim does not fulfil the decision referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section within the time period determined,
the Legal Aid Administration shall prepare a warning on the
forced execution of the decision and notify the victim
thereof.
(4) If the victim does not execute the decision referred to in
Paragraph one of this Section voluntarily, the Legal Aid
Administration shall, 10 days after the warning has been received
on the forced execution of the decision, prepare and submit the
executive order issued in accordance with the procedures laid
down in the Administrative Procedure Law for execution to the
sworn bailiff.
(5) The deadline for the execution of the collection of the
paid State compensation is 10 years. Upon reaching the deadline
referred to, execution proceedings shall be terminated on the
basis of the Civil Procedure Law.
[11 June 2009]
Section 21. Collection of the Paid
State Compensation from a Perpetrator
[15 November 2012]
(1) If a victim has received the State compensation in
relation to criminal proceedings, in which a final verdict has
not been reached, an application for the collection of the paid
State compensation in order to maintain and satisfy the interests
of the State shall be ensured in accordance with the procedures
laid down in the Criminal Procedure Law.
(2) If a victim has requested the State compensation in
relation to completed criminal proceedings and the court has
satisfied the application of the victim for the compensation, the
Legal Aid Administration shall represent the victim (collector)
with the decision on the State compensation in the amount of the
State compensation paid. The referred-to decision shall be sent
to the victim or the representative thereof and to the sworn
bailiff.
(3) The Legal Aid Administration shall send a notification to
the perpetrator and to the court which has made the judgment of
conviction, informing that the Legal Aid Administration is
representing the victim (collector) in the amount of the State
compensation paid.
(4) If the criminal proceedings have completed and an
application for compensation has not been received from the
victim within the scope thereof, the collection of the amount of
the State compensation paid from the perpetrator shall be ensured
in accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 20 of this
Law.
(5) If the criminal proceedings have been terminated for
reasons other than exoneration of a person and the victim has
received the State compensation, the collection of the State
compensation paid from the perpetrator shall be ensured in
accordance with the procedures laid down in Section 20 of this
Law.
[11 June 2009; 15 November
2012]
Section 22. Forced Execution of the
Decision to Collect the Paid State Compensation
(1) The forced execution of the decision to collect the paid
State compensation shall be performed by a sworn bailiff.
(2) The sworn bailiff shall, within 30 days after receipt of a
request by the Legal Aid Administration, provide written
information thereto regarding the progress and results of the
decision on forced execution.
(3) The sworn bailiff shall pay funds into the relevant State
budget account, which have been collected on the basis of an
executive order or a writ of execution.
[11 June 2009]
Section 23. Procedures by which the
Decision to Collect the Paid State Compensation may be Contested
and Appealed
(1) The decision to collect the paid State compensation may be
contested in accordance with the procedures laid down in the
Administrative Procedure Law, submitting the relevant submission
to the Legal Aid Administration. The Legal Aid Administration
shall forward the submission to the Ministry of Justice.
(2) The decision of the Ministry of Justice, which has been
taken upon examining the submission regarding the contested
decision referred to in Paragraph one of this Section, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the Administrative
Procedure Law, may be appealed to the district administrative
court.
[11 June 2009]
Section 24. Non-commencement or
Termination of the Collection of the Paid State Compensation
The Legal Aid Administration shall not commence administrative
proceedings for the collection of paid State compensation if at
least one of the following conditions is determined:
1) the limitation period for execution of the decision on the
collection of the paid State compensation has lapsed;
2) one of the conditions which excludes criminal liability or
prevents criminal proceedings has set in, except cases where
criminal proceedings have been terminated for reasons other than
exoneration of a person;
3) the natural person has died and legal relations prevent the
transfer of rights;
4) the deadline laid down in the Civil Procedure Law in
relation to the submission of executive documents for the forced
execution has expired.
[11 June 2009]
Transitional Provisions
1. The right to turn to the Legal Aid Administration with the
request for the State compensation have such persons, who have
been recognised as victims in criminal offences that have been
committed after 30 June 2005. The persons, who have been
recognised as victims in criminal offences that have been
committed after 30 June 2005, until the day of coming into force
of this Law are entitled to submit the request for the State
compensation until 31 December 2006.
2. The right to turn to the Legal Aid Administration with the
request for the State compensation, in case if a criminal offence
has been directed against the health of a person and moderate
bodily injuries have been caused to the victim, have such
persons, who have been recognised as victims as a result of a
criminal offence after 1 July 2007.
3. The condition referred to in the first sentence of Section
7, Paragraph one of this Law shall come into force on 1 January
2014. The maximum amount of the State compensation to be paid to
one victim of a criminal offence until 31 December 2013 shall be
determined in the amount of four minimum monthly wages and the
amount of the compensation to be paid laid down in Section 7,
Paragraph two of this Law shall be calculated on the basis of
four minimum monthly wages.
[15 November 2012]
4. An application for the State compensation which has been
received by the Legal Aid Administration until 1 August 2009,
shall be examined thereby and the State compensation shall be
granted in accordance with the laws and regulations which were in
force until 1 August 2009.
[11 June 2009]
5. The requests for the State compensation, which have been
received by the Legal Aid Administration until 31 December 2012,
shall be examined thereby and the State compensation shall be
granted in accordance with the laws and regulations that were in
force until 31 December 2012.
[15 November 2012]
Informative Reference to European
Union Directive
This Law contains legal norms arising from:
1) Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to
compensation to crime victims;
2) Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking
in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council
Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA.
[15 November 2012]
This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 18 May
2006.
Acting for the President,
Chairperson of the Saeima I. Ūdre
Rīga, 6 June 2006
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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