The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the Treaty on Central and Eastern Europe Regional Environment Centre's legal status article 1. 13 July 2011 Budapest signed an agreement on Central and Eastern Europe Regional Environment Centre's legal status (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty) this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The fulfilment of the obligations under the contract to coordinate the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry. 3. article. The agreement shall enter into force for the period specified in article 5 and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal". 4. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. To put the contract in law Latvian and English. The Parliament adopted the law in 2012 on April 19. The President a. Smith in Riga 2012 9 may contract for Central and Eastern Europe, the regional environmental Center for the legal status of the parties to this agreement, taking into account that was established in 1990 in the Central and Eastern European Regional Environmental Center (REC) and was given the task to support environmental issues, primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, referring to the 1996 CPR Charter (hereinafter referred to as the Charter), recognizing that the REC over time has evolved as a de facto international organization implementing an international mandate and consists of a main office and country office network, referring to the Central and Eastern European regional Charter for the Environment Centre REC 20. founding signatory to the anniversary of the Declaration, adopted on 18 June 2010, in which the signatories suggested "pave the way to harmonisation, interested signatory concluding new, optional, a multilateral document" convinced that it is necessary to create the opportunity for the signatories of the Charter to become party to the Treaty, which is expressly laid down in the REC international rights of a legal person without changing the Charter as REC action framework the current function, have agreed as follows: article 1 1. The parties hereby recognise that the CPR is an international organisation with the location of Sentendr, Hungary. 2. The parties hereby recognise that the CPR is an international legal person. It also has the legal capacity necessary to perform its functions and goals of the exercise, including the capacity to contract, to acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property, to prosecute in court and participate in the proceedings. Article 2 of this Treaty shall not affect the tasks laid down in the Charter of the REC, characteristics and the organizational structure, as well as it does not affect the legal status of those REC Charter signatory, which is not a party to this Treaty. Article 3 this Treaty shall not affect the rights and obligations of the REC, which can rise from the contractual obligations it entered into with the Government or a third party. Article 4 of this agreement, neither party is not responsible for the activities, omissions, REC liabilities or debts, on the basis of any of the provisions of the Treaty. 5. Article 1 this agreement may be signed by the signatory of the Charter. 2. This agreement shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, approval or acceptance shall be submitted to the Government of the Republic of Hungary. 3. This Treaty shall be open for accession by all signatories to the Charter. The instruments of accession shall be submitted to the Government of the Republic of Hungary. 4. this Agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day after the third instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance. Each signatory of the Charter, which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to the Treaty after the third instrument of ratification, approval, or acceptance, the agreement shall enter into force on the 30th day after such a Charter signatory of the instruments of ratification, approval, acceptance or accession. Drawn up in Budapest 2011 July 13 agreement on the Legal status of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, the parties to the present agreement, Considering that the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) was established in 1990 and was given the mission to assist in addressing environmental issues mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, Referring to the 1996 Charter of the REC (hereinafter referred to as "the Charter") , Recognizing that the CPR has developed over time into a de facto international organization pursuing an international mandate, composed of a Head Office and a network of country offices, Referring to the ' Declaration of the Signator to the Charter of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the foundation of the REC ' adopted on 18 June 2010 , in which the Signator to recommended "the pav is the way for harmonization by concluding a new, optional, multilaterals instrument for interested Signator." Convinced that it is not cessary to create the possibility for the Charter to the Signator become party to an agreement in which international legal personality is explicitly given to the REC, without changing the present function of the Charter as the basic document for the functioning of the CPR, have agreed as follows: article 1 1. The parties hereby recognize that the REC is an international organisation with a seat in Szentendre, Hungary. 2. The parties hereby recognize that the REC has international legal personality. It shall also have such legal capacity as may be not cessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfillment of its purpose, including the capacity to contract, to acquir and dispos of movable property, and to immovabl and institute legal proceedings participat in the Andes. Article 2 the present Agreement shall not be affec the objective, characteristics and institutional structure of the REC as stated in the Charter and shall also not be affec the legal status of the REC for the Signator to the Charter that are not parties to the present agreement. Article 3 of the present Agreement shall not be affec the rights and obligation of the REC which may deriv from agreements or contractual arrangements it may have concluded with any Government or third party. Article 4 of the Party to this agreement, by reason of any of its provision, shall be liabl for acts, omission, or debt obligation of the REC. Article 5 1. The present Agreement shall be open for signature by the Signator to the Charter. 2. The present Agreement shall be subject to ratification, approval or acceptance. The instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance shall be deposited with the Government of the Republic of Hungary. 3. The present Agreement shall remain open for accession by any Signatory to the Charter. The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Government of the Republic of Hungary. 4. The present Agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day of deposit of the third instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance. For each Signatory to the Charter ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the present agreement after the deposit of the third instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance, the agreement shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day of deposit by such Signatory to the Charter of its instrument of ratification, approval, acceptance, or accession. Done at Budapest on 13 July 2011 On behalf of g. Erts-the Republic of Latvia