Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 366 in 2017 in the 27 June (pr. No Smoking restriction 32 30) national regulations Issued by the Commission in accordance with the tobacco smoking products, plants, electronic smoking devices and the fluid movement of the article 11 of the law i. General question 1. Smoking restriction State Commission (hereinafter the Commission) is collegial public body whose purpose is to coordinate action to ensure the people's right to live in a clean and friendly, with tobacco and smoking products plant smoke as well as with the electronic smoking devices, not the steam contaminated the environment.
II. Functions of the Commission, and the right 2. Functions of the Commission are: 2.1 coordinate activities related to smoking policies and its implementation; 2.2. promoting national and local government bodies, as well as legal persons in the field of cooperation associated with tobacco products, plant products, newly introduced for smoking tobacco, electronic smoking devices and fluids. 3. the tasks of the Commission are: 3.1 to coordinate activities related to tobacco smoking products, plants, tobacco, a newly introduced electronic smoking devices and their liquid, and curbing the use of prevention as well as treatment of nicotine addiction; 3.2. coordination of their national and local institutions for cooperation of tobacco smoking products, plants, electronic smoking devices and their fluid movements Act (hereinafter Act) established control of tobacco products, plant products, newly introduced smoking tobacco, electronic smoking devices and their fluid movement and smoking in public places and spaces, as well as the presence of other persons; 3.3. to encourage the responsible Ministry to assess the need for amendments to legislation and policy planning documents concerning tobacco products, plant products, newly introduced for smoking tobacco, electronic smoking devices and their liquid, light on evidence-based World Health Organization and other institutions and taking into account the experience of other countries; 3.4. encourage to consider appropriate measures for the control of smoking (including smoking prevention measures), as well as tobacco products, plant products, newly introduced smoking tobacco, electronic smoking devices and their fluid movement and restriction of use; 3.5. to examine and provide proposals on the Health Ministry and other institutions all policy planning documents and draft legislation restricting smoking. 4. the Commission shall have the right to: 4.1 to invite to the meeting of the Commission, national and local government bodies, representatives of legal persons as well as persons that have submitted proposals to the Commission or which can provide the necessary information to the Commission; 4.2. to request and receive from State and local government institutions, as well as the entities of information on laws and other regulatory compliance issues related to smoking, as well as the restriction of tobacco smoking products, plants, tobacco, a newly introduced electronic smoking devices and their fluid circulation; 4.3. to inform the media about issues related to smoking and tobacco products, plant products, newly introduced smoking tobacco, electronic smoking devices and their fluid circulation; 4.4. in accordance with the competency to create working groups for in-depth study of certain issues.
III. the agenda of the Commission on the work of the Commission, 5. organized and chaired by the President. 6. the Commission shall convene a meeting at least twice a year. Meeting time and place determined by the Chairman of the Commission. Commission meetings are open to the public, unless the Special Commission decision otherwise. 7. the President of the Commission or on its own initiative of the members of the Commission is entitled to convene an extraordinary sitting. 8. The Commission secretariat no later than 10 working days, but in the case of extraordinary meetings not later than five working days before the Commission's sitting on it electronically inform the members of the Commission, noting the meeting venue, time and agenda.
9. the Commission shall be valid if they participate in the hearing not less than half of the members of the Commission. If the Commission is not valid for a maximum of five working days of the session shall be convened by the Commission. 10. If a member of the Commission may not take part in the hearing, his site with voting rights may participate in another authorised person. 11. decisions of the Commission at the hearing, the public vote, with members of the Commission present a simple majority. If the votes are divided into equal, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 12. meetings of the Commission are recorded. The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the Commission. 13. Members of the Commission have the right to request that its views be recorded in the minutes. 14. the minutes of the proceedings of the Commission, the Secretariat of the Commission sent to the members of the Commission within 10 working days after the Commission meeting. 15. the members of the Commission on the work of the Commission in remuneration. 16. the Commission for logistics support and secretariat functions take the Ministry of health. Prime Minister Māris kučinskis, Minister of health of the Andean Čakš