Procedures by which Funds from the Budget Programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events" shall be Requested and Used

Issued pursuant to
Section 12, Paragraph two of the
Law On Budget and Financial Management

I. General Provisions

1. This Regulation prescribes the procedures by which ministries, State central institutions and local governments shall prepare a request of the funds provided for in a separate budget programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events", the procedures for review of the request, the criteria for the granting of funds, utilisation, accounting, control of such funds and the procedures for provision of reports, as well as regarding special conditions for local governments.

2. A request within the meaning of this Regulation is a draft legal act which is submitted and reviewed by the Cabinet in accordance with the procedures specified in regulatory enactments.

3. Funds shall be granted for expenditure unforeseen in appropriations of the State basic budget for the elimination of the consequences of catastrophes and natural disasters, the compensation of losses caused thereby, other unforeseen events and measures particularly significant at national level.

4. Local governments shall be granted funds for expenditure unforeseen in appropriations of the State basic budget for the elimination of consequences of catastrophes, natural disasters and fire, the compensation of losses caused thereby to facilities of the infrastructure in the ownership or possession of the local government, as well as unforeseen events specified in regulatory enactments.

5. Funds shall be requested by a ministry or other State central institution (hereinafter - ministry) to which appropriation is provided for in the State basic budget. The ministry of the relevant sector shall request the funds necessary for specific measures for ministries, institutions subordinate thereto and other legal persons. The funds necessary for a local government shall be requested by the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government.

6. In exceptional circumstances, if immediate granting of the State budget funds for the stabilisation of situation is necessary before it is possible to review the request in the Cabinet, the Minister for Finance may also take a decision regarding granting of the funds.

II. Requesting of Funds, Review of Requests and Granting of the Funds

7. The objective of the use of the funds, the full name of the user of the funds, the financial justification for the necessity of the funds and information regarding changes in appropriation in Annex "Itemised List of the State Basic Budget Revenue and Expenditures per Programmes and Sub-programmes" (hereinafter - Form APRO) (Annex 1) to the Law On the State Budget for the current year shall be indicated in the request of the ministry or the documents appended thereto.

8. A local government, upon submitting a request to the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government, shall indicate the information referred to in Paragraph 7 of this Regulation.

9. A local government shall ensure co-financing for the elimination of the losses caused to the facility referred to in the request in the amount of not less than 30 per cent of the amount of losses caused to the facility, except in the case where the facility is a social care centre, a day care centre, a social house or a boarding school. If the facility is insured, the insurance premium for the facility for the respective year shall be included in the co-financing of the local government. In case of great natural disasters, if the amount of losses caused exceeds two per cent of the planned budget expenditure of the local government for the current year, the Cabinet may take a decision regarding other conditions for granting of the funds to local governments.

10. The requests submitted by local governments for granting of the funds for facilities of the infrastructure in the ownership or possession thereof shall only be reviewed if the total amount required for the compensation of losses caused exceeds 1000 lats, if not specified otherwise in legislation.

11. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government has the right to request and receive from a local government any additional information, if it is necessary for the review of the specific request.

12. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government shall, within two weeks after receipt of the necessary and updated documents, evaluate the documents submitted by the local government and take a decision regarding the preparation of the request and forwarding thereof for review in the Cabinet.

13. If a positive decision is taken in the ministry (for a local government - in the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government) regarding forwarding of the request, copies of the documents submitted by the local government, merchant or other legal person shall also be appended to the financial justification of the request.

14. An estimate of the funds requested (cost estimate of the work and measures to be performed in accordance with the classification of the budget expenditure according to economic categories) or documents which confirm the fact and the expenditure related thereto shall be included in the financial justification. A description of the work, services or measures to be performed, the amount of the necessary materials, the average market price, the estimate of remuneration and the foreseeable payment of taxes in accordance with regulatory enactments shall be indicated in the estimate. In case of natural disasters and catastrophes, an evaluation of the losses caused and documents certifying the amount shall be submitted.

15. The Form APRO shall be completed in accordance with the structure of Annex "Itemised List of the State Basic Budget Revenue and Expenditures per Programmes and Sub-programmes" to the Law On the State Budget for the current year, indicating the function in accordance with the primary function of the ministry using the funds in accordance with the classification of budget expenditure according to economic categories. Ministries shall enter the data of the Form APRO in the United State Budget Planning and Implementation Information System in accordance with the procedures specified by the Ministry of Finance.

16. The Ministry of Finance shall review a request submitted for co-ordination in accordance with the procedures specified in regulatory enactments and the documents and information appended thereto, as well as examine and evaluate the financial justification, observing the conditions referred to in Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Regulation and the planning of efficient utilisation of the funds.

17. If necessary, in accordance with the decision taken by the Cabinet, the ministry shall submit an updated draft of the Form APRO and an updated estimate of financial justification for the funds requested to the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance, taking into account the decision of the Cabinet and the updated draft of the Form APRO submitted by the ministry, shall prepare a draft order to which an annex regarding the increase of appropriation is appended.

18. The Minister for Finance shall increase the appropriation in the programme "Use of Funds for Unforeseen Events" by the amount granted and reduce the appropriation of the budget programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events" accordingly.

19. The Ministry of Finance shall send a copy of the order to the ministry.

20. The ministry shall approve the financial plan and submit it to the Treasury.

21. The ministry shall approve the estimate of expenditures of the programme "Use of Funds for Unforeseen Events" in accordance with the procedures specified in regulatory enactments.

22. The accounts for receipt of the funds of beneficiaries of the funds and users of the funds shall be located in the Treasury.

III. Utilisation, Accounting and Control of Funds

23. A user of the funds shall ensure the utilisation of the funds in accordance with the objective specified in the order and appropriation and shall be responsible for it.

24. The ministry shall control the utilisation of the funds granted to a local government, merchant or other legal person. If the State budget funds granted to a local government for compensation of the losses are not utilised entirely, the local government shall transfer them to the State budget account indicated by the Ministry for Regional Development and Local Government.

25. The user of funds shall reflect the funds received and the utilisation thereof in the accounting, as well as ensure analytical accounting of revenue and expenditure in accordance with the classification codes of the budget expenditure according to economic categories and approved plan indicators.

26. The ministry shall include information regarding the utilisation of the funds received in the annual report of the ministry in accordance with regulatory enactments.

IV. Procedures for Provision of Reports

27. The ministry shall submit the following documents to the Ministry of Finance concurrently with the information specified in regulatory enactments regarding analysis of implementation of the State budget for three months, six months, nine months and one year:

27.1. a summary report regarding the implementation of the basic budget programme "Use of Funds for Unforeseen Events" (Annex 2) of the ministry for three months, six months, nine months and one year; and

27.2. a report approved by the settlement centre of the Treasury "Summary from 1 January to 31 March Regarding Expenditure and Revenue of the Treasury, LVL" for three months, "Summary from 1 January to 30 June Regarding Expenditure and Revenue of the Treasury, LVL" for six months, "Summary from 1 January to 30 September Regarding Expenditure and Revenue of the Treasury, LVL" for nine months and "Summary from 1 January to 31 December Regarding Expenditure and Revenue of the Treasury, LVL" for one year in division by classification codes of the budget expenditure according to economic categories.

28. The local government as the user of the funds shall submit the information referred to in Sub-paragraph 27.2 of this Regulation to the Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government by the tenth date of the month following of the reporting period.

29. In accordance with Section 12 of the Law On Budget and Financial Management, the Ministry of Finance shall prepare summary reports of three months, six months, nine months and one year for submission to the Saeima regarding redivision of the appropriation funds for unforeseen events specified in the Law On the State Budget for the current year from the budget programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events" (Annex 3) in division by ministries for each order of the Ministry of Finance.

V. Closing Provisions

30. Cabinet Regulation No. 62 of 20 January 2009, Procedures by which Funds Approved in the Sub-programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events" of the Basic Budget of the Ministry of Finance shall be Requested and Used, (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2009, No. 22), is repealed.

31. This Regulation shall come into force on 1 January 2010.

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Minister for Finance E. Repše

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 1644
22 December 2009

Form APRO

Proposals for Appropriation Changes in Annex "Itemised List of the State Basic Budget Revenue and Expenditures Per Programmes and Sub-programmes" to the Law On the State Budget for ____year"

LVL

^* Updated in accordance with the changes approved by orders of the Cabinet and the Ministry of Finance.

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Minister for Finance E. Repše

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 1644
22 December 2009

Summary Report Regarding Implementation of the Budget Programme of the Ministry "Use of Funds for Unforeseen Events"

LVL

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Minister for Finance E. Repše

Annex 3
Cabinet Regulation No. 1644
22 December 2009

Ministry of Finance

Summary Report Regarding the Division of Appropriation Funds for Unforeseen Events Specified in the Law On the State Budget for the Current Year from the Budget Programme "Funds for Unforeseen Events"

LVL

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Minister for Finance E. Repše

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