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Republic of Latvia

Cabinet
Regulation No. 704
Adopted 27 July 2010

Regulations Regarding Border Crossing Points and Checks to be Performed Therein

Refinement - L.V., 2 November, No. 173.

Issued pursuant to
Section 10, Paragraph twelve, Section 22, Paragraph seven and
Section 24, Paragraph one
of the State Border Law of the Republic of Latvia

1. This Regulation prescribes:

1.1. border crossing points;

1.2. border crossing points in which border check, customs control, veterinary or phytosanitary control, control of food safety or of safety of non-food products, quality and classification control and radiometric control shall be performed, as well as the period of time for the performance of these checks; and

1.3. border crossing points in which the external borders are crossed based on the special procedures for the crossing of external borders specified in the agreement of the Republic of Latvia and the neighbouring country (hereinafter - local border traffic).

2. The following border crossing points shall be created on motorways:

2.1. at the state border with the Russian Federation;

2.1.1. Grebņeva;

2.1.2. Pededze;

2.1.3. Terehova; and

2.1.4. Vientuļi;

2.2. at the state border with the Republic of Byelorussia:

2.2.1. Pāternieki; and

2.2.2. Silene.

3. The following border crossing points shall be created on railways:

3.1. at the state border with the Russian Federation;

3.1.1. Kārsava;

3.1.2. Zilupe;

3.1.3. Rēzekne goods station (only in relation to goods to be moved by freight train);

3.1.4. the luggage section of the Riga Railway Passenger Station (only in relation to goods to be moved by the luggage wagon of a passenger train);

3.2. at the state border with the Republic of Byelorussia:

3.2.1. Indra;

3.2.2. Daugavpils goods station (only in relation to goods to be moved by freight train); and

3.2.3. the luggage section of the Riga Railway Passenger Station (only in relation to goods to be moved in the luggage wagon of a passenger train);

4. The following border crossing points shall be created in ports:

4.1. Engure;

4.2. Lielupe;

4.3. Liepāja;

4.4. Mērsrags;

4.5. Pāvilosta;

4.6. Rīga;

4.7. Roja;

4.8. Salacgrīva;

4.9. Skulte; and

4.10. Ventspils.

5. The following border crossing points shall be created in airports and airfields:

5.1. Daugavpils;

5.2. Liepāja;

5.3. Rīga;

5.4. Ventspils; and

5.5. Tukums.

6. A border crossing point shall be created in the post office for postal consignments from third countries - a place for the exchange of international postal consignments of state stock company "Latvijas Pasts" [Latvia Post] (hereinafter - Latvijas Pasts).

7. The following border crossing points shall be created for local border traffic:

7.1. at the state border with the Russian Federation;

7.1.1. Aizgārša;

7.1.2. Bērziņi; and

7.1.3. Punduri;

7.2. at the state border with the Republic of Byelorussia:

7.2.1. Kaplava;

7.2.2. Meikšāni;

7.2.3. Piedruja; and

7.2.4. Vorzova.

8. The border crossing points in which border checks and radiometric control are performed and the period of time for the performance thereof are indicated in Annex 1 to this Regulation.

9. The period of time for the performance of checks at the border crossing point which is open for local border traffic shall be determined in accordance with the international agreements.

10. The border crossing points in which customs control is performed and the period of time for the performance thereof are indicated in Annex 2 to this Regulation.

11. The border crossing points in which veterinary or phytosanitary control, control of food safety or of safety of non-food products, quality and classification control and the period of time for the performance thereof are indicated in Annex 3 to this Regulation.

12. The owner or operator of a railway, airport or airfield and the administration of Latvijas Pasts shall inform the competent authorities situated in the relevant railway, airport, airfield or post office border crossing point without delay, about the planned arrival of the land transport, aircraft and rail transport to a railway station, airport or airfield which crosses the external border, as well as the receipt of postal consignments in the post office (in the place for exchange of international postal consignments of Latvijas Pasts) which are being imported from third countries.

13. At a border crossing point where there is no permanently situated structural unit (post) of a competent authority, checks shall be performed following the receipt of the information referred to in Paragraph 12 of this Regulation and the co-ordination of the period of time for the performance of the check.

14. Cabinet Regulation No. 246 of 2 July 1996 "Regulations Regarding the Determination of State Border Crossing Points and the Location of Border Crossing Points at the State Borders of the Republic of Latvia" (Latvijas Vestnesis, 1996, No.117, 225; 1997, No. 342/346; 1999, No. 400/403, 440; 2000, No. 133/135, 244/246, 307/309, 360/362, 370/372, 466/469; 2001, No. 48, 89, 108, 147; 2002, No. 26; 2003, No. 78, 118, 167; 2004, No. 69, 160; 2005, No. 20, 111, 147; 2006, No.17; 2007, No.66, 101; 2008, No.100; 2009, No.129), shall be repealed.

15. The border check and customs control at the border crossing point referred to in Sub-paragraphs 4.1 and 5.5 of this Regulation shall be performed following the arrangement and equipping thereof in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding the technical resources required for the border check and customs control, and following the ensuring of the competent authorities with places or premises which are equipped with the necessary communications suitable for the performance of checks.

Acting for the Prime Minister -
Minister for Transport K.Gerhards

Minister for the Interior L. Mūrniece

 

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 704
27 July 2010

Border Crossing Points in which Border Checks and Radiometric Control are Performed and the Period of Time for Their Performance

No. Border crossing point Period of time for the performance of border checks and radiometric control
1. Aizgārša in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1,2
2. Bērziņi in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1,2
3. Daugavpils (airfield) 24 hours a day3
4. Grebņeva 24 hours a day
5. Engure 24 hours a day4
6. Indra 24 hours a day
7. Kaplava in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1
8. Kārsava 24 hours a day
9. Lielupe 24 hours a day4
10. Liepāja (airport) 24 hours a day3
11. Liepāja (port) 24 hours a day
12. Mērsrags 24 hours a day
13. Meikšāni in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1
14. Pāternieki 24 hours a day
15. Pāvilosta 24 hours a day
16. Pededze 07.00-19.001
17. Punduri in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1,2
18. Piedruja in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1
19. Rīga (airport) 24 hours a day
20. Rīga (port) 24 hours a day
21. Roja 24 hours a day4
22. Salacgrīva 24 hours a day4
23. Silene 24 hours a day
24. Skulte 24 hours a day
25. Terehova 24 hours a day
26. Tukums (airfield) 24 hours a day3
27. Ventspils (airport) 24 hours a day3
28. Ventspils (port) 24 hours a day
29. Vientuļi 24 hours a day
30. Vorzova in accordance with the procedures specified by intergovernmental agreements1,2
31. Zilupe 24 hours a day

1 In accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding the application of tax exemptions, it is permitted to cross the state border with personal belongings and goods, to which an exemption from customs duty is applicable.

2 Closed for a period of time from the side of the neighbouring country.

3 Following the receipt of information from the airport administration, the airfield owner or operator and the co-ordination of the time for border check.

4 Following the receipt of information from a commercial shipping company, the ship owner, the master, the authorised shipping agent thereof or, if it is a recreational ship, from the yacht club at which the relevant ship docks, and the co-ordination of the time for border check.

Minister for the Interior L. Mūrniece

 

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 704
27 July 2010

Border Crossing Points in which Customs Control is Performed and the Period of Time for its Performance

No. Border crossing point Customs control for the movement of property and goods across the external border Customs control for railway carriages (crossing the external border) Customs control for the movement of specimens of the wild animals and plant species included in Annexes I, II and III to the 1973 Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, across the external border Customs control for the movement of narcotic and psychotropic substances, medicinal products and precursors that are under the supervision of the Ministry of Health across the external border Customs control for the non-commercial import of domestic (household) animals from third countries Customs control for luggage and consignments containing products of animal origin
for freight trains for passenger trains for live specimens of animal species for non-living specimens of animal species, the parts and derivatives thereof for specimens of plant species
1. Daugavpils (airfield) 24 hours a day1,2 - - - - - - 24 hours a day1,2 24 hours a day1,2
2. Daugavpils goods station - 24 hours a day - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day - -
3. Engure 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 - - - - - - 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3
4. Grebņeva 24 hours a day - - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
5. Indra 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day - - - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
6. Kārsava 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day - - - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
7. Lielupe 24 hours a day2,3,4 - - - - - - 24 hours a day2,3 24 hours a day2,3
8. Liepāja (airport) 24 hours a day1,2 - - - - - - 24 hours a day1,2 24 hours a day1,2
9. Liepāja (port) 24 hours a day - - - - 9.00-21.00 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day 24 hours

a day

10. Mērsrags 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 - - - - - - 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3
11. Pāternieki 24 hours a day - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
12. Pāvilosta 24 hours a day2,3,5 - - - - - - 24 hours a day2,3 24 hours a day2,3
13. Rēzekne goods station - 24 hours a day - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day - -
14. Rīga (railway) 8.30-17.00
on weekdays6,7
  8.30-17.00 on weekdays6,7   8.30-17.00 on weekdays6,7 8.30-17.00 on weekdays6,7 8.30-17.00 on weekdays6,7   8.30-17.00 on weekdays6,7
15. Rīga (airport) 24 hours a day - - - - 9.00-21.00 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
16. Rīga (port) 24 hours a day - - - 8.00-20.00 8.00-20.00 8.00-20.00 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
17. Rīga (post office) 9.00-18.00
on weekdays8
- - - - 9.00-18.00
on weekdays8
9.00-18.00
on weekdays8
- 9.00-18.00
on weekdays8
18. Roja 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 - - - - - - 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3 8.00-17.00 on weekdays2,3
19. Salacgrīva 8.00-17.00
on weekdays
- - - - - - 8.00-17.00
on weekdays
8.00-17.00
on weekdays
20. Silene 24 hours a day - - - - 9.00-21.00 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
21. Skulte 24 hours a day2,3,4 - - - - - - 24 hours a day2,3 24 hours a day2,3
22. Terehova 24 hours a day - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
23. Tukums (airfield) 24 hours a day1,2 - - - - - - 24 hours a day1,2 24 hours a day1,2
24. Ventspils (airport) 24 hours a day1,2 - - - - - - 24 hours a day1,2 24 hours a day1,2
25. Ventspils (port) 24 hours a day - - - 9.00-18.00
on weekdays
9.00-21.00 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
26. Vientuļi 24 hours a day9 - - - - - - 24 hours a day9 24 hours a day9
27. Zilupe 24 hours a day 24 hours a day 24 hours a day - - - - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day

Notes.

1 Following the receipt of information from the airport administration, the airfield owner or operator and the co-ordination of the time for border check.

2 Not situated permanently.

3 Following the receipt of information from the commercial shipping company, the ship owner, the master, the authorised shipping agent thereof or, if it is a recreational ship, from the yacht club at which the relevant ship docks, and the co-ordination of the time for the performance of control.

4 Performed in the Port of Rīga.

5 Performed in the Port of Liepāja.

6 Only in relation to the goods to be moved in the luggage wagon of passenger train.

7 Following the receipt of information from Latvijas dzelzceļš [Latvian Railways] and the co-ordination of the time for the performance of control.

8 Following the receipt of information from Latvijas dzelzceļš [Latvian Railways] and the co-ordination of the time for the performance of control.

9 Only natural persons.

Minister for the Interior L. Mūrniece

 

Annex 3
Cabinet Regulation No. 704
27 July 2010

Control Points in which Veterinary or Phytosanitary Control, Control of Food Safety or of Safety of Non-Food Products, Quality and Classification Control is Performed, and the Period of Time for its Performance

No. Border crossing point Name of the control point Control point check centre Type of point Veterinary control Export control of bovine animals3 Phytosanitary control (inc.quality and classification control) Control of food safety or of safety of non-food products Control of animal feeding-stuffs and feeding-stuff additives
All consumer products Other products Live animals
no requirements in relation to temperature with a specified temperature regimen no requirements in relation to temperature with a specified temperature regimen Ungulates1 registered equine animals other animals2
chilled frozen chilled frozen
1. Grebņeva Grebņeva4 - motorway 24 hours a day - 24 hours a day
2. Terehova Terehova 4 - motorway 24 hours a day - 24 hours a day 24 hours a day
3. Pāternieki Pāternieki - motorway 24 hours a day - 24 hours a day 9.00-21.00 24 hours a day
4. Silene Silene - motorway - 9.00-21.00
5. Rēzekne goods station Rēzekne4

-

railway 24 hours a day5 - 24 hours a day
6. Daugavpils goods station Daugavpils

-

railway 24 hours a day5 - 24 hours a day
7. Rīga (port) Riga Port - port 8.00-20.005 - 8.00-20.00 8.00-20.00
freight terminal port 8.00-20.005 - 8.00-20.005 -   -
BFT - osta 8.00-20.005 - 8.00-20.005 - -
8. Ventspils (port) Ventspils port - port 9.00-21.005 - 9.00-21.00
9. Liepāja

(port)

Liepaja port - port - 9.00-21.00
10. Rīga (airport) Airport "Rīga"

-

airport - 9.00-21.00
11. Rīga (post office) Latvijas Pasts

-

post - 9.00-18.00
on weekdays

9.00-21.00 on weekdays
12. Skulte Skulte port

-

port - 8.00-20.006 -
13. Mērsrags Mērsrags port

-

port - 9.00-21.006 -

Notes.

1 Ungulates: bovine animals, pigs, sheep, goats, wild and domestic odd-toed ungulates.

2 Other animals (including animals of zoological garden and domestic (household) birds), except domestic (household) animals which are imported for non-commercial purposes.

3 The control shall be performed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No.639/2003 of 9 April 2003 laying down detailed rules pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 as regards requirements for the granting of export refunds related to the welfare of live bovine animals during transport.

4 The control point is approved for the specified freight transit of food products of animal origin which are being imported to or exported from Russia in accordance with the procedures specified by the regulatory enactments of the European Union.

5 Pre-packaged products only.

6 Following the receipt of information from the owner of the freight (or the authorised person thereof) and the co-ordination of the time for control.

Minister for the Interior L. Mūrniece

 


Translation © 2011 Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre)

 
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Title: Noteikumi par robežšķērsošanas vietām un tajās veicamajām pārbaudēm Status:
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Issuer: Cabinet of Ministers Type: regulation Document number: 704Adoption: 27.07.2010.Entry into force: 13.08.2010.Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 127, 12.08.2010.
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