Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State Language
Centre) with amending laws of:
19 December 2006 [shall come
into force from 1 January 2007];
14 June 2007 [shall come into force from 11 July
2007];
16 December 2010 [shall come into force from 1 January
2011];
15 November 2012 [shall come into force from 1 December
2012];
20 June 2013 [shall come into force from 1 January
2014];
9 July 2013 [shall come into force from 1 January
2014].
If a whole or part of a section has been amended, the
date of the amending law appears in square brackets at the
end of the section. If a whole section, paragraph or clause
has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears in
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clause.
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The Saeima 1 has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following Law:
Hunting
Law
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1.
The following terms are used in this Law:
1) limited game animals - game animals for which a
permissible hunting amount has been specified;
2) hunting permit - a document that allows to hunt a
specific number of the limited game animals of the respective
species in the indicated area;
3) hunting district - year-round hunting area that is
managed by the one user of hunting rights;
4) hunting area - area useful for game animals to live
free and be available for hunting;
5) hunting products - game animal trophies, meat and
offal acquired as a result of hunting;
6) hunting resources - all game animals in the
territory of Latvia;
61) sustainable management of hunting
resources - management of the population and habitat of
hunting animals and the natural resources related thereto in such
a way as to protect the biological diversity and renewal ability
of hunting resources, ensuring hunting resources for next
generations, as well as to promote the protection of game
animals, taking into account economic, social and environmental
interests and without endangering the implementation of nature
protection measures in the distribution territory of game animal
species;
7) hunting tools - snares, traps or other tools
employed in the hunting of game animals;
8) hunting management - a system for the management of
natural resources, which concurrently with the acquisition of
hunting products ensures sustainable management of such
resources;
9) hunting rights - the rights of the land owner or
legal possessor to hunt in his or her land parcel in accordance
with the procedures laid down in this Law and laws and
regulations governing hunting. The land owner or legal possessor
may exercise the hunting rights solely for himself or herself or
transfer them to another person;
91) owner of hunting rights - a land owner
or legal possessor who has hunting areas in the land parcel in
his or her ownership or possession;
10) user of hunting rights - a natural or legal person
in whose name the hunting district is registered;
11) game animal trophy - antlers together with the
skull of the game animal (upper jaw or frontal bone), tusks,
skulls and skins;
12) game animals - mammals and birds living in the
wild, including wild mammals and birds, which are hunted in
accordance with the laws and regulations governing hunting, and
animals of such species, which are kept in restricted areas in
conditions similar to the wild;
13) hunter's seasonal card - a document that gives the
right to hunt with hunting firearms and hunting tools during the
particular hunting season;
14) hunter - a person who in accordance with the
procedures laid down in this Law has received a hunter's
certificate; and
15) unlimited game animals - animals for which a
permissible hunting amount has not been specified.
[15 November 2012; 20 June
2013]
Section 2.
The purpose of this Law is to regulate the basic rules of
hunting management.
Section 3.
(1) Hunting is the set of activities or individual activities,
when game animals are tracked or looked for, caught, captured,
injured or killed by using hunting firearms, tools or
methods.
(2) The following shall be considered as equivalent to
hunting:
1) killing of game animals kept in a restricted area in
conditions similar to the wild by using hunting firearms and
hunting tools. Only the safety requirements laid down in the laws
and regulations governing hunting shall apply to killing of game
animals kept in a restricted area in conditions similar to the
wild;
2) killing of escaped animals that were bred in captivity in
hunting areas (upon written request of an owner to a user of
hunting rights), using hunting firearms and hunting tools;
3) killing of stray pet animals in hunting areas, using
hunting firearms and conforming to the international agreements
governing animal protection and other laws and regulations.
(3) It is prohibited to hunt:
1) in urban territory;
2) in cemeteries;
3) at locations where there is no registered hunting district,
except hunting of unlimited game animals, in which an owner of
hunting rights or a person authorised thereby in writing is
participating, as well as hunting of unlimited game animals in
public bodies of water and their towpath;
4) at locations where it is prohibited by other laws and
regulations.
(4) Game animal species, hunting terms, as well as the cases
when hunting outside hunting terms is possible, shall be
determined by the Cabinet. The hunting terms of game animals
shall not be determined during the time period of their
reproduction or other stage of importance to the development of
species.
(5) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures by which the
State Environmental Service is entitled to change the hunting
terms for mammals, as well as to determine additional
restrictions for organising hunting according to the state of the
respective animal population, meteorological conditions and
phonological situation.
(6) If another acceptable solution cannot be found, it shall
be allowed to acquire individuals of game bird species outside
the specified hunting term, if it does not harm the population of
the respective species, receiving a permit for each time, for the
following purposes:
1) in the interests of public health protection and
safety;
2) in the interests of flight safety;
3) in order to prevent substantial damage to cultural crops,
agricultural animals, forests, fishery and waters;
4) in order to protect flora and fauna;
5) for research and training, upon carrying out renewal of
population, reintroduction of species and the propagation
necessary for such purpose;
6) for random capturing, holding of individual birds or other
reasonable use in strictly controlled circumstances.
(7) In the cases referred to in Paragraph six of this Section
the Nature Conservation Agency shall issue a permit for the
acquisition, hunting or holding in captivity of individuals of
non-huntable species in accordance with the laws and regulations
regarding issuing a permit for acquisition of individuals of
non-huntable species and shall inform the State Forest Service
regarding the permits issued.
(8) The procedures by which additional feeding of game animals
living in the wild shall be permitted, and the cases when it
shall be permitted, shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Section 4.
(1) Game animals living in the wild become the property of
natural or legal persons only after they have been hunted in
accordance with the procedures laid down in this Law and other
laws and regulations governing hunting.
(2) Game animals, which are kept in a restricted area in
circumstances similar to the wild, as well as game animals born
in a restricted area are the property of such natural or legal
person who has received a permit for keeping game animals living
in the wild in captivity in the particular area in accordance
with the procedures laid down in laws and regulations.
[20 June 2013]
Section 5.
(1) It is prohibited to misappropriate game animals and
hunting products.
(2) The procedures for moving an animal hunted down shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Section 6.
Hunting resources shall be used so as to ensure the protection
and preservation of the population of game animal species, gene
pool and the habitat populated by game animals. Resources of game
bird species shall be used so as to ensure that bird hunting does
not endanger the implementation of nature protection measures in
the distribution territory of such species. The principles of
reasonable use and ecologically balanced control of game animals,
the size of population of game animals, including migrating birds
shall be observed in hunting practice.
[15 November 2012]
Section 7.
A hunting season is a period of time from 1 April up to 31
March of the next year.
Section 8.
The Cabinet shall determine:
1) obligations and rights of a head of a hunt;
2) the procedures for marking of purebred hunting dogs and
their use in hunting;
3) the procedures for actions involving game animals, cause of
death of which is not hunting, capturing or holding in
captivity.
[20 June 2013]
Section 9.
(1) The user of hunting rights shall determine the hunting
procedures in his or her hunting district.
(2) A unit of the State Border Guard is entitled to prohibit
or discontinue hunt in a hunting district or its part, which is
located in the territory of borderland, if enhanced border
control, emergency situation or state of exception has been
determined in the abovementioned territory or the State Border
Guard is organising tactical training, informing the user of
hunting rights thereof without delay.
[20 June 2013]
Section 10.
(1) Game animals may be caught in the wild, brought into
Latvia, used in training of purebred hunting dogs or scientific
research, kept in captivity, as well as released in the wild, if
for each time a permit has been received from the State Forest
Service.
(2) The procedures for issuing and cancelling permits for
catching of game animals in the wild, bringing into Latvia, using
for training of purebred hunting dogs or scientific research,
keeping in captivity and releasing in the wild shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Section 11.
(1) Non-huntable wild animals may be obtained, hunted or kept
in captivity, if for each time a permit has been received from
the Nature Conservation Agency.
(2) The procedures, by which permits for obtaining, hunting or
holding in captivity of non-huntable wild animals shall be issued
and cancelled, shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[15 November 2012]
Chapter
II
Hunter's Certificate and Rights to Hunt
Section 12.
A hunter's certificate is a document which is necessary in
order to receive a hunting permit, hunter's seasonal card and
authorisation for the acquisition of a hunting firearm, as well
as in order to hunt in accordance with the procedures laid down
in this Law and other laws and regulations governing hunting.
Section 13.
(1) Hunters to whom an authorisation for the possession of a
hunting firearm has been issued by the State police institution
are allowed to hunt with hunting firearms.
(2) The procedures for using a hunting firearm and hunting
ammunition, as well as the safety requirements to be observed
during hunting, shall be determined by the Cabinet.
(3) The procedures for using a hunting tool and high energy
pneumatic weapons shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Section 14.
(1) The State Forest Service shall issue a hunter's
certificate or a head of a hunt's licence to persons who have
passed a respective examination before a hunter's examination
board.
(2) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures for training
hunters and heads of a hunt, the programme for testing and
procedures for examining the theoretical knowledge and practical
skills, the procedures for issuing, exchanging and cancelling
hunter's certificates, head of a hunt's licences and a permit for
a foreigner to hunt in the territory of Latvia, and the
procedures for renewing and issuing new hunting documents or for
refusing to renew hunting documents.
[9 July 2013]
Section 15.
(1) Examination of candidate hunters and candidate heads of a
hunt shall be performed by the State Forest Service.
(2) The procedures by which the State fee for examination of
candidate hunters and candidate heads of a hunt shall be paid, as
well as the amount of the fee shall be determined by the
Cabinet.
[9 July 2013 / See Paragraph 10 of
Transitional Provisions]
Section 16.
Foreigners who do not have a hunter's certificate issued by
the State Forest Service, may hunt in the territory of Latvia and
they are entitled to use hunting firearms and hunting tools in
hunting, if they have a document issued by the relevant competent
authority of the foreign state, which certifies the right to hunt
in their own country, and they have received a permit in the
State Forest Service allowing a foreigner to hunt in the
territory of Latvia.
[20 June 2013]
Section 17.
(1) A hunting district shall be registered, if the hunting
areas included therein are not smaller than the minimum hunting
area referred to in Section 19, Paragraph one of this Law, in
which limited game animals may be hunted.
(2) The Cabinet shall determine:
1) the procedures for establishing and registering hunting
districts, as well as the criteria for recognition of hunting
areas as continuous hunting area;
2) the circulation of the hunting rights, stipulating the
procedures and the minimum time period for their transfer, the
procedures for implementing, as well as revoking such rights;
3) the procedures for determining the payment for exercising
the hunting rights in hunting areas under jurisdiction or
belonging to the State.
[20 June 2013]
Section 18.
It is permitted to hunt game water fowl in public bodies of
water and towpaths thereof without the co-ordination with the
user of hunting rights, in the hunting district of which the
relevant body of water is located. The procedures for hunting
game animals of unlimited species in public bodies of water and
towpaths thereof shall be determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Chapter
III
Hunting Areas, Hunting Quota and Hunting Permit
Section 19.
(1) The minimum hunting areas, in which limited game animals
are allowed to be hunted in the relevant hunting district, shall
be the following:
1) for roe deer hunting - not less than 200 hectares,
including forest land and agricultural land;
2) for hunting wild boars - not less than 1000 hectares,
including not less than 200 hectares of forest land;
21) for hunting Red stag does and fawns - not less
than 1000 hectares, including only forest tracts or their parts
and individual parcels of forest land (clumps), shrubbery and
swamps;
3) for hunting Red stag bulls - not less than 2000 hectares,
including only forest tracts or their parts and individual
parcels of forest land (clumps), shrubbery and swamps;
4) for moose hunting - not less than 2500 hectares, including
only forest tracts or their parts and individual parcels of
forest land (clumps), shrubbery and swamps.
(2) [20 June 2013]
(3) If a hunting district does not conform to the requirements
laid down in Paragraph one of this Section, the users of hunting
rights may enter into mutual agreements regarding organisation of
hunting of limited game animals in adjacent hunting districts.
The permissible hunting amount of game animals of limited species
shall be determined for the total hunting area indicated in the
agreement.
(4) [20 June 2013]
[19 December 2006; 20 June
2013]
Section 20.
(1) In order to ensure the preservation of the gene fund of
the population of game animals of limited species and to restrict
the damages caused by game animals of limited species to
agriculture and forestry, the State Forest Service shall
determine the permissible hunting amount of game animals of
limited species in hunting areas each year, on the basis of the
data of evaluating the state of game animal population.
(2) The state of game animal population shall be evaluated by
the State Forest Service.
(3) The state of game animal population shall be evaluated and
the permissible hunting amount shall be determined according to
the methodology approved by the Minister for Agriculture.
(4) The measures for regulating the number of wild mammals in
specially protected nature territories, in which hunting
restrictions are in effect, shall be determined in respective
individual rules for the protection and use of the specially
protected nature territory.
[20 June 2013]
Section 21.
A hunting permit and hunter's seasonal card shall be required
for the hunting of limited game animals, but a hunter's seasonal
card - for the hunting of unlimited game animals.
Section 22.
(1) The State Forest Service shall issue hunting permits to
the users of hunting rights according to the permissible hunting
amount. The procedures for issuing hunting permits shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
(2) [14 June 2007]
(3) [14 June 2007]
(4) Hunters shall submit the information regarding the
unlimited game animals hunted within a month after the end of a
hunting season, but the users of hunting rights shall submit used
hunting permits within a month after the hunt to the authorities
which issued the hunter's seasonal cards or hunting permits.
(5) If the requirements referred to in Paragraph four of this
Section are not fulfilled, new hunting permits and hunter's
seasonal cards shall not be issued.
[14 June 2007; 20 June 2013]
Section 23.
(1) The procedures for paying the State fee for the issuance
of a hunter's certificate, a head of a hunt's licence, a hunter's
seasonal card and a hunting permit, as well as for the issuance
of a permit for a foreigner to hunt in the territory of Latvia
and the amount of the fee shall be determined by the Cabinet.
(2) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures by which
hunting trophies are to be exported from Latvia.
(3) The procedures for issuing a hunter's seasonal card shall
be determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013; 9 July 2013 / See
Paragraph 10 of Transitional Provisions]
Chapter
IV
Illegal Hunting
Section 24.
(1) The following shall be recognised as illegal hunting:
1) hunting in such period of time and according to such
procedures, which do not conform to the periods of time and
procedures laid down in the laws and regulations governing
hunting;
2) being present in a hunting area with a firearm or hunting
tool made prepared for use without co-ordination with the user of
hunting rights, as well as in areas where hunting is prohibited,
except the cases referred to in Section 29, Paragraph five,
Clause 3 of this Law;
3) hunting with a firearm, if a hunter's certificate, a
hunter's seasonal card or an authorisation for possession of a
hunting firearm has not been obtained or has been withdrawn, as
well as hunting of limited game animals without a hunting
permit;
4) hunting of game animals with hunting tools, if a hunter's
certificate or a hunter's seasonal card has not been obtained or
has been withdrawn, as well as unauthorised use of hunting
tools;
5) moving of a limited game animal from the area where it was
hunted down, or tracking of an injured limited game animal, if a
hunting permit has not been completed;
6) hunting in areas where hunting is prohibited, as well as in
areas where hunting of the respective animal species is
prohibited, except the cases referred to in Section 29, Paragraph
five, Clause 3 of this Law;
7) hunting of unlimited game animals without the consent of
the user of hunting rights, except for the cases referred to in
Section 18 and Section 29, Paragraph six, Clause 3 of this
Law;
8) hunting in such conditions when animals are fleeing from
natural disasters;
9) hunting while using the following illegal means of hunting,
tools, methods and techniques:
a) "bird lime", blind or mutilated animals as bait,
b) sound recordings,
c) artificial light sources, except for the hunting of wild
boars, foxes and raccoon dogs,
d) night sights with electronic magnification or image
transformation, except for the hunting of wild boars, foxes and
raccoon dogs,
e) mirrors and other blinding devices,
f) laser type sights,
g) nets, which work non-selectively according to the terms for
use or conditions for use,
h) leg-hold traps and traps or snares which work
non-selectively according to the terms for use or conditions for
use,
i) crossbows, bows,
j) semi-automatic or automatic firearms, the total capacity of
cartridge chamber and magazine (cartridge feeding mechanism) of
which is more than three cartridges, except for the hunting of
wild boars, foxes and raccoon dogs,
k) aircraft, moving motorised land and water vehicles,
l) weapons that are not classified as hunting firearms,
m) thermal sights;
9) hunting using the following prohibited generally dangerous
means of hunting, hunting tools, techniques and methods:
a) trap-holes, loops, hooks, setting up of sharp objects on
animal tracks,
b) electric or electronic devices that are capable of stunning
or killing an animal,
c) explosives, trip mechanisms,
d) poisons and poisoned or immobilising bait,
e) gases or smoke;
10) keeping of game animals in captivity, if a permit from the
State Forest Service has not been received;
11) hunting, using any mass or non-selective means, measures
or techniques for capturing or killing birds, also such means,
measures or techniques, which may cause extinction of species in
the territory of a local government or the State.
[20 June 2013; 9 July 2013]
Chapter V
Supervision of Hunting Resources and Hunting Control
Section 25.
Conformity with this Law and other laws and regulations
governing hunting shall be supervised by the institutions
subordinate to or under supervision of the State Forest Service,
the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
and the Ministry of the Interior according to the competence
thereof.
[9 July 2013]
Section 26.
The procedures for documenting hunting and the procedures for
circulation of information in the field of hunting shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
[20 June 2013]
Section 27.
(1) Upon the request of such persons who are performing
supervision of the conformity with this Law and other laws and
regulations governing hunting and hunting control, the duty of a
hunter shall be:
1) to present the firearms at his or her disposal and the
authorisation for the possession thereof, as well as ammunition,
hunting tools, hunting documents and hunting products;
2) to provide orally or in writing an explanation regarding
the hunting in which he or she is partaking in.
(2) If illegal hunting has taken place, persons who are
undertaking the supervision of the conformity with this Law and
other laws and regulations governing hunting and hunting control
are entitled to suspend hunting documents and withdraw from use
firearms, ammunition, hunting tools and hunting products.
Section 28.
If any of authorities referred to in Section 25 of this Law
has temporarily suspended or debarred a hunter's certificate or
withdrawn a hunting firearm from use, it shall notify thereof the
State Police institution, which have issued an authorisation for
the possession of hunting firearm, within three working days.
Section 29.
(1) A land owner or legal possessor shall be responsible for
the damages and losses caused by game animals on the land in his
or her ownership (possession), if the hunting rights have not
been transferred to another user of hunting rights.
(2) If the owner of hunting rights transfers the hunting
rights to another user of hunting rights, the duties and rights
of the parties shall be determined in the contract regarding
transfer of the hunting rights, insofar as it is not in
contradiction with Paragraph four of this Section.
(3) The owner of wild animals bred in captivity shall be
responsible for the losses caused by animals.
(4) In order to reduce the damages caused by game animals:
1) if it is not provided for otherwise in the contract
regarding transfer of the hunting rights, the land owner or legal
possessor has a duty to ensure measures on the land in his or her
ownership, possession or use for protection against the potential
damages caused by game animals, insofar as it is not in
contradiction with environmental and nature protection
requirements, and to inform the user of hunting rights
thereof;
2) the user of hunting rights has a duty to hunt in the
hunting district, ensuring sustainable management of hunting
resources;
3) the land owner (user), the manager of infrastructure
objects and the user of hunting rights have a duty to ensure,
without delay, mutual exchange with information regarding the
detected damages caused by game animals;
4) the State Forest Service in accordance with the laws and
regulation governing hunting farms is entitled to permit hunting
of mammals of unlimited game species outside the specified
hunting term, as well as to issue hunting permits for hunting
mammals of limited game species, exceeding the permitted hunting
amount - if the hunting co-ordination committee has taken a
respective decision - without applying the requirements laid down
in Section 19, Paragraph one of this Law regarding minimum
hunting areas.
(5) In cases of epizootic threats, as well as when game
animals cause damages to the property and environment in State
melioration systems, melioration systems of State significance or
territories where the cause of such damages is located, the
hunting co-ordination committee established by the respective
local government, upon inviting users of hunting rights in the
adjacent areas and experts of the respective sector, shall
determine in the particular territory:
1) the amount of damages caused to agriculture, forestry,
amelioration systems and infrastructure objects;
2) the amount of such financial losses, which have been caused
to agriculture and forestry by game animals;
3) the measures for restricting or liquidating the damages and
their consequences.
(6) If game animals have caused damages in territories where
hunting is not prohibited, the hunting co-ordination committee
established by the respective local government, upon inviting the
user of hunting rights and the land owner or user, shall
determine in the particular land unit:
1) the amount of damages caused to agriculture, forestry,
amelioration systems and infrastructure objects;
2) the amount of such financial losses, which have been caused
to agriculture and forestry by game animals;
3) the measures for restricting or liquidating the damages and
their consequences. The hunting co-ordination committee, upon
receipt of consent of the owner of hunting rights, has the right
to take over and implement the hunting rights in the particular
land unit for the time period of performing the abovementioned
measures. Contesting of the decision of the hunting co-ordination
committee shall not suspend its operation.
(7) The Cabinet shall determine:
1) the procedures, by which the amount of damages caused to
agriculture, forestry, amelioration systems and infrastructure
objects by game animals, the level of damages, the criteria for
determining the amount and level of damages, as well as action in
such cases shall be determined;
2) the procedures and conditions for issuing a hunting permit
for hunting game animals in the damaged areas;
3) the procedures by which the amount of financial losses
caused to agriculture and forestry by game animals shall be
determined;
4) the procedures, by which the State fee shall be paid for
determining the amount of such damages and calculating such
losses, which have been caused to agriculture, forestry,
amelioration systems and infrastructure objects by game
animals;
5) the composition, rights and duties of the hunting
co-ordination committee, as well as the procedures by which
measures for restriction or liquidation of damages and their
consequences shall be determined;
6) the procedures by which losses caused by natural or legal
persons by violating the requirements of the laws and regulations
governing hunting shall be reimbursed, and the amount of such
losses, as well as the procedures and amount for reimbursing the
value of the illegally acquired hunting produce.
[20 June 2013]
Section 30. [20 June 2013]
Chapter
VI
Hunting Management Development Fund
Section 31.
(1) In order to develop hunting management, a Game Animal
Management development Fund shall be established. The holder of
the Fund shall be the Ministry of Agriculture.
(2) The assets of the Hunting Management Development Fund
shall be formed from:
1) grants from the following revenue of the State basic
budget:
a) the full amount of the State fee for the issuance of
hunting permits,
b) the full amount of the State fee for the issuance of
hunter's certificates, head of hunt's licences, hunter's seasonal
cards and permits for foreigners to hunt in the territory of
Latvia,
b1) the full amount of the State fee for
examination of the candidate hunters and candidate heads of a
hunt,
c) compensation of the losses that have been caused by natural
persons or legal persons violating the requirements specified in
this Law or other laws and regulations governing hunting, as well
as compensation for the value of hunting products obtained
illegally;
2) donations.
(3) The assets of Hunting Management Development Fund shall be
utilised:
1) for the monitoring of game animals and additional
protection measures of populations;
2) for the scientific research of game animals and populations
thereof;
3) for participating in international hunting
organisations;
4) for the educating of hunters.
(4) The Cabinet shall approve the by-law of the Hunting
Management Development Fund.
[20 June 2013; 9 July 2013 / See
Paragraph 10 of Transitional Provisions]
Transitional
Provisions
1. With the coming into force of this Law, the Hunting Law
(Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 1995, No. 13; 1997, No. 14; 2000, No. 9) is
repealed.
2. By 1 January 2004, the Cabinet shall issue the regulations
referred to in this Law.
3. Until the day of coming into force of the relevant Cabinet
regulations, but not longer than until 1 January 2004, the
following Cabinet Regulations shall be applicable insofar as they
are not in contradiction with this Law:
1) Cabinet Regulation No. 251 of 8 August 1995, Hunting
Regulations (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 1995, No. 19; 1997, No. 21);
2) Cabinet Regulation No. 398 of 14 November 1995, Regulations
regarding Amount of Compensation for Losses Caused to Hunting
Management (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta
Ziņotājs, 2000, No. 24);
3) Cabinet Regulation No. 478 of 13 November 2001, By-laws of
the Hunting Management Development Fund (Latvijas Republikas
Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs, 2001, No. 24).
4. Hunter's certificates and head of a hunt's licences issued
until the day of coming into force of this Law shall also be
valid after the day of coming into force of this Law.
5. Section 31, Paragraph two, Clause 1, Sub-paragraph "c" of
this Law shall come into force on 1 January 2005.
6. If hunting areas are located in the territory of Gauja,
Slītere or Ķemeri National Park or also Teiči, Krustkalni, Grīņi
or Moricsala nature reserve, the administration of the respective
territory shall issue hunting permits to the persons exercising
the hunting rights and owners of a hunter's seasonal card until
31 March 2008.
[14 June 2007]
7. The administration of Gauja, Slītere and Ķemeri National
Park and Teiči natural reserve shall receive the forms for a
permit to hunt limited game animals and a hunter's seasonal card
until 31 March 2008 from the State Forest Service and within two
months after the end of the 2007/2008 hunting season submit
information to the State Forest Service regarding the number of
hunted animals, as well as hand over the unutilised hunting
permits thereto and cancel the hunter's seasonal cards not issued
to hunters.
[14 June 2007]
8. The Cabinet shall issue the regulations referred to in
Section 3, Paragraphs four and five, Section 5, Paragraph two,
Section 8, Section 10, Paragraph two, Section 13, Paragraphs two
and three, Section 14, Paragraph two, Section 15, Paragraph two,
Section 17, Paragraph two, Section 18, Section 22, Paragraph one,
Section 23, Paragraphs one and three, Section 26 and Section 29,
Paragraph seven of this Law not later than by 1 April 2014.
[20 June 2013]
9. Until the day of coming into force of the Cabinet
regulations referred to in Paragraph 8 of this Law the following
Cabinet regulations shall apply, insofar as they are not in
contradiction with this Law:
1) Cabinet Regulation No. 109 of 2 March 2004, Regulations
Regarding the State Fee for the Issuance of a Hunter's
Certificate, a Seasonal Card of Hunter and a Hunting Permit, for
the Issuance of a Permit to a Foreign Hunter for Hunting in the
Territory of Latvia and for the Issuance of a Permit for Bringing
out a Hunting Trophy from Latvia, as well as the Procedures for
Bringing out Hunting Trophies;
2) Cabinet Regulation No. 110 of 2 March 2004, Regulations
regarding Procedures for Training Hunters and Heads of Hunts, the
Knowledge and Practical Skills Examination Programme, as well as
Procedures for the Issue of a Hunter's Certificate and Head of a
Hunt's Certificate;
3) Cabinet Regulation No. 111 of 2 March 2004, Procedures for
Compensation of Losses Caused by Natural or Legal Persons
Violating the Requirements Specified in Regulatory Enactments
Regulating Hunting, Determining the Amount thereof, as well as
the Procedures and Amount of Compensation for the Value of
Illegally Acquired Hunting Products;
4) Cabinet Regulation No. 409 of 19 June 2007, Procedures for
Determining the Payment for Exercising the Right to Hunt in
Hunting Areas under Jurisdiction or Belonging to the State;
5) Cabinet Regulation No. 497 of 17 July 2007, Procedures for
Determining the Amount of Financial Losses Caused to Agriculture
and Forestry by Game Animals;
6) Cabinet Regulation No. 743 of 6 November 2007, By-law of
the Hunting Management Development Fund;
7) Cabinet Regulation No. 975 of 20 December 2011, Regulations
Regarding the State Fee for Forestry Activities, Examinations of
Hunters and Heads of a Hunt and Calculation of the Losses Caused
by Game Animals;
8) Cabinet Regulation No. 113 of 26 February 2013, Hunting
Regulations.
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10. Amendments to Section 15, Paragraph two, Section 23,
Paragraph one and Section 31, Paragraph two of this Law shall
come into force concurrently with the respective amendments to
the Law On Taxes and Fees.
[20 June 2013]
11. The requirement laid down in Section 17, Paragraph one of
this Law shall be applied to such hunting districts, which are
registered after 1 January 2014.
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Informative
Reference to European Union Directives
[15 November
2012]
This Law contains legal norms arising from:
1) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the
conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
2) Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild
birds.
This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 8 July
2003.
Acting for the President,
Chairperson of the Saeima I. Ūdre
Rīga, 23 July 2003
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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