Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State
Language Centre) with amending laws of:
16 May 2002 [shall come
into force from 12 June 2002];
15 May 2003 [shall come into force from 11 June
2003];
30 October 2003 [shall come into force from 13 November
2003];
7 April 2004 [shall come into force from 4 May
2004];
2 December 2004 [shall come into force from 29 December
2004];
21 April 2005 [shall come into force from 25 May
2005];
28 April 2005 [shall come into force from 17 May
2005];
1 December 2005 [shall come into force from 5 January
2005];
15 June 2006 [shall come into force from 11 July
2006];
2 November 2006 [shall come into force from 23 November
2006];
9 November 2006 [shall come into force from 16 November
2006];
1 March 2007 [shall come into force from 3 August
2007];
29 March 2007 [shall come into force from 1 May
2007];
17 April 2008 [shall come into force from 14 May
2008];
12 December 2008 [shall come into force from 1 January
2009];
18 June 2009 [shall come into force from 3 July
2009];
29 April 2010 [shall come into force from 28 May
2010];
7 March 2013 [shall come into force from 10 April
2013];
15 May 2014 [shall come into force from 14 June
2014];
5 June 2014 [shall come into force from 26 June
2014];
25 February 2016 [shall come into force from 23 March
2016];
8 December 2016 [shall come into force from 1 January
2017];
23 March 2017 [shall come into force from29 March
2017];
18 May 2017 [shall come into force from 14 June
2017];
22 June 2017 [shall come into force from 1 September
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4 October 2018 [shall come into force from 30 October
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The Saeima1 has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following law:
National
Security Law
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. National Security
(1) National security is a state, attained as a result of
joint, purposeful measures implemented by the State and society,
in which the independence of the State, its constitutional
structure and territorial integrity, the prospect of free
development of society, welfare and stability are guaranteed.
(2) Guaranteeing of national security is a basic obligation of
the State.
Section 2. Purpose of this Law
This Law prescribes the national security system and tasks of
such, the competence of the persons or institutions responsible
for the national security system and the principles and
procedures of co-ordination, implementation and control of their
activities.
Section 3. The National Security
System and Its Tasks
(1) The national security system is formed by the authorities
implementing State authority and administration, and the citizens
of Latvia to whom law delegates obligations and rights in the
field of national security within the scope of specified
competence.
(2) The tasks of the national security system are the
following:
1) to forecast in a timely manner and prevent internal and
external danger to the State, to guarantee State defence, public
safety and democratic development of society;
2) to draw up a joint, systemic policy of national security
for the institutions implementing State authority and
administration, and to implement, in a co-ordinated and
purposeful manner, the legal, economic, social, military,
security and other measures determined by the State, at all
levels of State administration;
3) to ensure effective management to overcome situations
dangerous to the State.
(3) The operation of the national security system is based
upon civilian-military co-operation. Civilian-military
co-operation is the planned and co-ordinated activities of State
administrative institutions, the public and the National Armed
Forces in the suppression of dangers to the State. The basic
principles of civilian-military co-operation are effective mutual
co-operation co-ordination, unified understanding of common goals
and shared responsibility for the results of the achieving the
goals.
[15 May 2003]
Section 3.1 Prohibition
to Serve in Foreign States
(1) Latvian citizens are prohibited from serving in the armed
forces, internal security forces, military organisation,
information service or security service, police (militia), or
services of institution of justice (hereinafter - the service) of
foreign states or other subjects of the international law or
established in their territories, except the case when:
1) a Latvian citizen is serving in the service of the European
Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, a Member State of
the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade
Association, a Member State of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Federative
Republic of Brazil, or New Zealand, or in the service of such
country with which the Republic of Latvia has entered into an
agreement regarding recognition of dual citizenship;
2) a Latvian citizen is serving in the service that is not
recognised as voluntary in the country of his or her nationality
with which the dual citizenship has occurred in accordance with
the conditions of the Citizenship Law.
(2) A non-citizen of Latvia is prohibited from serving in the
service of a foreign country.
[8 December 2016 / See Paragraph 13
of Transitional Provisions]
Section 3.2 Prohibition
on the Organisation and Carrying Out of Trainings on the
Performance of Military Tactical Tasks, and also on Participation
Therein
The organisation and carrying out of individual or collective
trainings for the development of combat capabilities (performance
of military tactical tasks) and skills necessary for the capture
of persons, buildings and objects or occupation of populated
areas and territories, freeing of detained, arrested and
convicted persons, and also planning and implementation of
attack, defence and combat support operations, as well as
participation in such trainings is prohibited, except when such
are organised and carried out for ensuring the State defence,
public order and safety and fulfilment of other functions
provided for in the Law.
[4 October 2018]
Chapter
II
Competence of Persons or Institutions Responsible for the
National Security System
Section 4. Principles of
Distribution of Competence of Persons or Institutions Responsible
for the National Security System
The basis for the division of competence of persons or
institutions responsible for the national security is the State
structure, parliamentary democracy and the principle of division
of State authority determined in the Constitution of the Republic
of Latvia, as well as the principles in accordance with which the
parliamentary and civil control over the National Armed Forces,
institutions of the system of the Ministry of the Interior and
State security is performed.
Section 5. Obligations and Rights of
Latvian Citizens
It is the obligation of every Latvian citizen to defend the
independence, freedom and democratic structure of the State. Only
Latvian citizens are entitled to:
1) participate in the development of the national security
plan;
2) perform military service;
3) hold offices in State security institutions.
[15 May 2003]
Section 6. Competence of the
Saeima
The Saeima shall:
1) adopt laws in the area of national security;
2) approve the National Security Concept and the State Defence
Concept;
3) perform parliamentary control over the National Armed
Forces, institutions of the system of the Ministry of the
Interior and State security;
4) determine the basic structure and size of the National
Armed Forces, and the principles for staffing of the
personnel;
5) determine the principles for staffing of the personnel of
State security institutions;
6) accept and supervise the use of budgetary resources granted
for the needs of national security;
7) decide on the utilisation of units of the National Armed
Forces outside the State territory in accordance with procedures
laid down in law;
8) appoint to and release from office officials of defence
institutions and State security institutions determined by
law;
9) decide on declaration and commencement of war;
10) assess justification of a declared state of emergency,
exceptional state or mobilisation;
11) examine the information provided by the Prime Minister
regarding national security.
[7 April 2004; 15 May 2014]
Section 7. Competence of National
Security Committee of the Saeima
(1) For deputies elected to the National Security Committee of
the Saeima for work in this committee shall be necessary a first
category special permit for access to official secrets. If a
deputy is elected to the committee who does not have such a
permit, he or she may participate in meetings of the committee
only after receipt of the abovementioned special permit.
(2) The National Security Committee of the Saeima shall:
1) [7 April 2004];
2) assess and accept draft budgets of State security
institutions;
3) perform parliamentary control of the activities and
utilisation of budgetary resources of State security
institutions;
4) hear reports from the Cabinet and heads of State security
institutions on activities of State security institutions, as
well as examine the results of examinations of the activity of
such institutions;
5) [7 April 2004];
6) [7 April 2004];
7) examine proposals regarding the appointment to and release
from office of the Director of the Constitution Protection
Bureau.
[30 October 2003; 7 April 2004; 1
March 2007; 29 March 2007 / See Transitional Provisions of the
Law of 29 March 2007]
Section 8. Competence of the
President
(1) The President shall:
1) perform the duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the
National Armed Forces;
2) chair the National Security Advisory Board;
3) appoint a Supreme Commander for the time of war;
4) form the Military Council of the President;
5) recommend the Commander of the National Armed Forces for
approval by the Saeima;
6) propose the issue of declaration and commencement of war
for decision in the Saeima;
7) if an armed attack has taken place, request the collective
defence support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation without
delay and authorise the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to
take the measures deemed as necessary thereby, including
application of armed force in order to preserve and restore the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Latvia
(within the scope of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of 4
April 1949);
8) take a decision on the position of the Republic of Latvia,
if another Member State of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
is requesting to examine an issue regarding collective defence
support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (within the
scope of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of 4 April 1949)
and if the Cabinet has been delayed in taking such decision.
(2) The President has the right to receive, upon his or her
request, information available to State institutions and offices,
in conformity with the regulations regarding utilisation of
information laid down in law.
[5 June 2014; 25 February 2016]
Section 9. Competence of the Prime
Minister
The Prime Minister shall:
1) conduct measures for the prevention and suppression of
dangerous situations to the State;
2) every year submit a report on national security to the
Saeima including it in the annual report on the activities
carried out and planned by the Cabinet or submitting a separate
report;
3) co-ordinate the activities of ministers in the area of
national security;
4) organise drawing up and implementation of concepts of and
plans for national security, State defence and mobilisation of
the national economy;
5) take a decision to perform or not perform combat action
against an aircraft in the territory of the Republic of Latvia as
a last resort case in order to prevent harm to national security
interests, and if there is a basis to believe that the aircraft
is being used as a weapon for the destruction of people, and the
Minister for Defence has been prevented from fulfilling his or
her office;
6) decide on requesting consultations with the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (within the scope of Article 4 of the North
Atlantic Treaty of 4 April 1949), if territorial integrity,
political independence or security of the State is
endangered;
7) upon consulting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and
the Minister for Defence, decide on the position of Latvia in the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, if international peacekeeping
operation by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is being
prepared.
[29 March 2007; 15 May 2014; 5 June
2014]
Section 10. Competence of the
Cabinet
(1) The Cabinet shall:
1) provide the necessary funds to State authorities for the
implementation of tasks determined for them in the field of
national security;
2) appoint to and release from office the officials,
determined by law, of defence institutions, the system of the
Ministry of the Interior and State security institutions;
3) approve the aggregate of critical infrastructure;
4) announce a state of emergency, exceptional state and
mobilisation in cases laid down in law;
5) decide on the participation of units of the National Armed
Forces in international rescue and humanitarian operations, as
well as in military training (manoeuvres) outside the territory
of Latvia;
6) decide on the necessity for the support of the armed forces
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and of Member States of
the European Union during a state of emergency or exceptional
state, as well as the strengthening of State defence capacity in
peace time;
7) [17 April 2008];
8) take a decision on the position of the Republic of Latvia,
if another Member State of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
is requesting to examine an issue regarding collective defence
support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (within the
scope of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty of 4 April
1949);
9) take a decision on retaining the influence of a person or a
permission to obtain influence in commercial companies of
significance to national security, as well as on a permission to
transfer the critical infrastructure into possession or ownership
of another person.
(2) The Cabinet has the right:
1) to request and receive information at the disposal of State
security institutions, in conformity with the regulations
regarding utilisation of information laid down in law;
2) to assign the performance of certain tasks to State
security institutions within the scope of the authority of
such.
[6 December 2001; 2 December 2004; 21 April 2005; 15 June
2006; 17 April 2018; 29 April 2010; 5 June 2014; 23 March
2017]
Section 11. Competence of the
Ministry of Defence
(1) The Ministry of Defence shall:
1) draw up and implement the State policy for defence;
2) plan resources necessary for State defence and submit
relevant proposals to the Cabinet;
3) ensure the administration and military education of the
personnel involved in State defence.
(2) The Minister for Defence shall perform civil control over
the National Armed Forces and other institutions subordinate to
the Ministry.
(3) The Minister for Defence as a last resort case in order to
prevent harm to national security interests, and if there is a
basis to believe that the aircraft is being utilised as a weapon
for the destruction of people, shall take a decision to perform
or not perform combat action against an aircraft in the territory
of the Republic of Latvia.
The Minister for Defence is entitled to take a decision on the
participation of certain units of National Armed Forces in
international rescue operations and international humanitarian
operations as specifically provided for in the Law on
Participation of the Latvian National Armed Forces in
International Operations.
[28 April 2005; 1 December 2005; 29
March 2007]
Section 12. Competence of the
Supreme Commander
(1) The Supreme Commander or his or her authorised person
shall participate in the Cabinet meeting with advisory
rights.
(2) The Supreme Commander shall conduct the State defence to
prevent danger to the independence of the State, its
constitutional structure and territorial integrity if the Cabinet
is delayed in performing wartime tasks prescribed by this Law or
other laws and regulations.
[25 February 2016]
Section 13. Competence of the
Ministry of the Interior
(1) The Ministry of the Interior and the authorities
subordinate to it shall:
1) draw up and implement the State policy of internal
affairs;
2) protect public order and safety;
3) protect the rights and lawful interests of persons;
4) register natural persons, and ensure and control lawful
residence of persons in the State;
5) implement fire safety, fire-fighting, rescue and civil
protection measures;
6) within the scope of competence determined by law, guard and
control the State border of Latvia;
7) co-ordinate the activities of institutions and public
organisations of the State and local governments regarding
matters of maintenance of public order;
8) forecast and prevent danger to the State and society, and
to the national economy.
(2) On the basis of a recommendation of the head of the State
Security Police, the Minister for the Interior in accordance with
the procedures stipulated by the Cabinet shall declare the
terrorism threat level.
[1 December 2005; 2 November
2006]
Section 14. Competence of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall:
1) implement the State policy of external security;
2) co-ordinate entering into international agreements, binding
on Latvia, in the area of national security;
3) analyse the foreign and internal policy of foreign
states.
Section 15. State Security
Institutions
(1) State security institutions are State authorities that,
for the implementation of tasks determined for the national
security system, perform intelligence, counterintelligence
activities and investigatory operations activities.
(2) The aggregate of State security institutions shall be
formed by:
1) the Constitution Protection Bureau;
2) the Military Intelligence and Security Service;
3) the Security Police.
(3) The competence of State security institutions shall be
determined by special laws.
[29 March 2007 / See Transitional
Provisions of the Law of 29 March 2007]
Section 15.1 Information
Analysis Service
[18 June 2009]
Section 15.2 Officials of
the Information Analysis Service
[18 June 2009]
Section 16. Competence of Other
Ministries and State Institutions
Other ministries and State institutions shall perform, in the
area of national security, the tasks laid down in law and Cabinet
Regulations in order to guarantee implementation of conceptions
and plans related to national security and State defence, and of
effective safety measures and measures to manage situations which
are dangerous to the State.
Section 17. Competence of Local
Governments
Local governments shall:
1) ensure public order in the administrative territory of the
relevant local government;
2) perform State administration functions, the performance of
which is delegated to the relevant local government in accordance
with procedures laid down in law;
3) implement the measures specified in the Cabinet decision on
state of emergency and the decision on exceptional state;
4) provide assistance to State security institutions and the
National Armed Forces in the implementation of national security
measures.
[7 March 2013]
Section 18. Competence of Public
Organisations
(1) Public organisations and their associations may be
involved in national security measures in accordance with the
procedures, and to the extent, laid down in laws and
regulations.
(2) It is prohibited to form, train and arm military public
organisations of volunteers or associations of such
organisations.
Chapter
II.1
Prohibition to Exit from the Republic of Latvia
[22 June 2017]
Section 18.1 Prohibition
to Exit
(1) A citizen, a non-citizen, a person who has been granted
the status of a stateless person or alternative status in the
Republic of Latvia, or a refugee is prohibited to exit from the
Republic of Latvia, if the Minister for the Interior has taken a
decision on prohibition for him or her to exit from the Republic
of Latvia.
(2) The Minister for the Interior may take a decision on
prohibition for the person referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section to exit from the Republic of Latvia for a specific period
of time up to one year, if a State security institution has
provided information that the abovementioned person is planning
to engage in an armed conflict, terrorist activities or other
activities outside the Republic of Latvia as a result of which
there are sufficient grounds for assuming that the person will
endanger national security of the Republic of Latvia after his or
her return.
(3) The head of the State security institution shall send a
statement on existence of the conditions referred to in Paragraph
two of this Section to the Minister for the Interior for taking a
decision on prohibition for the person to exit from the Republic
of Latvia.
(4) The decision on prohibition for the person to exit from
the Republic of Latvia shall enter into effect on the day of
taking it. Upon notifying the person of prohibition to exit from
the Republic of Latvia, he or she shall be provided information
regarding the facts and the justification for the decision
insofar as it is permitted by the requirements of the Law on
Official Secrets and of other laws and regulations governing
protection of information.
(5) The Minister for the Interior shall, within three working
days after a decision on prohibition for the person to exit from
the Republic of Latvia has been taken, inform the Office of
Citizenship and Migration Affairs thereof.
(6) The person referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
regarding whom a decision has been taken in accordance with
Paragraph two of this Section has the right, within one month
after notifying the decision, to appeal it to the Department of
Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court. Submission of the
application to the court shall not suspend the operation of the
decision referred to in Paragraph two of this Section.
[22 June 2017]
Section 18.2 Examination
in a Court of an Application Regarding the Decision of the
Minister for the Interior on Prohibition for the Person to Exit
from the Republic of Latvia
(1) The Department of Administrative Cases of the Supreme
Court shall examine a case which has been initiated on the basis
of the application regarding the decision referred to in Section
18.1, Paragraph two of this Law within two months from
the day when the decision to accept the application and to
initiate a case was taken.
(2) The court shall examine the case as the court of first
instance. The case shall be examined collegially.
(3) If for objective clarification of circumstances of the
case the court needs to examine information containing an
official secret, only the court shall become acquainted with such
information and evaluate it. The court shall indicate in the
ruling that such information has been evaluated.
(4) The court ruling is final and not subject to appeal, and
shall enter into effect at the moment of proclaiming it.
[22 June 2017]
Chapter
III
National Security Council
Section 19. Composition of the
National Security Council
(1) Members of the National Security Council shall be the
following:
1) the President;
2) the chairperson of the Saeima;
3) the chairperson of the National Security Committee of the
Saeima;
4) the chairperson of the Defence, Internal Affairs and
Corruption Prevention Committee of the Saeima;
5) the Prime Minister;
6) the Minister for Defence;
7) the Minister for Foreign Affairs;
8) the Minister for the Interior;
9) [7 April 2004].
(2) The Prosecutor General has the right to participate in the
meetings of the National Security Council.
(21) With adviser rights, heads of State security
institutions may be invited to participate in the meetings of the
National Security Council.
(3) The activity of the National Security Council and its
secretariat shall be ensured by the State President
Chancellery.
[7 April 2004; 9 November 2006; 18
June 2009]
Section 20. Competence of the
National Security Council
(1) The National Security Council shall:
1) co-ordinate a joint State policy in the area of national
security, implemented by the higher State institutions and
officials, and examine the course of improvement and problems of
such;
2) examine plans and concepts related to national security, as
laid down in law.
(2) The National Security Council shall submit proposals to
the Saeima regarding appointment to and release from office of
the Director of the Constitution Protection Bureau.
(3) A decision of the National Security Council, except in the
cases referred to in Paragraph two of this Section, shall have a
recommending character and shall not release the responsible
officials from responsibility for the decisions they have
taken.
(4) The National Security Council has the right to request
State security institutions all the existing information at their
disposal, which concerns national security interests.
[7 April 2004; 1 December 2005; 18
June 2009]
Section 21. Convening of Meetings of
the National Security Council
Meetings of the National Security Council shall be convened by
the President.
Chapter
IV
Suppression of Danger to the State
Section 22. Danger to the State
(1) Depending on the type of danger to the State, the
intensity and nature thereof, as well as on the size of the
endangered territory a corresponding terrorism threat level shall
be determined, as well as a state of emergency or an exceptional
state may be declared in accordance with the procedures laid down
in law.
(2) [17 April 2008]
(3) [7 March 2013]
(4) [7 March 2013]
(5) In the case of a state of emergency and exceptional state,
mobilisation may be announced in order to carry out tasks related
to national security and State defence, as well as to liquidate
states of emergency and the consequences thereof.
(6) A time of war sets in when an external enemy has performed
military aggression or has turned against the State independence,
its constitutional structure, or territorial integrity in some
other manner.
[21 April 2005; 2 November 2006; 17
April 2008; 7 March 2013; 25 February 2016]
Section 22.1 Terrorism
Threat Levels
(1) Depending on the possibility of terrorism threats and
negative effects of the potential consequences, the following
terrorism threat levels shall be declared:
1) low terrorism threat level (colour code - blue) if there is
a terrorism threat of general nature;
2) elevated terrorism threat level (colour code - yellow) if
there is increased terrorism threat;
3) high terrorism threat level (colour code - orange) if a
terrorism threat to a specific object, national economy sector,
or a region of the State has been confirmed;
4) critically high terrorism threat level (colour code - red)
if the terrorist attack has occurred or if the terrorist attack
is imminent.
(2) The terrorism threat levels may be declared for:
1) all territory of the State;
2) threatened region of the State;
3) threatened national economy sector;
4) threatened object.
(3) The authorities involved in anti-terrorism activities
shall plan measures for the prevention and management of
terrorism threats in accordance with the terrorism threat
levels.
[2 November 2006]
Section 22.2 Critical
Infrastructure
(1) Critical infrastructure is objects, systems or parts
thereof located in the Republic of Latvia, which are of
significance for ensuring the implementation of important public
functions, as well as human health protection, security, economic
or social welfare and destruction of or interferences in the
operation of which would significantly affect the implementation
of State functions.
(2) Critical infrastructure shall be classified as
follows:
1) especially important critical infrastructure of State level
(Category A critical infrastructure), destruction of or reduction
of operational capabilities of which significantly endangers
State administration and national security;
2) important critical infrastructure of State level (Category
B critical infrastructure), destruction of or reduction of
operational capabilities of which hinders State administration
and endangers public and national security;
3) critical infrastructure of local governments and sectors
(Category C critical infrastructure), destruction of or reduction
of operational capabilities of which hinders administration of
local government activities or sectors, as well as endangers
public security.
(3) A separate critical infrastructure, destruction of or
reduction of operational capabilities of which would
significantly affect at least two European Union Member States,
may also be determined as a European critical infrastructure.
(4) The owner or legal possessor of critical infrastructure,
including European critical infrastructure, shall ensure planning
and implementation of security measures.
(5) The owner or legal possessor of critical infrastructure,
including European critical infrastructure, shall determine the
status of restricted access information for documents governing
internal security measures.
(6) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures for surveying
critical infrastructure, including European critical
infrastructure, and for planning and implementation of security
measures.
(7) A permission from the Cabinet shall be required for
transfer of the critical infrastructure referred to in Paragraph
two, Clause 1 or 2 or Paragraph three of this Section into
possession or ownership of another person.
[29 April 2010; 23 March 2017]
Section 23. Responsibility of the
Cabinet and Obligations of Ministries
(1) The Cabinet shall be responsible for the suppression of
danger to the State and the liquidation of such consequences.
(2) The Ministries shall sectors within their competence and
plan the prevention, suppression and liquidation forecast danger
to the possible consequences of the danger. The sector plans for
the prevention, suppression and liquidation of possible
consequences of the danger shall be submitted by the ministries
to for approval to the relevant member of the Cabinet. The draft
plans prior to approval in ministries shall be submitted for
evaluation to the Crisis Management Council. The approved plans
shall be submitted by the ministries to the Crisis Management
Council for utilisation in the work of the Council.
(3) In the case of a danger to the State, the measures for
suppression of the danger shall be conducted by the ministry
responsible for the relevant sector.
(4) [21 April 2005]
(5) In the case of danger to the State, the Cabinet is
entitled to take a decision on the involvement of the National
Armed Forces in the maintenance of public order and liquidation
of the consequences caused by the danger.
(6) [17 April 2008]
(7) For overcoming a concealed military danger during peace,
if military means are used, the Cabinet may assign the Ministry
of Defence to lead the measures for suppression of the danger in
a restricted territory in accordance with the State Defence Plan.
If the Cabinet is hindered in fulfilment of its functions, the
Prime Minister shall decide thereon. If the Prime Minister is
hindered in fulfilment of his or her office, the Minister for
Defence shall decide thereon.
[15 May 2003; 21 April 2005; 2 November 2006; 17 April
2008; 18 May 2017]
Section 23.1 The Crisis
Management Council shall:
(1) In the case of a danger to the State, the Crisis
Management Council shall co-ordinate civil-military co-operation
and the operational measures of State administration institutions
in suppression of the danger to the State.
(2) The by-law of the Crisis Management Council shall be
approved by the Cabinet.
[21 April 2005]
Section 23.2 Composition
of the Crisis Management Council
(1) The Crisis Management Council shall be chaired by the
Prime Minister.
(2) Members of the Crisis Management Council are the:
1) the Minister for Defence;
2) the Minister for Foreign Affairs;
3) Minister for Economics;
4) Minister for Finance;
5) the Minister for the Interior;
6) Minister for Justice;
7) Minister for Health;
8) Minister for Transport;
9) Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional
Development.
(3) Heads of State security institutions and other State
officials may be invited to meetings of the Crisis Management
Council with advisory rights.
[21 April 2005; 7 March 2013]
Section 23.3 Competence
of the Crisis Management Council
The Crisis Management Council shall:
1) co-ordinate the operational management of suppression of a
danger to the State;
2) co-ordinate the development of plans for the prevention of
danger to the State of State administration institutions;
3) [17 April 2008];
4) in the case of a danger to the State, co-ordinate the
unified and timely implementation of political decisions in State
administration institutions;
5) [29 April 2010].
[21 April 2005; 2 November 2006; 17
April 2008; 29 April 2010]
Section 23.4 The Crisis
Management Council Secretariat
(1) The work of the Crisis Management Council shall be ensured
by the Crisis Management Council secretariat.
(2) The Crisis Management Council secretariat shall ensure the
purposeful and continuous provision of co-operation and support
of responsible institutions to the Crisis Management Council
within the scope of its competence in the following issues:
1) preparation of proposals to the Crisis Management Council
regarding the development of crisis management;
2) the co-ordination and examination of sector danger
forecasts prepared by the ministries, and the developed plans for
the prevention, suppression and liquidation of possible
consequences thereof;
3) the operational planning and co-ordination of the
prevention of danger to the State, and the compilation, and
analysis of the results of the implementation thereof;
4) the management of State and international level crisis
management training or participation in training.
[21 April 2005; 2 November 2006]
Section 23.5
Comprehensive State Defence
In order to provide comprehensive State defence in case of
war, military aggression or occupation until the moment the
authorities implementing legitimate State authority and
administration are fully restored, the National Armed Forces,
State administration and local government authorities and also
natural and legal persons shall implement measures for military
and civil protection of the State and conduct armed resistance,
civil disobedience and non-cooperation with illegal
administration authorities.
[4 October 2018]
Section 24. Powers of the President
in Case of War or Military Aggression
(1) In case of war declared to the State, or military
aggression, the President shall immediately:
1) act in accordance with the regulations of the State Defence
Plan, issue orders and directions to the National Armed Forces,
State and local government institutions and the population of the
State;
2) convene the Saeima for the taking of a decision to declare
and commence war;
3) [25 February 2016];
2) [25 February 2016];
[21 April 2014; 25 February
2016]
Section 25. Powers of Other
Institutions and Officials in Case of War or Military
Aggression
(1) If an exceptional state has not been declared in the State
or its part, in case of unexpected military aggression:
1) the Commander of each unit of the National Armed Forces
shall undertake the military defence measures in accordance with
the State Defence Operational Plan, without awaiting a separate
decision on it;
2) the Commander of the National Armed Forces shall
immediately undertake organized military defence activities in
accordance with the State Defence Operational Plan and shall
inform thereof the Minister for Defence;
3) the Minister for Defence shall immediately undertake
organized military defence activities in accordance with the
State Defence Plan and shall inform thereof the President, the
Presidium of the Saeima, and the Prime Minister.
(2) Demonstration of armed resistance may not be prohibited
during a war, military aggression or occupation.
If the authorities implementing legitimate State authority and
administration have been liquidated in an antidemocratic way or
as a result of military aggression of another State, the
following shall be done in the interests of maintaining or
restoring of independence:
1) the National Armed Forces, as well as other State
authorities shall act in accordance with special procedures,
appropriate to the situation, laid down in the National Security
Plan and the State Defence Plan;
2) the Ambassador Plenipotentiary of Latvia to the United
Nations shall have the powers to represent the legitimate State
authority of Latvia; The State Defence Plan may prescribe
procedures for transferring the powers to represent the
legitimate State authority;
3) State authorities and officials of Latvia situated in
foreign states shall immediately take measures for the
restoration of State independence, making use of the help of
international organisations;
4) [4 October 2018].
(4) The National Armed Forces may involve citizens for the
provision of support to the preparation and implementation of the
measures included in National Security Plan and State Defence
Plan on voluntary basis and basis of mutual trust.
[5 June 2014; 25 February 2016; 4 October 2018]
Section 25.1 Obligations
and Rights of Citizens in Case of War or Military Aggression
(1) Upon the implementation of comprehensive State defence,
the citizens shall have the following obligations:
1) to perform the tasks given by the National Armed Forces and
the units of the armed forces of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation and European Union Member States providing
assistance in the performance of their tasks and ensuring
military protection of Latvia, and also other State
administration and local government authorities responsible for
overcoming danger to the State;
2) to not cooperate with illegal administration authorities
and armed units of the aggressor, except when such refusal to
cooperate endangers the life or freedom of the person or his or
her family members.
(2) Upon the implementation of comprehensive State defence,
the citizens shall have the following rights in accordance with
the national and international legal norms:
1) to implement civil disobedience by acting against illegal
administration authorities and armed units of the aggressor;
2) to demonstrate armed resistance;
3) to provide all types of support to the members of civil
disobedience and armed resistance, and also the National Armed
Forces and the units of the armed forces of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation and European Union Member States providing
assistance in the performance of their tasks and ensuring
military protection of Latvia.
[4 October 2018]
Chapter V
Preparation and Approval of Concepts and Plans for Prevention of
Danger to the State
Section 26. Analysis of Danger to
the State
(1) The analysis of danger to the State is a comprehensive
assessment as a result of which the existing and potential
specific danger or risk factors to the national security are
identified.
(2) The analysis of danger to the State shall be:
1) drawn up by the Constitution Protection Bureau in
co-operation with the Security Police and the Military
Intelligence and Security Service not less than once in four
years;
2) co-ordinated by the Council of State Security
Institutions;
3) examined by the Cabinet and the National Security
Council.
[7 April 2004; 18 June 2009; 15 May
2014]
Section 27. Concept of National
Security
(1) The Concept of National Security is a document prepared on
the basis of the analysis of danger to the State, which
determines the basic strategic principles and priorities for the
prevention of danger to the State.
(2) The Concept of National Security shall be:
1) prepared by the Cabinet;
2) examined by the National Security Council;
3) approved by the Saeima not less than once during each
convening by 1 October of its first year of operation.
[15 May 2014]
Section 28. Analysis of Military
Threat
(1) The Analysis of Military Threat is an assessment of the
possibility of military aggression against Latvia in which the
existing and potential dangers and risk factors, as well as their
possible expression and impact are specified.
(2) The Analysis of Military Threat shall be:
1) each year prepared by the Military Intelligence and
Security Service;
2) examined by the State Security Council and the Cabinet.
[18 May 2017]
Section 29. Concept of State
Defence
(1) The Concept of State Defence is a document drawn up on the
basis of the Analysis of Military Threat, which determines the
basic strategic principles, priorities and measures of the State
military defence during peacetime, danger to the State and a
state of war.
(2) The Concept of State Defence shall be:
1) prepared by the Ministry of Defence;
2) examined by the Cabinet;
3) approved by the Saeima not less than once during each
convening by 1 October of its second year of operation.
[1 December 2005]
Section 30. National Security
Plan
(1) The National Security Plan shall be based on the strategy
and principles determined by the National Security Concept. It
shall include specific measures for neutralisation and prevention
of danger to the State.
(2) The National Security Plan shall be drawn up and approved
by the Cabinet within a year after approval of the National
Security Concept.
(3) The Prime Minister shall make the National Security
Council and the National Security Committee of the Saeima
acquainted with the National Security Plan approved by the
Cabinet.
[15 May 2014]
Section 31. State Defence Plan
(1) The State Defence Plan shall be prepared on the basis of
the Analysis of Military Threat and the principles determined in
the State Defence Concept. It shall determine specific State
defence measures, priorities and necessary resources, as well as
the necessary readiness and activities of the National Armed
Forces, institutions implementing State authority and
administration, local governments, and natural and legal persons
regard to State defence.
(2) The State Defence Plan shall be:
1) drawn up by the Ministry of Defence in co-operation with
other ministries;
2) approved by the Cabinet.
(3) The Minister for Defence shall acquaint the Defence,
Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention Committee of the
Saeima with the State Defence Plan.
(4) The Minister for Defence after co-ordination with the
Constitution Protection Bureau may involve in the development of
the State defence plan specialists from foreign states,
international organisations and the institutions thereof, with
which an agreement has been entered into regarding the protection
of classified information.
[15 May 2003; 9 November 2006]
Section 32. National Armed Forces
Development Plan
[6 December 2001]
Section 33. State Defence
Operational Plan
(1) The State Defence Operational Plan shall include the
assessment of the operational situation, the assessment of
operational combat readiness of the National Armed Forces, and
the plan of action. It shall determine leadership of the
operational situation, tasks, obligations, procedures for their
performance, expected support, possible liaison and materials and
technical facilities.
(2) The State Defence Operational Plan shall be:
1) drawn up by the Commander of the National Armed Forces;
2) approved by the Minister for Defence.
(3) The implementation of the State Defence Operational Plan
shall be ensured by the Commander of the National Armed
Forces.
[25 February 2016]
Section 34. National Armed Forces
Mobilisation Plan
[6 December 2001]
Section 35. National Economy
Mobilisation Plan
(1) The National Economy Mobilisation Plan shall include the
preparation and use of State material reserves and objects of
national economy during a state of war or an exceptional
state.
(2) The National Economy Mobilisation Plan shall be drawn up
and approved by the Cabinet.
[25 February 2016]
Section 36. State Civil Protection
Plan
(1) The State Civil Protection Plan shall include measures for
the implementation of the State civil protection system, and
preventive, readiness and response measures intended for states
of emergency, and measures for the liquidation of the
consequences of such situations, and shall determine the actions
of the civil protection system in case of military aggression or
a state of war.
(2) The State Civil Protection Plan shall be:
1) drawn up by the Ministry of the Interior in co-operation
with other ministries;
2) approved by the Cabinet.
Chapter
VI
Restrictions on Commercial Companies of Significance to National
Security
[23 March 2017]
Section 37. Commercial Companies of
Significance to National Security
The restrictions specified in this Chapter shall apply to a
commercial company registered in the Republic of Latvia which
conforms to at least one of the following conditions:
1) is an electronic communications merchant with a significant
market power which has been imposed liabilities for tariff
regulation and cost accounting in accordance with the procedures
provided for in the Electronic Communications Law;
2) is an audible electronic mass medium the coverage zone of
the programme of which, using technical means for terrestrial
broadcasting, according to the broadcasting permit issued by the
National Electronic Mass Media Council is Latvia or at least 60
per cent of its territory, or is an audio-visual electronic mass
medium the coverage zone of the programme of which, using
technical means for terrestrial broadcasting, according to the
broadcasting permit issued by the National Electronic Mass Media
Council is Latvia or at least 95 per cent of its territory;
3) has received a licence in the Republic of Latvia for
transmission, distribution, storage of natural gas or has, in its
ownership, a liquefied natural gas facility connected to a
transmission system;
4) is an electricity or thermal energy producer the installed
actual capacity of which exceeds 50 megawatts;
5) is a thermal energy transmission and distribution operator
which has heat supply networks in its ownership in length of at
least 100 kilometres;
6) has received a licence for electricity transmission in the
Republic of Latvia.
[23 March 2017 / See Paragraph 14 of Transitional
Provisions]
Section 38. Restrictions on
Obtaining Influence
(1) In order to preclude an influence endangering or
potentially endangering national security in a commercial company
of significance to national security, the Cabinet shall determine
the obligations referred to in this Chapter for commercial
companies of significance to national security and decide on
permission for the following activities:
1) in relation to capital companies:
a) obtaining of qualifying holding;
b) obtaining of decisive influence;
c) transition of an undertaking;
d) preservation of the status of a stockholder or shareholder
or preservation of the right to exercise indirect holding (right
to vote), if the beneficial owner changes;
2) in relation to partnerships:
a) joining of a new member;
b) preservation of the status of a member if the beneficial
owner changes.
(2) The concept "qualifying holding" used in this Law conforms
to the concept of qualifying holding within the meaning of the
Financial Instrument Market Law, if a smaller proportion of
holding or other additional conditions have not been specified in
another law; the concept "decisive influence" conforms to the
concept of decisive influence within the meaning of the Group of
Companies Law; the concept "beneficial owner" conforms to the
concept of the beneficial owner within the meaning of the Law on
the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing.
[23 March 2017]
Section 39. Legal Consequences of
Obtaining the Status of a Company of Significance to National
Security
(1) A commercial company shall, within five working days from
the day when it conforms to any of the conditions referred to in
Section 37 of this Law:
1) submit a notification to the Commercial Register Office
regarding its conformity with the conditions for a commercial
company of significance to national security;
2) make an entry in the register of stockholders or
shareholders regarding the status of the capital company;
3) inform the shareholders or stockholders of the relevant
capital company and persons who exercise indirect holding (right
to vote), or members of the partnership regarding its conformity
with the conditions for a commercial company of significance to
national security;
4) inform the institution stipulated by the Cabinet regarding
its shareholders, stockholders and persons who exercise indirect
holding (right to vote), or regarding members, as well as
beneficial owners - natural persons who directly or indirectly
have qualifying holding in this commercial company.
(2) The Commercial Register Office shall publish the
information regarding conformity of the commercial company with
the conditions for a commercial company of significance to
national security on the website of the Commercial Register
Office.
(3) If beneficial owners are:
1) a financial authority supervised by the competent financial
and capital market supervisory authority of the relevant country,
an investment fund, an alternative investment fund, and investors
in foundations equivalent thereto - information regarding
beneficial owners may contain only information regarding the
relevant financial authority and its operational policy;
2) an association or foundation - information regarding the
beneficial owner shall contain information regarding the relevant
association or foundation and its purpose of operation;
3) stockholders of such joint stock company the stocks of
which are included in a regulated market - information shall be
provided only regarding such stockholders which exceed 10 per
cent of the total number of voting stocks of the relevant joint
stock company.
(4) The Cabinet shall determine the institution to which the
information specified in Paragraph one, Clause 4 of this Section
shall be submitted, the amount of the information to be
submitted, and the procedures for submitting it.
[23 March 2017]
Section 40. Receipt of a Permit for
Obtaining Qualifying Holding or Decisive Influence
(1) A permit of the Cabinet shall be necessary before a person
or several persons who act in a co-ordinated manner obtain
qualifying holding or decisive influence in a commercial company
of significance to national security or become a member of such
commercial company, or also obtain influence in a capital company
registered in the Republic of Latvia which is a member of a
commercial company of significance to national security.
(2) If a direct prohibition is imposed in another law on
specific legal subjects in relation to obtaining holding of
specific type in any of the commercial companies of significance
to national security, such prohibition shall be applicable
regardless of a permit of the Cabinet.
(3) An application for the receipt of a permit shall be
submitted by a person who wishes to obtain qualifying holding or
decisive influence in a commercial company of significance to
national security.
[23 March 2017]
Section 41. Change of a Beneficial
Owner
(1) A shareholder, stockholder in a commercial company of
significance to national security, a person who exercises
indirect holding (right to vote), or a member must receive a
permit to retain holding or to remain a member in the commercial
company if its beneficial owner changes.
(2) An application for the receipt of a permit shall be
submitted by the relevant shareholder, stockholder in a
commercial company of significance to national security, person
who exercises indirect holding (right to vote), or member within
five working days from the day when change of the beneficial
owner occurred.
(3) The Cabinet is entitled to take a decision by which an
obligation is imposed on the person referred to in Paragraph two
of this Section to alienate shares or stocks of the share capital
accordingly within a specific period of time or to terminate
indirect holding (right to vote), or to leave the commercial
company.
(4) If the person has not carried out the activities which are
specified in the decision referred to in Paragraph three of this
Section, it is not entitled to exercise the right to vote in the
relevant capital company or is not entitled to represent the
partnership and to manage record-keeping on the following day
after the specified period of time.
[23 March 2017]
Section 42. Transition of an
Undertaking
(1) A permit of the Cabinet shall be required for each
transition of an undertaking as a result of which a person
obtains such undertaking in its ownership from a capital company
of significance to national security which has assets that are
used for carrying out the activity referred to in Section 37 of
this Law.
(2) A commercial company of significance to national security
shall submit an application for the receipt of a permit in
accordance with the procedures stipulated by the Cabinet.
[23 March 2017]
Section 43. Exceptions for
Restrictions on Obtaining Influence
A permit of the Cabinet shall not be required if:
1) the same capital company obtains shares or stocks of the
share capital in the cases specified in the law;
2) shares or stocks of a State capital company and State
capital are managed in accordance with the Law on Governance of
Capital Shares of a Public Person and Capital Companies;
3) an undertaking, shares or stocks of the share capital are
transferred into the ownership of a public person, capital
company of a public person, or a public private capital
company;
4) in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Criminal
Procedure Law the person directing the proceedings decides on
returning the shares or stocks of the share capital to the lawful
owner;
5) in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Criminal
Procedure Law the court decides on confiscating the shares or
stocks of the share capital.
[23 March 2017]
Section 44. Procedures for Taking
and Appealing a Decision of the Cabinet
(1) In the cases referred to in Section 22.2,
Paragraph seven, Section 40, Paragraph one, Section 41, Paragraph
three, and Section 42, Paragraph one of this Law a decision of
the Cabinet is taken within one month from the day of receiving
an application. This time period may be extended up to four
months.
(2) Upon taking a decision in the cases referred to in this
Chapter, the Cabinet shall evaluate the restriction on the rights
of the person, its commensurability with the national security
interests, and the opinion of a State security institution, as
well as the conformity with the principle of legitimate
expectations.
(3) The decision referred to in Section 22.2,
Paragraph seven, Section 40, Paragraph one, Section 41, Paragraph
three, and Section 42, Paragraph one of this Law shall be
notified to the addressee, and a notification on the decision
taken shall be sent to the relevant commercial company of
significance to national security, if it is not the addressee of
the decision.
(4) The decision of the Cabinet may be appealed to the
Administrative District Court. The appeal of the decision shall
not suspend the operation thereof.
(5) The court shall examine the case as the court of first
instance. The case is examined in the composition of three
judges. A judgement of the Administrative District Court may be
appealed by submitting a cassation complaint.
(6) If for objective clarification of circumstances of the
case the court needs to examine information containing an
official secret, then only the court shall be become acquainted
with such information and evaluate it. The court shall indicate
in the ruling that such information has been evaluated.
(7) If the Cabinet has not taken a decision within the time
period specified in this Section, it shall be deemed that a
permit has been granted after expiry of the time period.
(8) The Cabinet shall determine the institution to which the
application for the receipt of the permits referred to in Section
22.2, Paragraph seven, Section 40, Paragraph one,
Section 41, Paragraph one, and Section 42, Paragraph one of this
Law should be submitted, the amount of the information to be
submitted, the procedures for submitting and evaluating it, as
well as for taking a decision to issue a permit or to refuse to
issue a permit and for taking and notifying a decision to specify
the obligations referred to in Section 41, Paragraph three of
this Law, and the information to be included in the notification
regarding the decision taken.
[23 March 2017]
Section 45. Legal Consequences of
Non-conformity with the Restriction
(1) If a person or several persons who act in a co-ordinated
manner, obtain qualifying holding or decisive influence in a
commercial company of significance to national security or become
a member of such commercial company without receiving the permit
referred to in Section 40 of this Law, then a transaction
concluded or action carried out in Latvia which was the grounds
for obtaining the abovementioned rights is not valid from the
moment of concluding or carrying out. Regardless of the place of
concluding the transaction or the action the commercial company
of significance to national security is not entitled to make
changes in the register of stockholders or shareholders, if the
permit specified in Section 40 of this Law has not been
received.
(2) If as a result of transition of an undertaking another
person obtains such undertaking into its ownership from a capital
company of significance to national security which holds assets
that are used for carrying out the activity referred to in
Section 37 of this Law, without receiving the permit referred to
in Section 42 of this Law, the transition is not valid.
(3) Decisions of a meeting of shareholders or stockholders of
a commercial company of significance to national security voted
by shareholders and stockholders for holding or change of the
beneficial owner of which the Cabinet has not given a permission,
or decisions taken in violation of the prohibition of the right
to vote specified in this Chapter shall not be valid. Also any
action of a member which has been carried out thereby on behalf
of the commercial company of significance to national security,
thus violating the restrictions on representation and
record-keeping specified in this Law, shall not be valid.
(4) In the cases specified in Paragraph one of this Section
the Cabinet shall take a decision by which the following
obligation is imposed:
1) on shareholders or stockholders of capital companies to
alienate shares or stocks of the share capital or to terminate
indirect holding (right to vote), and prohibits to exercise the
right to vote in the relevant capital company until fulfilment of
the abovementioned obligation;
2) on members of partnerships to leave the company, and
prohibits to represent the company and to manage its
record-keeping until fulfilment of the abovementioned
obligation.
[23 March 2017]
Transitional
Provisions
1. With the coming into force of this Law, the law On State
Defence (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 1995, No. 2, 21; 1996, No. 6; 1997, No. 6; 1999, No.
24) is repealed.
2. Until the adoption of the relevant Cabinet Regulation, but
not later than by 1 July 2002, the following Cabinet Regulation
shall be in effect, which have been issued in accordance with the
law On National Defence:
1) 21 January 1997 Regulation No. 37, By-laws on Service
Career Path of Military Persons;
2) 11 March 1997 Regulation No. 91, Rules of Procedure on
Military Discipline of Soldiers.
[6 December 2001]
3. Section 7, Paragraph one of this Law shall come into force
concurrently with the convening of 8th Saeima.
4. Section 7, Paragraph two, and Section 20, Paragraphs one
and three of this Law shall come into force concurrently with
relevant amendments to the State Security Institutions Law and
the Constitution Protection Bureau Law.
5. Section 19, Paragraph three of this Law shall come into
force on 1 January 2002.
6. The National Security Concept, prepared in accordance with
Section 27 of this Law, and the State Defence Concept, prepared
in accordance with Section 29, shall be approved during the term
of office of the 7th Saeima by 1 October 2001.
7. The Cabinet shall approve the State Civil Defence Plan
referred to in Section 36 of this Law by 1 January 2003.
[16 May 2002]
8. The Cabinet shall approve the National Economy Mobilisation
Plan referred to in Section 35 of this Law by 31 December
2010.
[15 May 2003; 2 December 2004; 29
March 2007]
9. The remuneration (work remuneration, etc.) in 2009
specified in accordance with this Law shall be determined in
accordance with the law On Remuneration of Officials and
Employees of State and Local Government Institutions in 2009.
[12 December 2008]
10. Work in the Information Analysis Service shall be
considered as equivalent to work in State security
institutions.
[18 June 2009]
11. Such officials of the Information Analysis Service who at
the time of liquidation of the Service, in conformity with that
laid down in Paragraph 10 of these Transitional Provisions,
conform to the criteria brought forward for such persons who have
the right to service pension in accordance with the Law on
Service Pensions of Officials of the Constitution Protection
Bureau, are granted service pension. Service pensions are granted
to, calculated for and disbursed to officials of the Information
Analysis Service in accordance with the procedures laid down in
the Law on Service Pensions of Officials of the Constitution
Protection Bureau.
[18 June 2009]
12. Until the day of coming into force of new Cabinet
regulations, but not later than until 1 June 2010, Cabinet
Regulation No. 428 of 10 June 2008, Procedures for the Planning
and Implementation of Security Measures for Objects Vital for
State Security, shall be in force.
[29 April 2010]
13. For persons who have started to serve in foreign countries
until 1 January 2017 the prohibition provided for in Section
3.1 of this Law shall be applicable from 1 January
2018.
[8 December 2016]
14. Commercial companies which with the coming into force of
Section 37 of this Law conform to the conditions of a commercial
company of significance to national security, shall fulfil the
obligations specified in Section 39, Paragraph one of this Law by
1 June 2017.
[23 March 2017]
15. The Commercial Register Office shall ensure publishing of
the information regarding commercial companies of significance to
national security on the website of the Commercial Register
Office (Section 39, Paragraph two) from 15 June 2017.
[23 March 2017]
16. Section 23, Paragraph eight of the Law shall come into
force concurrently with the relevant amendments to the
Mobilisation Law.
[4 October 2018 / The respective amendment shall be
included in the wording of the Law on the day when the respective
amendments to the Mobilisation Law come into force.]
Informative
Reference to the European Union Directive
[29 April
2010]
This Law contains legal norms arising from Council Directive
2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and
designation of European critical infrastructures and the
assessment of the need to improve their protection.
This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 14 December
2000.
President V. Vīķe-Freiberga
Rīga, 29 December 2000
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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