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Amendments To The Highway Traffic Act

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Ceļu satiksmes likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the Highway Traffic Act to make the Highway Traffic Act (the Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1997, nr. 22; 2000, 3, 14, 15; 2001, nr. 6. no) follows: 1. Article 1: turn off in paragraph 4, the words "Road Safety Directorate official";
make point 7 by the following: "7) in a road traffic accident, road traffic accident occurred involving at least one vehicle that results in people died, he suffered personal injuries or losses suffered by natural or legal persons property or to the environment, as well as in other places, where possible, of the vehicle accident involving the vehicle;"
Express 12. paragraph by the following: "12") — two-wheel mopeds, three or four-wheeled vehicle with an engine capacity of less than 50 cc and a maximum design speed not exceeding 45 kilometers per hour; "
Express 24 as follows: "24) vehicle owner: the person or entity that owns the vehicle. For State or municipal vehicle owner within the meaning of this Act be regarded as directly or vicariously of the national regulatory authority, in whose name the vehicle is registered; "
make 26 the following: "26) vehicle tracking technical information-technical data package required for the registration of the vehicle;"
Express 30. paragraph by the following: "30) and quadricycles, tricycles, respectively for three or four-wheel motor vehicle having a maximum design speed of more than 45 kilometres per hour, or is powered by an internal combustion engine with 50 cubic centimetres or larger displacement [quadricycle unladen mass is not more than 400 kilograms (550 kilograms, if it is intended for the carriage of goods) and capacity — 15 kilowatts]. This term refers to four-wheeled mopeds with a mass of over 350 kilograms, but does not apply to motorcycles with sidecar; ".
2. in article 3: a supplement to the second part of the article as follows: "(2) road traffic order in Latvia is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers approved the road traffic rules.";
believe the current text of article about the first part.
3. in article 4: replace the fourth subparagraph, the words "Interior Ministry" with the words "State police";
make the fifth subparagraph, the first sentence as follows: "the road traffic safety Directorate register vehicles, grant and revoke the driving rights and issue driving licences, ensure and maintain vehicles and their drivers, made the national register of national technical vehicle inspection and control of in-service vehicles technical position gives permission to participate in road traffic, road safety audits performed and overall monitoring, on the basis of information provided by the national police in the Cabinet and in the order specified provides statistics on road accidents and its analysis, as well as with other road safety activities within the limits of its competence. ";
express the sixth part as follows: "(6) the State technical supervision inspection of the registers, performs the technical implements national technical, operational and security controls, grant cancelled implements the rights and issue of driving licences, implements and maintains technical and its driver information system. The State inspection for technical supervision services charge fees set by the Ministry of agriculture. ";
to make an eighth of the following: "(8) the Latvian Road Administration supervised road construction, reconstruction and maintenance of traffic in a safe condition, complete with road traffic related object construction and reconstruction projects and monitor the traffic organization and its technical disposition in conformity with mandatory standards and other regulatory requirements. ';
turn off the ninth.
4. in article 6: turn off the first part of paragraph 1, the words "and to ensure the path meets the qualitative indicators";
to turn off the second paragraph, the words "the way qualitative indicators and";
to supplement the article with the third part as follows: "(3) the State and local road maintenance requirements and procedures for the control of execution is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers."
5. To make article 7, the first paragraph by the following: "(1), the building and the road level-crossing in the construction, repair and reconstruction projects must comply with existing laws and regulations and road safety regulations. Project compliance with these requirements must be approved by the designer. Projects should be coordinated with the Latvian Road Administration. "
6. Supplement article 8, first paragraph, first sentence, after the words "or other circumstances" with the words "(intended for sports competitions, public measures URu.tml.)".
7. To make article 9 as follows: "article 9. The use of vehicles in road traffic (1) in the territory of Latvia in road traffic allowed to use tracked vehicles whose design and technical condition complies with the applicable standards in Latvia and regulatory requirements, with respect to which there have been land vehicle liability compulsory insurance and who have given permission to participate in road traffic.
(2) motor vehicles other than motorcycles, tricycles, quadricycles and implements must be two national registration number plates, but for motorcycles, motor tricycles, quadricycles, implements, mopeds and trailers — one national registration number plate. Marks attached at the places provided for this purpose. "
8. Article 10: make the first part of the first sentence by the following: "road traffic involved motor vehicles, their trailers and mopeds, with the exception of this law, article 47 of the cases referred to in the third subparagraph, five days after the acquisition or importation of the Cabinet of Ministers duly recorded road traffic safety Directorate, implements and trailers — national technical supervision inspection. ';
to supplement the first part with a new second sentence as follows: "Tramways and trolleybuses recorded local authorities it.";
turn off the current second sentence of the first subparagraph, the words "or its trailer";
make the third paragraph as follows: "(3) a State or local government owned vehicles registered on their direct or in direct public administration institution whose laws and other regulations in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Act with these vehicles. ';
replace the fourth paragraph, first sentence, the words ' before the judgment of the Court of probate "with the words" before the judgment of the Court of probate or inheritance certificate "in the second sentence, the words" and this agreement attested uzrādījum "on the agenda, with the words," and this agreement must be certified by a notary or other civil law 1474. a designated person "in article and in the third sentence, the words" pending the judgment of the Court "with the words" pending the judgment of the Court of Justice or the heritage certificate ";
replace the sixth paragraph, the words "and the number of 16 year old" with the words and figures "from 14 or 16 years of age";
to make the seventh and eighth by the following: "(7) do not have to be registered in Latvia technological units, which temporarily moved by road on the territory of Latvia, and bicycles. Technological Assembly and order the regulation of road traffic regulations.
(8) it is Prohibited to register: 1) motor vehicles which, by construction is designed for driving on the left. This requirement does not apply to the specialized postal vehicles, specialised Road service vehicles and vehicles imported from foreign countries;
2) motor vehicles (except technical and its trailers), the trailer and the moped for which the producers not granted international manufacturer identification code. Latvia international manufacturer identification code shall be granted in accordance with the national standard EN 88:1997 "vehicle labelling". This requirement does not apply to foreign-registered vehicles in advance. "
9. Article 11: replace the entire text of the article the word "application" (the fold) with the word "submission" (fold);
replace the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the words "and adds the uzrādījum agenda of the purported agreement" with the words "and the number and append a civil law notary or other persons mentioned in article 1474 of the purported agreement";
turn off the first part of the second sentence of paragraph 3;
Add to the first part of paragraph 4 after the words "before the judgment of the Court of probate" with the words "or certificates of inheritance receipt".
10. in article 12: put the second part of paragraph 1 by the following: "1) excerpt from the book or of notarial acts in a certified agreement (article 1487 of the Civil Code) on the vehicle seizures (donation, purchase, Exchange URu.tml.), kopmant-sharing agreement or contract for shared ownership;";

Replace paragraph 2 of the second paragraph, the words "judgment of the Court of probate" with the words "heritage certificate, the judgment of the Court of probate";
Replace paragraph 5 of the second paragraph, the words "other entity" with the words "any other person".
11. Make the third paragraph of article 13 of the second sentence as follows: "in this case, all the transactions with the vehicle, the other co-owner of the property rights, appropriate to be Road Safety Directorate or national technical supervision inspection of all co-owners or their authorized representatives in the presence of or provided that it is submitted to the written consent of all the co-owners, certified by the notary or other civil law specified in article 1474 person."
12. in article 14: make the second paragraph as follows: "(2) the prohibition of the disposal of the vehicle is recorded on the basis of the application of the owner or legal executive decision or a court ruling. Deletes the prohibition, on the basis of the application of the person at whose initiative the prohibition established statutory officer or judicial ruling. ";
replace the third paragraph, the words "at the request of its holder" with the words "on the basis of the application of the owner";
replace the seventh paragraph, the word "application" (the fold) with the word "submission" (fold);
Add to the second sentence of the seventh paragraph of the words "or the content of such pledge registry statement in electronic form".
13. To supplement the law with article 14.1 as follows: "article 14.1. Vehicles and their drivers public records information available (1) information concerning a legal person belonging to the vehicle and information about a person's right to drive is available to anyone, if you do not limit the other laws.
(2) information about a natural person can obtain a vehicle belonging to the law enforcement agencies, State and local authorities, where such rights provided by law to the relevant authorities, as well as the Cabinet of Ministers identified persons who need the information to perform the function of the service.
(3) the road traffic safety Directorate register of persons who have information about vehicle ownership and the rights of persons to drive vehicles.
(4) the owner of the vehicle, and the driver has the right to get news about people in the period of the road traffic safety Directorate received the news about him, except for the details of the national authorities, which are drivers of criminal procedure, operational entities, or other institutions, for which the following information disclosure Act prohibits.
(5) the recipient is responsible for ensuring that this information is used only for his professional functions, and shall not be entitled to transfer to third parties.
(6) providing statistical information or other general information, road safety Directorate ensures that the vehicle owner concerned cannot be identified.
(7) the order in which the driver of the vehicle and the State information contained in the register and would be transferable to the public, as well as the amount of information available is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
14. Article 15 shall be expressed by the following: ' article 15. Manufacture and alteration of vehicles (1) vehicles in Latvia can be produced in a registered company (company) that has been developed, coordinated and tracked vehicle built in dossier and the normatīvtehnisk of the structure which has been awarded the international manufacturer identification code.
(2) New motor vehicle (other than technical), the trailers and the moped design documentation of the normatīvtehnisk and the international identification code assigned by the manufacturer of the road traffic safety Directorate of the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) for vehicle conversion is considered a vehicle Assembly, Assembly, system, installation, modification, replacement or removal, which results in a change in the accounting of the vehicle technical data or the main constructive characteristics.
(4) For rebuilt motor vehicle (other than technical), their trailers and moped technical project alterations or individual rebuilt motor vehicle (other than technical), their trailers and moped road safety and compliance with the technical requirements of the regulations must be received by the road traffic safety Directorate or Directorate of road safety in accredited persons for this purpose.
(5) On the conformity of the rebuilt implements road safety and technical requirements of the regulations and relevant national technical supervision inspection findings.
(6) vehicle conversion procedure, requirements for the construction and equipment of vehicles after the conversion, as well as the order in which the receivable in the opinion on the conformity of the vehicle to be rebuilt for road safety and technical requirements of the regulations, shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
15. in article 16: put the name of the article as follows: "article 16. State of vehicle technical inspection and technical control of vehicles ";
make first and second subparagraph by the following: "(1) State of vehicle technical inspection is performed to control the technical condition of vehicles and equipment, as well as for the purpose of vehicle and driver registers and implements and its driver information framework, an open search existing vehicles and make the laws and specific control functions associated with participation in road traffic. To constantly control the technical condition of their vehicles and equipment participating in road traffic and are used for commercial transport, technical control of vehicles on the road.
(2) if the vehicles during the technical inspection found that the vehicle's technical condition and comply with road safety and environmental protection requirements, and other regulations have been complied with statutory requirements relating to the participation of vehicles in road traffic (such as paid annual fee vehicle, paid the fines imposed and the vehicle owner's civil liability compulsory insurance) to the vehicle road safety Directorate or the State technical supervision Inspectorate gives permission to participate in road traffic. Permission to participate in road traffic confirms this law, article 25 of the documents provided for in the first subparagraph and label, which is a print driver from the vehicles and their national register. ";
adding to the third paragraph after the words "carried out road safety Directorate" with the words "but technical condition of vehicles vehicles technical control inspection carried out in the framework of the road safety Directorate";
Add to fourth by the second sentence by the following: "tram and trolleybus technical condition control provides local government.";
to supplement the article with the fifth, sixth and seventh subparagraph by the following: "(5) the technical inspection of vehicles out of State not later than five days after the vehicle was first registered in Latvia. Future State vehicle technical inspection carried out in accordance with the time limit as specified in the authorisation to participate in road traffic, but not less frequently than once a year. Passengers for hire or reward vehicles, as well as the autoapmācīb institutions for the training of drivers of vehicles and used vehicles and their drivers in the national register of vehicles registered in the relevant national technical inspection carried out at least twice a year.
(6) permission to participate in road traffic going for up to 13 months.
(7) the procedure is performed in the State of the vehicle technical inspection and technical control of vehicles shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. Requirements relating to the technical condition of vehicles and equipment, as well as the requirements of the evaluation criteria approved by the Minister of traffic. "
16. Article 18 be expressed as follows: "article 18. Prohibition to participate with the vehicle on the road is prohibited to participate in road traffic, as well as to enter Latvia in the following cases: 1) the vehicle is fixed by the legislation which the damage must not ride;
2) is not authorized to participate in road traffic, also without a vehicle owner's civil liability compulsory insurance;
3) whereby the illegal or dangerous goods are dangerous goods;
4) vehicle (vehicle combination) gauge whether laden or not, the actual mass or axle load exceeds the road traffic rules and not the size provided permission for driving on the road;
5) violation of road traffic regulations governing the placement and consolidation requirements. "
17. Add to article 19 to the fifth as follows: "(5) the driver has the right to know of his reason for stopping a vehicle, as well as the official name and job title, where it stopped."
18. Article 20: make the first paragraph by the following:

"(1) the owner of the vehicle (holder, holder) has the responsibility to do everything necessary so that road traffic is not used in any of his vehicles in use, which is not allowed to participate in road traffic or covered by the prohibition to participate in road traffic."
to supplement the article with a fifth by the following: "(5) to the vehicle owner (holder, holder) at the request of the national police is obliged to provide details of the person who ran or was entitled to use the vehicle if the finding of the infringement at the time a driver is not found out."
19. the express article 21, first paragraph as follows: "(1) expropriation or the vehicle registration (Reregistration) issued the mandate (speciālpilnvar, or universālpilnvar, where the power of Attorney must contain a special indication of permission to dispose of or remove from accounting) is a civil law notary or other persons mentioned in article 1474."
20. in article 22: express first and second subparagraph by the following: "(1) the driving and vehicle licence can get a statutory age reached a person permanently residing in Latvia or having the right to reside in Latvia for more than six months and that is not medical pretindikācij control of the vehicle, except in the cases provided by law, when the acquisition of a certain period of time is denied.
(2) a driving licence is issued for a specific period of time. Driver's training procedures and the issue of a driving licence, Exchange and recovery arrangements shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. "
to make the fourth subparagraph by the following: "(4) the qualification requirements for professionals and training institutions that prepare drivers as well as driving training programmes determined by the Cabinet of Ministers."
21. in article 23: turn off the title, the word "motor";
turn off the first part;
turn off the second part of paragraph 2;
Add to the second part of paragraph 17 of the following: "17) M – moped.";
to supplement the article with a new third and fourth subparagraph by the following: "(3) the driver of the vehicle which has the right to drive in at least one category of motor vehicle, tram or trolley bus, allowed to drive vehicles of category M.
(4) a driver who is entitled to drive B, C1, D1, (C) or (D) the category of vehicles allowed to drive vehicles in category A1 and B1.
consider the current third and fourth respectively on the fifth and sixth.
22. Article 24: make the first part of paragraph 2 as follows: "2) 18 years A, B and C1 driving licence. Right to drive motorcycles with an engine capacity of more than 25 kilowatts (34 horsepower) or 0.16 kilowatts per kilogram (0.22 horsepower to kilograms), are persons of category A driving service at least two years, except when the person reaches 21 years of age and passed the appropriate driving qualification tests; "
turn off the first part of paragraph 3, the reference to A category.
23. Article 25: turn the introductory part of the first subparagraph, the words "implements the driver — even after the State technical supervision inspection employee request";
Add to the first part of paragraph 5, after the word "owner" with the words "the possessor or vehicle specified in the registration certificate holder";
Add to the first part of paragraph 6 by the following: "6) document on the national technical inspection on the vehicle is not the Visual information (labels), or road safety Directorate issued a one-day permit to participate in road traffic, to make public the technical inspection.";
Add to article 1.1 part as follows: "(11) the moped driver must be present in the first part of this article 1, 2, and 5. the documents mentioned in paragraph 1. ';
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) if the driver driving right is taken away for a certain period of time or for an indefinite period, the licence shall be considered invalid from the day he announced the decision. The driver must pass the 10 days invalid driving licences specified in the decision of the institution. "
24. Make 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of article 1 as follows: "article 26. Driving law (1) driving law allows a person to drive a vehicle appropriate for the category concerned, carry passengers and freight to train personal, individual drive and make the laws and regulations of the other driver the actions allowed by participating in road traffic.
(2) a Person's right to drive shall certify the record and driving vehicles in the national register or to the technical and informational system of managers and a valid driver's licence.
27. article. Road traffic participants in road traffic accidents (1) any road users must do everything possible to provide first aid for road accident victims.
(2) If a traffic accident is injured people or damage to property of third parties, as well as when the vehicles due to damage, which they can not move, driver: 1) immediately stops and stays in place of accident, emergency switch on the lights and set up emergency sign, but if this is not possible, otherwise warn other road traffic participants of road traffic accident;
2) do everything possible to provide first aid to the victim, call an ambulance or other emergency rescue, but if this is not possible, with your own or another passing vehicle delivered the victim to the nearest medical facility and returns to the place of the accident;
3) do everything possible to keep the place of the accident event traces, eyewitnesses name and address;
4) on traffic accidents reported to the police (or other rescue service) and follow the instructions below.
(3) If the second part of this article that road vehicles involved in accidents do not allow other vehicles to pass traffic accidents, drivers are released in the form before road traffic accidents involving vehicles and other objects.
(4) If a traffic accident is not injured people and there is no damage to the property of third parties, as well as vehicles are not due to damage, which they can not move, drivers follow road rules.
(5) If a road accident involved only one vehicle, than the people and no damage to property of a third party, the driver of the road traffic Act provisions.
(6) the driver after a traffic accident to the intoxicated state of the necessary tests for the detection of or exemption from the following checks shall be prohibited to use alcoholic beverages, narcotic or psychotropic substances.
28. article. Driving ban prohibited to drive: 1) drivers of vehicles the motor vehicle of the driving length of service is less than two years, if the concentration of alcohol in the blood exceeds 0.2 promiles, drivers who are driving a motor vehicle service more than two years, if the blood alcohol content exceeds 0.5 [permil], but the moped and bicycle drivers, if the concentration of alcohol in the blood exceeds 1 per mille;
2) while in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs, psychotropic, toxic or other intoxicating substance or reaction speed and attention to reducing medication effect;
3) for sick or exhausted to the extent that it may affect the integrity of the driving and road safety;
4 If the driver is not appropriate) category driving rights;
5) if entry into force driving the ban on the use of law.
29. article. Driving disqualifications (1) driving rights can take away for a certain period of time or indefinitely.
(2) driving disqualification to statutory time as driving behavior influence feature applied by imposing penalties for administrative offences provided for in the law or under statutory accounting irregularities point system, as well as in Criminal cases.
(3) the driving rights takes away indefinitely, if it is appropriate for the medical examiner's opinion that the driver encountered a medical pretindikācij of driving.
30. article. Driving ban on the exercise of rights of

(1) the driving prohibition of the use of the law establishing the State police officer for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances is done in criminal offences against road traffic safety, which may be held criminally liable or committed an offence provided for in the driving disqualification. In this case, the driver is prohibited driving and his driver's license the attachable to the time when national police officers or promoters of the criminal proceedings shall take a decision.
(2) driving rights should not be used if: 1) expired driving licence is valid until a new licence;
2) changed the driver's name or ID number and 30 days of driving licences is not exchanged until a new licence;
3) of the road traffic offence, the fine imposed is not paid within one year from the date of imposition of the fine — until the payment of the fine;
4) driver is not in the laws made within the time limit set routine health screening or a health check-up to early health check;
5) accounting irregularities within the system of point driver is the appropriate tool to influence — driving rights ban for one year.
(3) on the prohibition of the use to be made of the vehicle and driving records of the national registry, as well as implements and its head on the content system.
(4) If a driver violates certain rights the driving ban, his driver's license is suspended. "
25. Make 30.1 the first paragraph as follows: "(1) the cabinet shall determine the cases in which and in what order the driver sent to health early, as well as the people who sent him to the test."
26. Turn off 32 and article 33.
27. in article 34 off numbers and the word "32 and 33.".
28. Article 40: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) where, on the road or in the immediate vicinity of it intended to carry out activities that may affect the safety of road traffic (tool of mass sporting events, or to provide marketing or other services, to place ads or items of information, trade, catering or other service objects, etc.), these activities should be harmonized in the Directorate of roads of Latvia, as well as to receive the Travel Manager (owner) and the land owner permission. ';
to supplement the article with a new second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the rules on advertising or the placement of objects along the road, as well as procedures for the harmonisation of advertising or the placement of objects is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers."
to supplement the article with the third part as follows: "(3) the fee for advertising, or information object placement of public road bin band and paid for the operations carried out by the Latvian road administration, coordination of advertising or the placement of objects of information along the road, the traffic Minister determined.";
consider the second part of the fourth part.
29. To make the title of Chapter VII, the following: "Chapter VII administrative responsibility in the nature of road safety laws and regulatory infringements".
30. Article 43 be worded as follows: "article 43. Administrative violation of road traffic in order to guarantee road safety and protect human life, health and property of road safety regulatory normatīvoakt violation person called to administrative responsibility. "
31. To supplement the law with 43.1, 43.2, 43.5, 43.6, 26.9 27.0 and article as follows: "article 43.1. Infringement assessment scoring system (1) to influence driver behaviour, promoting safe driving of vehicles and compliance with laws and road traffic, and therefore to be less at risk to human life, health and property, driving on administrative violations are registered in the register of the fine, but the point of accounting irregularities, vehicles and their drivers, as well as in the national register and its driver implements the communication system.
(2) the maximum number of points to be recorded is 10 points for drivers whose driving length of service is less than two years, and 16 points for the other drivers.
(3) maximum per violation recorded number of points is eight points.
(4) according to the offence committed has registered points are valid for two to five years depending on the seriousness of the offence.
(5) according to the records of infringement point system drivers the following features influence: 1) warning, sending the mail driver information about registered his number of points;
2) training courses (seminars) road safety issues;
3) training courses (seminars) safe driving;
4) examination of road safety issues;
5) driving skills test;
6) driving ban on the use of law for one year, if the maximum number of points of accounting.
(6) the driver loses driving rights and can get them back no earlier than five years if he 10 years disqualification applied repeatedly for 12 or more months or driving rights ban on maximum tracking points.
(7) accounting Violation point system rules regulating breaches, breaches the audit trail of the corresponding accounting points, their statute of limitations, accounting irregularities the registration and deletion of points of order, the procedure for the exchange of information and the order in which the information contained in the register to be notified of the driver, as well as driving behavior influence the application of funds is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
43.2 article. Features of the administrative process due to the stopping or parking regulations (1) If a stop or parking violated rules, but the driver is not in the place of the offence, persons entitled to draw up administrative offence report and to impose punishment, drawing up the Protocol, communication, the form and content shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) If for stopping or parking regulations imposed administrative penalty is not paid within the time limit set by the law, the fine will be recovered from the owner (possessor), except where the offence is not found at the time of the vehicle to the owner (possessor) other persons in possession of illegal actions.
(3) the order in which the Protocol form — notice of imposed penalty and send information to the vehicle owner (holder, holder), as well as a fine collection and control procedures established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
43.3 article. Displacement of the vehicle (1) vehicle can move, placing it in a special parking lot if: 1) the driver is under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances in or he is not driving right, except when a driver or other authorised passengers, persons present which is the category of driving right, drive the vehicle away;
2 it is not possible to ascertain vehicle) membership;
3) vehicle has a specific legislation defects which it may not, except in the case when the damage resolves the location of the vehicle or the vehicle is duly moved to the parking lot or deficiencies;
4) violated the rules of stopping or parking, but the driver is not present and the vehicle placed in it: (a)) where you installed papildzīm "work autoevakuator", b) to tramway track grade or its immediate vicinity and do not allow you to ride the trams, c) passenger vehicles in the public parking lot or staging points or its immediate vicinity and do not allow you to enter or leave the passenger vehicle public, d) so that it does not allow you to drive other vehicles or driving it is essential (other drivers are forced to leave the roadway or enter the path side for driving in the opposite direction), e) on pedestrian crossings, f) totally or partially on the sidewalk and pedestrians are forced to pass it on to the roadway, g) at railway level crossings;
5) vehicle placed in populated areas totally or partially suspended on 24-hour dark days, or insufficient visibility unlighted road, where it is not prohibited to stop light in certain external lighting devices and that other managers is not visible enough;

6) vehicle placed in whole or in part on a roadway outside built-up areas 24-hour dark time or not enough visibility and not lit in certain external lighting devices;
7) vehicle of the Cabinet in the order declared long left on the road.
(2) vehicle from the location where it is placed in, to another — it allowed sites can be moved forcibly, in accordance with the decision of the authorized officials of the municipal or State Police Chief order of streets: 1) required to release the official State visits or other activities;
2) intended to make road construction or repair jobs.
(3) vehicle from the location where it is placed in, to another — it allowed site under travel manager or the appropriate emergency or rescue service officials may move forced temporary road maintenance (e.g., snow removal), repair or emergency relief work or rescue work.
(4) vehicle forced order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
27.0 article. Speed control speed in compliance with Established controls the traffic police with dedicated measuring devices that comply with the Cabinet.
43.5 article. The influence of alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicating substances impact detection (1) to determine the influence of alcohol, State police officers and border guards in the country (on the border) are entitled to check the driver's exhaled air with instruments provided for this purpose which meets Cabinet, or delivered to the driver of the medical establishment, such inspection if there is reasonable suspicion that he is drunk, but exhaled air is not possible to check whether the driver does not accept its results. Procedure for the determination of the concentration of alcohol in blood and exhaled air, determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) to identify the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or other intoxicating substances affect, the national police officers deliver to the driver of the medical establishment inspection, if there is reasonable suspicion of illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or other intoxicating substances (driving behavior, way of speaking, coordination). The illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or other intoxicating substances affect the detection procedure determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
27.1 article. Violation fixation with technical means, without stopping the vehicle (1) violations can be fixed without stopping the vehicle and through technical means (photographic equipment or video equipment), the Cabinet of Ministers. Procedures for the use of technical means (photographic equipment or video equipment) shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) if it is not found out the driver, who led the vehicle at the time of the infringement, the administrative penalty for breach found to vehicle owner (holder), except at the time of the offence the vehicle is not found in the owner's possession of another person's illegal activity, and when a breach the applicable administrative penalty is the driving disqualification. "
32. Add to article 45 of the third part as follows: "(3) in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Act in sporting events is consistent derogation from the rules of the road, in so far as it lays down provisions governing sporting events."
33. Article 47: to supplement the first subparagraph following the words "if he is here" with the words "Member State of the European Union issued a driver's license or";
to complement the second paragraph with the words "other than a Member State of the European Union issued a driver's licence, as well as persons who enjoy diplomatic or consular immunities and privileges";
to supplement the article with the fourth paragraph as follows: "(4) the first and second subparagraph shall not apply to foreign armed forces consist of persons who in the Republic of Latvia shall perform the duties within the framework of international cooperation."
34. off the transitional provisions of paragraph 1.
Transitional provisions 1. Amended article 1 of the law of 12 and 30, article 10 in the first and sixth part, article 23 2 and the second subparagraph of paragraph 17, article 23 in the third and fourth part, 24 amendments to the first paragraph of article 2 and paragraph 3 shall enter into force on 1 May 2004.
2. the Cabinet of Ministers no later than 1 July 2004, manages the rules provided for in article 3 of the law, in the second paragraph of article 6, the third subparagraph of article 10, first paragraph, article 15 in article 14.1, the second and sixth subparagraphs, the seventh subparagraph of article 16(1), article 22, second and in the fourth subparagraph, article 18.7, in the first paragraph of article 40, second paragraph, the seventh part of article 43.1, 43.2 in the first and third part , 43.3 of the first paragraph of article 7 and paragraph, fourth paragraph in article 43.4 43.5 article, first and second parts, and in the first subparagraph of article 27.1.
3. The transitional provisions referred to in paragraph 2, the Cabinet of Ministers regulations for entry into force, but not longer than until 1 July 2004, the existing applicable regulations insofar as they do not conflict with this Act.
4. in article 27.1 of the law the second part shall enter into force on 1 January 2006.
The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2004.
The Parliament adopted the law of July 8, 2003.
The President of the Parliament instead of the President i. Otter in Riga on 23 July 2003, the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force by January 1, 2004.