The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: diplomatic and consular law in diplomatic and consular law (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, nr. 22; 1998; 2000, no. 14, no. 13; 2001; 2003, 21, the No. 6., 8., no. 23) follows: 1. Article 1: Add to the article with a new first paragraph as follows: "(1) the status of the persons carrying out diplomatic and consular and diplomatic and consular missions, as well as the status of diplomatic privileges and immunities shall be determined by the 1961 Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on consular relations. "
consider past the first and second respectively in the second and third.
2. in article 9: Add to the third part with a new second sentence as follows: "this provision shall not apply to the specialized Attaché who are appointed to the post in article 11 of this law.";
consider the second sentence of the third sentence;
to supplement the article with a fifth by the following: "(5) in the fourth paragraph of this article, in particular the increase of diplomatic rank did not apply to persons who are appointed in this Act referred to in article 11 positions."
3. in article 11: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) the specialist is the diplomatic mission of the Attaché specially authorised officer exercising diplomatic and consular posts according to the Saeima, the concerned Ministry or the scope of the Bank of Latvia. The functions of a diplomatic mission, procedures, and internal matters, the Attaché is fed to the head of a diplomatic mission. The Saeima, the Ministry or the Bank of Latvia responsibility matters Attaché has fed the Saeima, the concerned Ministry or official of the Bank of Latvia. "
to make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) by the Saeima, the concerned Ministry or the Bank of Latvia specialised Attaché of the following posts: Adviser, industry sector or industry attache attache Assistant. The diplomatic and consular service of the Saeima, the concerned Ministry or the Bank of Latvia specialised Attaché to Foreign Minister granted diplomatic rank of attaché. ";
to supplement the article with a fifth by the following: "(5) Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the procedure by which the industry launched the performance and terminate service of the diplomatic and consular service."
4. in article 14: Add to the article with a new second subparagraph by the following: "(2) diplomatic and consular representation in diplomatic time abroad industry Advisor, as well as the defence attaché, rank 1 has no more than four years, but the industry, industry attache attache Assistant, as well as the 2nd and 3rd rank in defence attaché and defense Attaché 's Assistant — not more than three years. This time limit may be extended for not more than one deadline after the written coordination with the Foreign Ministry. "
consider the second part of article about the third.
5. Supplement article 15 with the sixth part as follows: "(6) the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a period of up to five years after the attestation Commission recommendation can be added into diplomats posted to the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, European Commission, Court of Justice of the European communities, the European Court of Auditors, the European Parliament, the European Central bank and other institutions, their subsidiaries, missions and operations (hereinafter referred to as the institutions of the European Union) in accordance with European Union law. In this case, the diplomatic rank is maintained for the entire period of secondment. Diplomatic passport candidate for storage in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the law "on diplomatic passport". "
6. Replace article 16, paragraph 4, the words "and in accordance with article 15 of this law" with the words and figures "in accordance with article 15 of this law, except article 15 provided for in the sixth part of the event".
7. Article 19: to supplement the first sentence with the following: "specialized in premium granted attachés of diplomatic rank in the Saeima, the costs of the Ministry or the Bank of Latvia."
adding to the third paragraph with the sentence the following wording: "diplomats who have been held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in accordance with this law, article 15 of the sixth, throughout the period of secondment shall receive monthly salary."
8. Supplement to chapter III article 25 the following: "article 25. Retirement pension (1) diplomats that diplomatic rank was granted in accordance with this law, 9, 10 or 12, is entitled to a retirement pension.
(2) the retirement pension, calculation and the procedure for determining the cost of the special law. "
The transitional provision of the Saeima, the concerned Ministry or the Bank of Latvia specialised Attaché that diplomatic rank assigned to the entry into force of the amendments, it saves to the diplomatic and consular service.
The Parliament adopted the law 2004 22 December.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on 11 January 2005 in the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force by 25 January 2005.