The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law "on pollution" make law "on pollution" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2001, no. 9; 2002, no. 16) follows: 1. Replace the entire law, the words "the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry" (fold) with the words "Ministry of environment" (fold).
2. Replace the entire law, the word "Annex" (fold) with a number and the words "annex 1" (fold).
3. Article 1: Add to the article with a 3.1 point as follows: "31) emission allowances – opportunistic to issue a set period of time one tonne of carbon dioxide or a certain amount of other greenhouse gases, expressed in CO2 equivalent, taking into account the greenhouse gas global warming potential. Emissions shall be used solely for the performance of the terms of this law, and in accordance with the provisions of this Act may be transferred to another natural or legal person; "
to supplement the article with a 10.1 point as follows: "101) greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons (HFO) (PF), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6);";
Add to article 13, 14, 15 and 16 as follows: "13) noise mapping – existing or predicted noise characteristic expression of data noise indicators, which represents the excess of the noise limit value for a specific area and their people or the number of dwellings for which a given district exposed to noise, characterized by specific noise indicator;
14) noise indicator, physical size, which describes the environmental noise, which can result in harmful consequences;
15) strategic noise map – map designed for a specific territory, to assess the various sources of noise exposure to certain common or general noise prediction;
16) environmental noise – unwanted or harmful human activity created out of noise such as noise caused by vehicles, road traffic, rail traffic, air traffic, noise, resulting from industrial activities in zones, as well as noise caused by this law, referred to in annex 1 of the polluting activity (installations). "
4. Supplement article 2 of 7, 8 and 9 of the following paragraph: "7) to prevent or reduce the effects of noise on people;
8) reduce greenhouse gas emissions, taking into account the cost efficiency and to ensure the participation of the European Union emission trading scheme;
9) to determine all physical and legal persons, as well as that person's associations, organisations and groups (hereinafter referred to as the company) the right to participate in the decision-making process with regard to the issuing of permits for polluting activities or change in activity or pollutant such reconsideration, as well as for greenhouse gas emission allowance allocation and attribution. "
5. Add to the first paragraph of article 3 by 7, 8 and 9 of the following paragraph: "7) requirements should be taken into account in the issue of greenhouse gas emissions permits and emission quotas;
8) requirements relating to activities and conditions of the emission quotas emission allowance allocation plan development;
9) particularly sensitive areas, including the procedure for determining the requirements in relation to the city and other utilities (hereinafter urban) waste water treatment, as well as water and soil conservation areas. "
6. Supplement article 4 with the following paragraph 8:8 ") receives the permission of category (A) or (B) the activity of a pollutant or pollutants in category C shall notify the activity and in the cases specified in this Act is authorized to greenhouse gas emissions."
7. Supplement article 6 to the fifth subparagraph by the following: "(5) if there is a human life, health or the environment pollution or there is a serious danger in the emergence of such a contamination threat, the operator shall notify the appropriate regional environmental management."
8. Add to article 11, the second subparagraph of paragraph 8 by the following: ' 8) procedures for polluting activities controlled by the smell, the smell of the spread and methods. "
9. in article 14: Supplement to the second part of the article as follows: "(2) If a given area is exceeded or may exceed the environmental quality standards, limit values for a particular type of pollution, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the laws of developed and approved the programme of action or short term action programme may issue binding regulations of the area in question restricts or prohibits the initiation of polluting activities that cause emissions can increase the total quantity of pollutants in the area except this law referred to in article 16. ';
believe the current text of article about the first part.
10. in article 18: turn off third-part 2;
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) the Minister of the environment after the reconciliation with agricultural ministers in the second part of this article, paragraph 2 of the particularly sensitive area management measures for coordination creates Advisory Board that includes representatives from the Ministry of environment, Ministry of agriculture and the Ministry of health and the Ministry of subordinated to existing institutions, as well as the representatives of public organizations, and the Council approved regulation."
11. the supplement to chapter III article 18.1 as follows: "article 18.1. Environmental noise assessment and reduction (1) noise mapping, strategic noise maps and action plans to reduce noise development and deployment ensures the municipal agglomerations. If the agglomeration area has a number of local authorities, they shall cooperate, through noise mapping and developing joint action plans to reduce noise. (2) noise mapping, strategic noise maps and action plans to reduce noise and the development and implementation of road and rail lines, as well as airports, where traffic is more than 50 000 aircraft a year, ensure the traffic Ministry. (3) the cabinet shall determine: 1) noise measurements, procedures for their implementation and evaluation methods; 2) requirements and deadlines for mapping noise, as well as the strategic noise maps and action plans for the development of noise reduction; 3) noise generated by the harmful effects of the valuation methods; 4) procedures for implementing cooperation with neighbouring countries in the assessment of environmental noise and reduction (if seen in a cross-border effect); 5) and the European Commission to the public information on environmental noise and its procedure and deadlines, as well as the order in which the public is involved in the action plan to reduce noise. (4) prefectures, roads, railways and airports, where the figures are smaller than in the transitional provisions of this law or of 10. in paragraph 11, that this article is referred to in the first and second subparagraphs may make noise mapping, develop and implement strategic noise maps and action plans to reduce noise under this law and other laws for the protection of the environment the conditions. "
12. Supplement article 19 with a fourth and fifth by the following: "(4) the activities of banned Pollutants to divide two or more operators so as to avoid polluting activities, or to the total power production is appropriate for a category a permit application. If the polluting activities are divided or emissions from more operators of installations carrying out polluting activities, affect the same areas when determining pollutant category of the authorization, the amount of capacity or production. (5) in order to initiate or continue this law referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activities, the operator will also receive a greenhouse gas emissions permit – regional environmental management issued a decision in writing, relating to the installation of the equipment in the same place and have one operator, namely the authorisation to emit greenhouse gases, on condition that the operator shall ensure the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions each year and prepare a report (annual report) of greenhouse gas emissions according to the specific authorization , this law and other laws. "
13. Add to article 20 the fifth part with point 7 by the following: ' 7) application and the timescale for a decision, which must be no longer than 120 days. "
14. Supplement article 22 with 2.1 part as follows: "(21) Cabinet of Ministers shall lay down the application and the timescale for a decision, which must be no longer than 90 days."
15. Supplement to chapter IV and article 24.2 24.1 the following:

"24.1 article. Activities that require a greenhouse gas emissions permit (1) greenhouse gas emissions permit is required for the technological equipment of the hospital in which one or more of the laws referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activity.  (2) in annex 2 of this Act, these indicators refer to the machine's production capacity or production. The operator who made more of this law, referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activities, summed it up power if all the action of this law refers to the one referred to in annex 2 of the industrial scope and are carried out in one place, or using the equipment. (3) cabinet order operator can submit an application and receive a greenhouse gas emissions permit and those of this law listed in annex 2 of the polluting activities which the production capacity or output produced does not exceed this law referred to in annex 2.  (4) the greenhouse gas emissions permit is not required for facilities for the new product or the production process study, development or testing. (5) the greenhouse gas emissions permit shall be issued for the following periods: 1) first period, from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007; 2) second period: from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012; 3) third and subsequent period of five calendar years beginning with the January 1, 2013.
(6) the regional environmental governance greenhouse gas emissions permit conditions into line with the relevant equipment of category (A) or (B) the conditions of the permit. (7) the cabinet shall determine: 1) must be a greenhouse gas emissions permit application form and the form of authorization, as well as procedures and would be released its greenhouse gas emissions permit; 2) conditions and procedures for individual installations may be exempted from the requirement to get a greenhouse gas emissions permit.
 24.2 article. Special requirements for polluting activities (1) the polluting activities which correspond to a specific industry and characteristic of the sector-specific effects on the environment, you can set specific requirements. (2) the cabinet shall establish specific requirements for the individual referred to in the first paragraph of the polluting activities. "
16. the title of chapter V be expressed by the following: "chapter V.
Permissions log, and review the issue ".
17. To make article 25 the following: "article 25. Prerequisites for issuing a permit for the operation of polluting, continue or significant change to (1) Permit the start-up of polluting, continue or significant change, provided the operator has submitted an application pursuant to this law and other legislative requirements. (2) a category A or B permit operation of polluting, continue or significant change shall be issued if, in addition to the first part of this article is complied with conditions the following conditions are met: 1) operator is appreciated these activities impact on the environment and received an opinion on the environmental impact assessment final report – where the polluting activities in accordance with the laws and regulations require an environmental impact assessment; 2) is designed for the industrial accident prevention program or the safety report as well as the avārijgatavīb of the object and the civil protection measures, in cases where, under the legislation it is necessary; 3) provides information to the public and given a long enough period for the submission of proposals of the public about polluting activities, the continuation or, in the case of changes in accordance with the laws of a certain public participation in decision making. (3) the greenhouse gas emissions permit this Act referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activity, continue or significant change, provided the operator has submitted an application for additional sufficient information to regional environmental administration could conclude that the operator is able to provide greenhouse gas emission monitoring and prepare annual reports on greenhouse gas emissions according to this law and other laws. "
18. Article 27: replace the first part of the word "comments" with the word "proposals"; Add to article 1.1 part as follows: "(11) the public hearing if it is launched in the decision-making process, providing at least if this decision shall apply to: 1) referred to in the first paragraph of authorization; 2) major changes to category A, and in certain cases also polluting activities of category B; 3 review of the conditions of authorisation) in accordance with article 32 of this law, the third paragraph of point 8. "; make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) is available to the public for participation in the decision making of the necessary information, as well as all decisions relating to (A) or (B) the categories or the greenhouse gas emissions permit, authorisation, the conditions and details of the monitoring and control of the results." off in the third paragraph, the words "trade secrets or".
19. in article 28: put the name of the article as follows: "article 28. Category a and B permit application and issue "; Add to paragraph 5 of the second paragraph after the word "air" with the words "(other than greenhouse gas)"; Add to article 2.1 part as follows: "(21) adds that the application referred to in the second subparagraph of article a summary of the information that does not have a specific technical descriptions, and terms that it can be easily understood by the public.";
to supplement the article with the sixth part as follows: "(6) regional environmental management assessed before the issue of a public participation process submitted proposals."
20. To supplement the law with article 28.1, of the following: ' article 28.1. Greenhouse gas emissions permits and the granting of the application (1) an application for authorization shall prepare the operator, if necessary, call the experts.
(2) the application shall be provided the following information: 1) the equipment, its operation and technology; 2) the raw and auxiliary materials, the use of which causes this law referred to in annex 2 of the greenhouse gas emissions;  3) facility greenhouse gas emissions sources; 4) operator's planned polluting activities monitoring and annual reporting. (3) the application shall be accompanied by the second part of the information referred to in the summary that does not have a specific technical descriptions and terms for it to be easily understandable to the public. (4) the authorisation shall be issued by the regional environmental governance at the equipment site. If needed, the regional environmental authority of the experts invited, except those who participated in the preparation of the application. (5) if the operator has not received a greenhouse gas emissions permit after 1 January 2005 it may not initiate or continue this law referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activities. "
21. Article 30: put the name of the article as follows: "article 30. Information on the activity change and operator of change "; replace the first paragraph, the words "annex," with the name "attachments"; to supplement the article with the third part as follows: "(3) where a change in the equipment operator, regional environmental governance, based on the operator's application permission entry specifies the data for the new operator, but without changing its duration and the conditions."
22. Article 31: put the name of the article as follows: "article 31. Category (a) and (B) permit conditions "; to supplement the first part of paragraph 5 with the following: "5) the requirements for the energy efficiency of the equipment that the operator of this Act listed in annex 2 of the equipment should not apply in cases where otherwise impossible to comply with greenhouse gas emissions laid down in the authorisation carbon dioxide emissions limits."
23. To supplement the law with article 31.1 the following: ' article 31.1. Greenhouse gas emissions permit conditions for greenhouse gas emissions permits shall contain: 1) the pollutant activities description and information about the machine's emission of greenhouse gases; 2) requirements for the operator to do the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions, noting the monitoring methods and frequency of measurements; 3) annual review test conditions; 4) annual reporting arrangements; 5) each year, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order and within a time limit to pass the Latvian Environmental Agency emissions quotas, which corresponds to the previous calendar year to the greenhouse gases emitted by the machine. "
24. Article 32:

put the name of the article as follows: "article 32. Category (a) and (B) permit review and renewal "; replace the first paragraph, first sentence, the word "permit" with the words "licences of categories A and B"; Supplement third with 5-paragraph 8 by the following: "5) before changes in pollutant activities; 6) if provided for in the conditions of the permit;  7) of this Act and in article 50.51 cases; 8) if the pollution caused by the installation is of such significance that the conditions of the permit or the required emission limits necessary to review or set the permissions for new emissions limits. "; Add to article 3.1 part as follows: "(31) permit conditions the third part of this article 1-6 and 8, and article 50 of this law in the third paragraph, in those cases, you can review, update, or supplement throughout the duration of the licence."; to make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) the Operator of a new application for authorization or for the implementation of the material change in the operation of polluting the environment submitted to the regional administration in deadlines and in the manner provided for in the regulations, which provides for authorisation of polluting activities, or during the month following the third part of this article 1.-4. or circumstances referred to in point 8 of the discovery."
25. To supplement the law with the V1 as follows: section "V1.
Greenhouse gas emissions and emissions allocation plans article 32.1. Emissions allocation plans (1) the Ministry of the environment, taking into account the views of the public, develop and the Cabinet of Ministers approves the emissions allocation plans (hereinafter referred to as the distribution plan) for each article 24.1 of the Act in the fifth subparagraph, period.  (2) the distribution plan determines the total quantity of allowances to be allocated to operators during the period, and adds it to the list of equipment that performs this Act referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activities, as well as the planned emission allowance allocation between plant operators.  (3) the distribution plan shall be developed, subject to the following conditions: 1) the total quantity of allowances which the Government granted operators during the period agreed with the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change Kyoto Protocol for Latvia in the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets; 2) total quantity of allowances shall be determined taking into account the current and projected greenhouse gas emissions from this law, listed in annex 2 of the equipment, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, which are not subject to the provisions of this law, also taking into account the policy planning documents in the field of energy; 3) comply with the other requirements of law, from which stems the increase of greenhouse gas emissions; 4) follow the rule that the allowances allocated to the machine must not exceed the necessary quantity;  5) emission allowance allocation can be used as a condition for the greenhouse gas emissions per this law, referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activities production units and in the progress of emission reduction to be achieved; 6) includes information on the emission calculation method and use the base (reference) year emission; 7) includes information about the order in which the operator receives a quota of emissions equipment that allowed greater greenhouse gas emissions due to the changes in action when they introduced following the adoption of the decision on the allocation of allowances for the period in question, as well as new equipment for which you have received a greenhouse gas emissions permit decision on the allocation of allowances for the period concerned;  8) includes information on the already carried out the greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, also using the best available techniques to category A of the guidelines; 9) take account of clean technologies, including energy efficient technologies, the impact on greenhouse gas emissions; 10) include information about this in the course of the discussion of the plan expressed the public's proposals and information on how the proposals will be evaluated before the decision on the allocation of emission allowances; 11) may contain information about the competition for companies (companies) that are not Member States of the European Union;
12) does not contain provisions which discriminate between companies or sectors, as well as the conditions, which can be approved as laws inadequate State aid.  (4) after the distribution plan approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, Ministry of the environment shall submit it for approval to the European Commission.
 Article 32.2. The distribution of emission allowances (1) the Ministry of the environment, assessing public views and having regard to the European Commission approved the distribution plan, decide on the allocation of allowances to the operator who received the greenhouse gas emissions permit.  (2) emission allowances valid for the period during which it was issued. (3) the Operator shall receive allowances free of charge. (4) the new equipment, which received a greenhouse gas emissions permit decision on the allocation of allowances for the period in question, as well as equipment, which changes the transaction according to the greenhouse gas emissions permit conditions allow more greenhouse gas emissions, the operator may receive allowances allocation plan. (5) the Latvian Environment Agency apportioned during the period in question, the total quantity of allowances each year of the period and transfer it to the operator's account of greenhouse gas emission unit register (hereinafter also – emissions register). (6) the Latvian Environment Agency until 28 February of each year, we distribute emission allowances through the operator accounts in the register of emissions in accordance with the decision referred to in the first subparagraph for emission allowance allocation.
32.3 article. Transactions with emission quotas (1) the Operator shall forward each year to the Latvian Environmental Agency emissions quotas, which corresponds to the previous calendar year to the greenhouse gases emitted by the machine, who checked in accordance with article 45 of this law, the seventh paragraph and equivalent quantity of emission allowances to the Latvian Environment Agency revoke the emissions registry. (2) an Operator who has not transferred the first paragraph of this article, the allowances paid to natural resource tax law on natural resource tax and set the agenda. Natural resources tax payment does not release the operator from the transfer of emission allowances.  (3) the Latvian Environment Agency each year up to May 30 to collect information on operators who have not fulfilled the first part of this article. In such cases, operators are given not less than 14 days to submit written explanations. After this explanation the Latvian Environment Agency shall decide on the publication of this information on their website and the newspaper "journal". (4) four months after the beginning of the current period of the Latvian Environment Agency the reverses the emission quotas, which expired and which have not been released in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the greenhouse gas emissions permit conditions. (5) the owner of the emission quota can be any natural or legal person (hereinafter also-person). The person that owns the allowances, should be without restriction to transfer it to another person. (6) after the emission quota holder's request the Latvian Environmental Agency emissions register revoke the relevant quantity of emission allowances. (7) the first paragraph of this article, the conditions for the execution of Latvia also emissions quotas, which are issued by a Member State of the European Union or other competent authority of the country of the competent institution, if national emission quota issued is recognised by the European Commission. (8) the Person provides the emission quotas allocated to it, as well as with the activities carried out emissions quotas records accounting regulatory laws. (9) the cabinet shall determine the order in which the allowances are granted, transferred, stored, transferred, replaced and withdrawn, as well as the procedures for implementing cooperation with the European Commission of an emission allowance Central administrator.
20.1 article. Greenhouse gas emission unit register (1) the emission quota transactions are carried out electronically, through greenhouse gas emission unit register that creates and maintains the Latvian Environment Agency. Emission register is available to the public. The limited availability of information provided by the Latvian Environment Agency regulations. (2) the register of Emissions conducted emissions allocation, stock, transfer, transfer, substitution and cancellation records in the country.
Article 32.5. Pooling of

(1) an Operator who made this law, referred to in annex 2 of the polluting activity and wants to establish a pooling of this law, in article 24.1 the fifth subparagraph, first, second, or both of these periods, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order and within the Latvian Environment Agency submitted an application for the establishment of a mutual fund, pointing at the pool included in the equipment and the period to which you want to create mutual funds, as well as stating that the pool equipment operator authorized person be able to accomplish the second and third subparagraphs of that commitment.  (2) the operator of equipment authorised person: 1) grant all mutual fund in the United allowances of equipment; 2) does not allow further emission quota transfers, if the annual report about a mutual fund in the United equipment has not been tested and approved in accordance with article 45 of the law the seventh part. (3) the authorised person shall transfer to the Latvian Environment Agency emission allowances corresponding to the pool equipment combined the previous calendar year, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted, who checked in accordance with article 45 of this law, the seventh paragraph and equivalent quantity of emission allowances to the Latvian Environment Agency revoke the emissions registry.
(4) If not passed this article mentioned in the third paragraph, emission quotas authorised person shall pay the tax on natural resources law on natural resource tax and set the agenda. Natural resource tax does not relieve persons from the transfer of emission allowances. If the person entitled has referred to in the third subparagraph of that emission allowances, each mutual fund joined equipment operator is responsible for the transfer of emission allowances to the Latvian Environment Agency and natural resources tax payment in proportion to their mutual fund emission quotas in the votes. (5) the Latvian Environment Agency each year up to May 30 to collect information on operators who fail to comply with the third paragraph of this article. In such cases, operators are given not less than 14 days to submit written explanations. After this explanation the Latvian Environment Agency shall decide on the publication of this information on their website and the newspaper "journal". (6) the Latvian Environment Agency submitted for approval to the European Commission, an application for the establishment of a mutual fund, pointing at the pool included in the equipment and the period to which you want to build mutual funds. Mutual funds allowed only after the European Commission approved the application. (7) the cabinet shall determine the order in which you create a pooling.
32.6 article. Force majeure (1) the Operator shall have the right to submit to the Ministry of the environment with an irresistible power motivated application to receive allowances in addition to the procedures laid down in this law (hereinafter referred to as the supplementary allowances) of article 24 of this law the fifth part of the period referred to in paragraph 1.  (2) the Ministry of the environment, may decide that additional emissions quotas only if you have received permission from the European Commission.  (3) additional emission allowances shall not be transferable.
Article 32.7. Public information and participation in the distribution of emission allowances (1) the distribution plan, decisions on the allocation of allowances and for the facilities, which are exempt from the requirement for a time to receive a greenhouse gas emissions permit is available to the public the Latvian Environment Agency website.  (2) the Ministry of the environment provide for public opinions on the draft distribution plan and the decision on the allocation of allowances, enabling the project to submit proposals at least 30 days.  (3) the public shall have access to the greenhouse gas emissions permit conditions, article 45 of this law in the seventh part check referred to in the annual report, as well as information on the results of monitoring and verification.
Article 20.4. Information on the European Commission to the Latvian Environment Agency: 1) to the European Commission for information on the greenhouse gas emissions permit and emission allowance system in the country, according to the European Commission defined reporting period and report forms; 2 this article) reports referred to in the first paragraph on your website month after sending to the European Commission. "
26. Turn off article 34, second paragraph, the word "development". 27. Replace article 38, second paragraph, the words "to increase" with the words "to increase and". 28. Replace article 40, third paragraph, the words "Welfare Ministry" with the words "Ministry of health". 29. Supplement article 45 with the seventh and eighth by the following: "(7) in this law, 2. pollutants listed in annex performers prepares the annual report on greenhouse gas emissions. This report examined and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Annual review and report on the results of the inspection shall send the greenhouse gas emissions permit vendor and the Latvian Environment Agency. The annual report is available for the control authorities and the public. (8) the Operator's annual report to 31 March of each year, we have not tested the seventh part of this article, in that order or has not proved adequate, can't make this law referred to in article 32.3 of the emission quotas to its yearly report is checked or updated. "
30. Express article 48 (1) of the following: "1) examine applications for regional environment administrations decisions relating to the issuing of permits and permit conditions, contaminated or potentially contaminated sites, remediation and restoration of the research or costs or distribution;".
31. Article 50 of the expression as follows: "article 50. Draft decision (1) regional environmental management decision on the category (A) or (B) issuing a permit or permit conditions for an individual operator or the natural or legal person, including a public body, a month from the date of entry into force of the decision may be referred to the environmental impact assessment State Bureau. (2) any person may apply to the submission of the environmental impact assessment State Bureau, even if the regulations are not being complied with statutory requirements with regard to public participation and right to information. Applications can be submitted throughout the decision-making process, or month from the regional environmental governance from the date of entry into force of the decision. (3) If, under the category (A) or (B) the conditions of the permit is possible to initiate or continue the polluting activity which may endanger human life or have significant negative effects on human health, property or the environment, the decision on the conditions of the authorization granted may be challenged at any time, as long as the conditions of authorization in question. (4) if the decision is contested in the environmental impact assessment State Bureau in the first and second subparagraphs, the relevant period specified in the permit is suspended until the examination of the application. (5) If a decision on such an existing system that requires an extension of the category (A) or (B) the term of a permit or other authorization required, is contested, the machine is stopped, except where the business transaction is stopped in the laws. (6) the natural or legal person whose health, safety, or property may affect regional environmental management decision taken on contaminated or potentially contaminated sites research or the need for a restoration or research, or cover the cost of the reorganisation, a month from the date on which it became aware of the decision, it can challenge the environmental impact assessment State Bureau. (7) If, in accordance with the sixth subparagraph of this article, regional environmental management decision is contested, its execution is suspended until the examination of the application.  (8) decision relating to the greenhouse gas emissions permit, the person may be affected by this decision, is entitled to challenge the environmental impact assessment State Bureau.  (9) in the eighth part of this article, the decisions adopted in the statutory right of public participation and the right to information, or adopted without considering the decision-making process public proposals submitted, can challenge anyone. "
32. Article 51:

put the name of the article as follows: "article 51. Examination of the application "; replace the first and second paragraphs, the word "complaint" (fold) with the word "submission" (fold); to make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) If the environmental impact assessment State Bureau concluded that under category (A) or (B) the permit is not guaranteed to human life, health or safety or the environment are not taken into account in this law and other legislative or regulatory requirements, it shall take the decision to cancel the regional environmental management decision on the relevant permit or cancel part of the conditions of the permit as well as asking the regional environmental authority to issue a new permit or change the permissions. "; Add to article 4.1 part as follows: "(41) public participation rights in the event of an infringement of the environmental impact assessment State Bureau instructs the specified period to prevent infringement and to stop the infringement prevention regional environmental regulatory decision making process or, if the decision has already been taken, shall decide on the need to cancel or stop the infringement and to forward its decision to the applicant, the operator and regional environmental management."
33. The transitional provisions: to make paragraph 6 by the following: "6. Contaminated and potentially contaminated site identification and initial assessment shall be carried out up to 31 December 2004."; transitional provisions be supplemented with 9-16 the following: "9. This law, article 11 of the second subparagraph of paragraph 8, the third paragraph of article 18.1 and article 24.2 in the second part of these provisions, the Cabinet of Ministers issued up to June 1, 2004. 10. Article 18.1 of this law referred to in the first and second subparagraph strategic noise maps that reflect the previous year's noise measurement in the areas concerned, the agglomerations with more than 250 000 inhabitants, the road on which the traffic has more than six million vehicles a year, the railway line on which the traffic intensity is more than 60 000 train passages per year, and airports, where traffic is more than 50 000 aircraft per year draw up to 30 March 2007, but action plans to reduce noise up to 30 April 2008. 11. Article 18.1 of this law referred to in the first and second subparagraph strategic noise maps that reflect the previous year's noise measurement in the areas concerned, the agglomerations with more than 100 000 inhabitants, the road on which the traffic intensity is more than three million vehicles a year, and the railway line on which the traffic intensity is more than 30 000 train passages per year develop up to 2012 March 30. but action plans to reduce noise up to 2013 – 30 April. 12. The Cabinet of Ministers to 30 June 2004 approved emissions allocation plans for this law, in article 24.1 (1) of the fifth part of the period, but each subsequent 24.1 the fifth subparagraph of article period-at least 19 months before the period in question. 13. the Ministry of the environment shall take a decision on the allocation of emission allowances of this law the fifth subparagraph of article 24.1 (1) for the period up to December 1, 2004, but each subsequent 24.1 the fifth subparagraph of article period-at least 13 months before the period in question. 14. Article 32 of this law the fifth and sixth parts of the execution of the Latvian Environment Agency launched by 1 January 2005. 15. The Cabinet of Ministers until august 1, 2004 issue of this law, in article 24.1 of the third and the seventh subparagraph of article 32.3 the ninth part, seventh subparagraph of article 32.5 and article 45 in the seventh part of these provisions. 16. This law, article 32.1 of the fourth part, the sixth paragraph of article 32.5, second subparagraph article 20.3 and 20.4 Article shall enter into force on 1 May 2004. "
34. To supplement the law with the informative reference to European Union directives as follows: "Informative reference to European Union directives, the law includes provisions arising from the Directive 96/61/EC, 2003/35/EC, 91/676/EEC and 2002/49/EC, 2003/87/EC. '
35. Annex 1: turn off the whole attachment before "steel" (fold) the word "crude" (fold);
Add to paragraph 1 the first subparagraph after the word "where" with the word "nominal"; to make the second part of paragraph 3 subparagraph "a" the following: "(a)) hot-rolling mills with a capacity exceeding 20 tonnes of steel per hour"; to make the second part of paragraph 3, "c"-the point as follows: "(c)) equipment metal alloy aizsargslāņ is applied, with a capacity of more than 2 tons of steel per hour"; replace the second part of paragraph 6, the words "tank" with the words "total volume" of vessels; replace the third subparagraph of paragraph 5, the words "which produces more than the" with the words "whose production capacity exceeds"; replace the fifth subparagraph in paragraph 4, the words "which takes the" with the words "which you can pick up"; Replace paragraph 1 of part six of the "b" section, the word "produced" by the words "can be produced with"; replace the sixth subparagraph in paragraph 2, the word "process" with the words "be processed";  Express 3 and the sixth subparagraph of paragraph 4 by the following: "3) equipment for the treatment of skin treatment capacity exceeds 12 tonnes of finished products per day; 4) plant foods: a) the slaughterhouses that production capacity greater than 50 tonnes per day, carcass b) food production facilities, handling and processing of animal products (except milk) and a production capacity greater than 75 tonnes per day of finished products, or shop floor, handling and processing vegetables and that production capacity of more than 300 tonnes of finished products per day (if 300 tonnes per day is the average of the quarterly) milk shop, c), which can take more than 200 tons of milk a day (if 200 tonnes per day is the annual average); "; replace the sixth paragraph 7, the word "consumption" with the words "power consumption".
36. To supplement the law with Annex 2 as follows: "the law" on pollution "annex 2 polluting activity (installations) that require a greenhouse gas emissions permit (1) energy: 1) combustion plants with a rated thermal input exceeding entered 20 megawatts, except hazardous or municipal waste incineration plants; 2) mineral oil purification and refining plant; 3) coke ovens. (2) ferrous metal production and processing: 1) equipment for metal ores, sulphide ores, also burning and melt; 2) equipment for cast iron or steel or re-melting the first, including the continued spilling with a capacity exceeding 2.5 tonnes per hour. (3) minerals: 1) equipment of cement clinker in rotary kilns, which production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes per day of production, or lime in rotary kilns, of which the production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day of production, or other types of furnaces for the production of lime production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day of production; 2) equipment glass, including glass fibre production, with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day; 3) equipment fired clay products, including roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, pattern, or China, where production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day of finished products or firing the oven volume is greater than 4 cubic metres and roasting in the oven you can put more than 300 kilograms production per oven cubic meters. (4) Other sectors: 1) equipment pulp from timber or other fiber; 2) installations for the production of paper or paperboard, whose production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day production.
Note the. Take into account only the carbon dioxide emissions from the installations referred to in that annex. "
The law adopted by the Parliament in 2003 on 18 December.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2004 January 7, editorial comment: the law shall enter into force by January 21, 2004.