The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and to the legitimate movement of medicinal products order" make law "For the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and to the legitimate movement of medicinal products order" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 12; 1998; 2000, no. 15, no. 10) follows: 1. Article 1: Add to paragraph 1 by the word "production" with the word "manufacture";
make paragraph 4 by the following: "4) distribution: the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and drug purchasing, storage, supply, movement across State boundaries (import, export, transit), the sale or transfer for use in return for payment or free of charge;"
Replace paragraph 5, the words "under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare" with the words "controlled" in Latvia;
make point 7 by the following: ' 7) drug: any substance, natural or synthetic substance that is classified according to the 30 March 1961, to the Joint Convention on the narcotic substances and the 1972 Protocol amending the 1961 Single Convention of 30 March on national drugs and included in Latvia controlled narcotic substances, psychotropic substances and precursors; ";
Replace paragraph 9, the words "under the supervision of the Ministry of welfare" with the words "controlled" in Latvia;
make paragraph 10 by the following: ' 10) psychotropic substance: any natural or synthetic substance that is classified according to 21 February 1971 Convention on psychotropic substances and included in Latvia controlled narcotic substances, psychotropic substances and precursors; ";
to supplement the article with the following paragraph 12: "12") — the production activities that can get narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances and medicines and which contain treatment as well as the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances into other substances. "
2. Make article 3 by the following: ' article 3. (1) plants, substances and drugs which in international conventions or under them are classified as narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances and medicines, or you can use these substances and illicit manufacture of the medicinal product, and any other plants, substances and drugs with similar pharmacological effects, that abuse can threaten the health of Latvia controlled narcotic substances, psychotropic substances and precursors. Depending on the plant, substance and drug abuse of the use of the degree of danger they divided into four lists.
(2) Latvia controlled narcotic substances, psychotropic substances and precursors lists approved by Cabinet on the advice of the Ministry of health. (I) are included in the list of especially dangerous prohibited narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances recognized and plants. List II contains very dangerous narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances recognized and medicines which are authorised for use for medical and scientific purposes. (Iii) is included in the list of dangerous psychotropic substances and drugs which can be used for malicious purposes. (IV) list contains precursors, which can be used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, and that movement is governed by the law on precursors ".
(3) plants indicates their botanical names, substances and medicines — international non-proprietary name or, failing that, — chemical names. For mixtures of substances and medicinal products containing the substances listed, apply the same measures of control as to substances in their composition. If the substance in the mixture or composition of the medicinal product contains several lists of substances, applicable in the control conditions relating to this mixture or constituting the stricter drug controlled substances, but in some cases this mixture or chain is entitled to regulate the order of the Minister of health. "
3. Replace article 4, the words "the Minister of welfare" with the words "Minister of health".
4. Supplement article 5 after the word "produce" with the word "fabricate", after the word "distribute" — with the word "advertise".
5. To make article 7 by the following: ' article 7. Natural and legal persons of the Cabinet in the order, you can get the authorization of the Ministry of health (I), (II) and (iii) the list of plants, substances and drug production, import, export, use and storage of such quantity that does not exceed the medical or scientific research or training purposes necessary. The person who received such permission, mandatory in the book store for ten years, captures data about the plant, and the movement of medicinal products and information about their destruction, indicating the date of the transaction, as well as the supplier and recipient. Authorised person each quarter, submit to the national medicines agency review for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including the destruction of existing stocks and the quantity of the substance. "
6. turn off the last sentence of article 10.
7. Express article 11 by the following: ' article 11. This law permits referred to in article 7 or article 9 authorisation shall be issued only if: 1) a legal person according to the requirements of the laws designated by the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and the movement of medicinal products, which the officials responsible not suffering from mental illness, drug addiction or alcoholism, toksikomānij;
2) founders of the legal person, as well as the officials and members are not penalized for committing a criminal offence, as well as administratively punished for offences relating to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and precursors of movement;
3) natural person not suffering from mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism and not toksikomānij or penalized for committing a criminal offence, as well as administratively punished for offences relating to the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and precursors. "
8. Express article 12, the second subparagraph by the following: "(2) the licensed legal persons about changes (II) and (iii) the list of substances included in the nomenclature, production methods, substances and medicines to be produced form and composition in the laws in order to inform the Commission of the pharmaceutical licensing activities."
9. To make article 14 the following: ' article 14. (1) the decision on refusal to grant or to special permission to reregister (license) and of special permission (license) the suspension or cancellation of the pharmaceutical activities adopted Licensing Commission.
(2) national medicines agency maintains and updates the database and the law prescribed, provide information on companies which have been referred to in article 9 of the special permission (license). "

10. Express article 21 the following: ' article 21. (1) each consignment needed four approved an import or export permit copy.
(2) one copy of the import permit, the exporter, the client sends the other copy shall be submitted to the Customs Office of entry together with the Customs Declaration and customs office with check marks for actual imported volume or send it to the national medicines agency, the third copy shall accompany the consignment to the fourth copy of the import authorization transaction indicates actually imported and the volume, date and be submitted in their national medicines agency.
(3) one copy of the export authorisation submitted to the Customs Office, together with the Customs Declaration and customs office with check marks on the actually exported the substance or quantity of medicines sent to the national medicines agency, one copy to accompany the consignment, the third copy to the national medicines agency sends the importer to the competent institution of the country, the fourth copy shall be issued by the client, who after the export transaction indicates the substance actually exported and the amount of the medicinal product, date and submit it to the national medicines agency. "
11. Express article 38 and 39 as follows: "article 38. The Minister of health determines the list (II) and (iii) the quantity of the medicinal products required for emergency medical assistance.
 
39. article. (1) natural persons acquire and store the only treatment required for II and III list of medicinal products. Medicine extract and purchase laws.
(2) natural persons crossing the State border, may be imported or exported in list II and III drugs for personal use without a special permit, if list II drugs intended for the treatment, which is not longer than 14 days, but (iii) in the list of medicinal products intended for the treatment, which is not longer than 30 days. The need to use these drugs a person declares, presenting the recipe, recipes or a copy of the transcript or other proof of this fact.
(3) physical persons are entitled to send and receive (II) and (iii) the medicinal product in the list, using domestic and international postal items. "
12. Replace the words "in article 40, the Ministry of welfare" with the words "Ministry of health".
13. Express article 44 the first part as follows: "(1) State Pharmacy Inspectorate monitors and controls the physical and legal persons that perform actions on list II and III substances and assess the II and III substances included on the list and distribution of compliance with the requirements of the laws and regulations in accordance with annexes II and III to stop the list of substances included in the distribution of pharmaceutical or natural persons to the final conditions."
The law adopted by the Parliament in June 19, 2003.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on 8 July 2003, the Editorial Note: the law shall enter into force on July 22, 2003.