The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law on the amendments to the railway to make Railway Act (the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 9; 1999, no. 5, 23) the following amendments: 1. Express article 12 first paragraph as follows: "(1) Public-use railway infrastructure charging methodology after consultation with public-use railway infrastructure managers determine the public service Regulatory Commission."
2. Make the text of article 23 by the following: "(1) the carrier shall operate in accordance with this law, other laws and regulations.
(2) carrier in its activities is administratively and economically independent, also establishing your own piedāvājamo of rail transport services and transport fees. Fee for carriage of passengers the carrier shall be determined in accordance with the public service tariff calculation methodology, defined by the public service Regulatory Commission. "
3. Make the article 29 the following: ' article 29. The Ministry of transport and public services regulatory Commission competence in rail transport (1) a national policy for rail transport distributes traffic according to the transport Ministry of national development program.
(2) the railway transport services specified by the regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers, in accordance with the law "On regulators of public services", governed by the public service Commission regulate this law and the law "on regulators of public services" defined competence. "
4. Article 31, first paragraph: off 1, 4 and 7;
Add to part with paragraphs 12 and 13 of the following: "12) registration of the infrastructure;
13) rolling stock registration, traffic Minister. "
5. Article 34: replace the seventh paragraph, the words "Railway Administration" with the words "public service Regulatory Commission";
turn off the ninth.
The law shall enter into force on 1 October 2001.
The Parliament adopted the law on 23 November 2000.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2000 December 12