Regulations regarding Explosive, Fire-Hazardous and Particularly Important Objects wherein Fire Safety, Fire-fighting and Rescue Services shall be Established

Issued pursuant to Section 5, Paragraph two
of the Fire Safety and Fire-fighting Law

1. These Regulations prescribe the criteria according to which explosive and fire-hazardous objects shall be included in the list of such explosive, fire-hazardous and particularly important objects wherein fire safety, fire-fighting and rescue services shall be established (hereinafter - list), as well as the procedures by which the referred to objects shall be included in the list (Annex 1).

2. The following explosive and fire-hazardous objects shall be included in the list:

2.1. objects wherein explosive and fire-hazardous chemical substances and chemical products (hereinafter - fire-hazardous substances) are present in such an amount that exceeds the largest qualifying quantity specified in Annex 2 of these Regulations; and

2.2. rail terminals and railway infrastructure objects wherein dangerous cargo are carried and in the territory of which the amount of carried and stored fire-hazardous substances sometimes exceeds the smallest qualifying quantity specified in Annex 2 of these Regulations.

3. The qualifying quantity of fire-hazardous substances in an object where several types of fire-hazardous substances are present (Annex 2) shall be determined by summing up the amount of such fire hazardous substances that are stored in the object for more than two days per year, and assuming that one tonne of the fire-hazardous substances referred to in Clause 1 of Annex 2 of these Regulations is equivalent to two tonnes of the fire-hazardous substances referred to in Clause 2 of Annex 2 of these Regulations or two cubic metres of the fire-hazardous substances referred to in Clause 3 of Annex 2 of these Regulations.

4. In order to consider an object as particularly important and to include such object in the list, a natural person or legal person shall submit the relevant substantiated proposal to the Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior shall document the referred to proposal in the form of projected legislation and direct such proposal for approval by the Cabinet in accordance with the procedures specified by law.

5. Cabinet Regulation No. 540 of 30 September 2003, Regulations regarding Explosive, Fire-Hazardous or Particularly Important Objects (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2003, No. 137) is repealed.

Prime Minister I. Emsis

Minister for the Interior Ē. Jēkabsons

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 674
3 August 2004

Explosive, Fire-Hazardous and Particularly Important Objects wherein Fire Safety, Fire-fighting and Rescue Services shall be Established

Minister for the Interior Ē. Jēkabsons

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 674
3 August 2004

Qualifying Quantity of Fire-Hazardous Chemical Substances and Chemical Products

Note.

* If more than 200 tonnes of other very toxic and toxic chemical substances and chemical products are present in the object, the largest qualifying quantity shall be 30 000 tonnes, accordingly.

Minister for the Interior Ē. Jēkabsons

Translation © 2006 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre)