The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the land management law chapter I General provisions article 1. The terms used in the law (1) of the Act is used in the following terms: 1) soil — the top loose and fertile layer of the Earth's crust that formed in natural processes and human activity affect and consists of mineral and organic material, liquid and gaseous substances; 2) soil degradation, natural processes and human activity affect the progress or changes, which reduces the ability to use soil in economic, environmental and cultural functions; 3) soil conditioning: a set of measures that promote soil fertility restoration; 4) area — area degraded with ruined or damaged the surface of the land or the abandoned building, mineral mining, economic or military actions; 5) domestic public waters specified in annex I Section public Lakes and rivers; 6) littoral — area that includes coastal waters and coastal land; 7) coastal marine waters within the meaning of this law: a proper two kilometres in width from the coast line; 8) maritime coastal land part — the area between the shoreline and the sea site, which reaches the sea top bang; 9) coast line-the boundary between the coastal land and marine coastal waters in good condition; land not built on 10) unit — the meaning of this law: the land on which the building is situated or is not the only such premises in accordance with the laws and regulations on real estate in the land is not a recordable recording in the land registry; 11) protection of land — land degradation measures and prevention of degradation of land and valid properties; 12) land degradation — land and its associated resources in economic or ecological impairment or loss or inactivity of human or natural processes; 13) — land-consolidation measures, which are carried out within the framework of complex land rearrangement to form a rational structure of agricultural holdings and land acreage, rural infrastructure and rural development, as well as protection of the environment; 14) Earth monitoring: the land and its use of targeted data from the national information systems, analytical processing and ground survey area periodically to determine the ground state and describe the changes; 15) land management-land policy implementation measures, the aim of which is to promote sustainable land use and protection. (2) in this Act, the term "land" meet the real estate cadastre of the State law uses the term "unit". 2. article. The purpose of the law the purpose of the Act is to promote sustainable land use and protection. 3. article. Land use and protection of the principles of land use and protection in compliance with the following principles: 1) in planning land use, local territorial development planning documents provide for the effective management of natural resources and sustainable development; 2) local agricultural land and forest land use categories to change the priority of the territory with the lowest provides for ground quality evaluation and area location and configuration is not suitable for use in agriculture or forestry; 3) local government area development planning documents provide for the priority axes degraded areas; 4) land owner, possessor and user (hereinafter land users) do not cause damage to land and respect proportionality between the needs of society and the rights of the owner. 4. article. Land use and land use conditions of protection and the protection subject to the following conditions: 1) if agricultural land quality assessment is higher than 50, the local authority provides this valuable agricultural land conservation, setting the limits of land fragmentation and land use change categories; 2) is used according to the local government territorial development planning documents established or lawfully started the use of the territory; 3) Earth users take steps to save the Earth and soil quality and prevent its degradation; 4) activities related to the corruption of topsoil, land users observe soil conditioning; 5) users of land, land disposal, which is located wholly or partly degraded area, inform the proposed acquirer of the immovable property. Chapter II public infrastructure and land access for article 5. The land for the provision of public infrastructure (1) the local authority planning determines the public infrastructure development and construction needs of the area and their conditions of use regardless of land ownership or jurisdiction. (2) the land owner has the right to compensation for damages if, in determining public infrastructure development and construction needs in the area, he has incurred operating limits, qualifying for compensation. Damages of the Cabinet of Ministers established the institution which proposed the establishment of such areas. 6. article. Provision of access to inland public waters and specially protected natural areas (1) in order to ensure access to domestic public waters and specially protected natural areas, where attendance is allowed according to the specially protected natural areas and the use of regulatory laws, local government planning, lokālplānojum, or a detailed plan determines the pedestrian road as real estate law aprobežojum for the benefit of society able to access this area and arrange the installation of pedestrian road. The land owner has the right to aprobežojum due to the determination of damages incurred. (2) if the real property is not defined in aprobežojum of this article, the procedure provided for in the first subparagraph and the property owner is not limited the movement through his own roads or streets, has the right to use the property of another person in the road or street to access the inland public waters and specially protected natural areas. Moving to the other person owned roads or streets, not used vehicles with the engine, except for the wheelchair with the engine. (3) a Person who, in the cases referred to in this article on another person in real estate owned by her actions may not cause damages to the owner of the immovable property or otherwise interfere with property rights. 7. article. Access to the future parcels (1) All future parcels, except to provide access to intermediate from municipal road or street or access road from the State under the laws of the road to the national road. If this is not possible, provide access to the road easement or servitude road over the design after the establishment of the easement. (2) expanding the cities and villages or creating new building areas, before planning, lokālplānojum or approval of a detailed local government and land owners agree on street construction red lines it or road construction requires the disposal of the local authorities, as well as for building construction. If the agreement on land disposal is not possible, to achieve local government approves planning, lokālplānojum or a detailed community needs and initiate the required real property expropriation. 8. article. Road maintenance required for land use and disposal if this law into force motorway registered as local or national road and included the municipalities or the national balance sheet, but the land recorded in the land registry under the road on behalf of another person, that person may not be denied by the municipal or national movement path. The State or the municipality according to the budget, but not later than five years from the entry into force of this law, the date agreed with the owner of the land on the ground below the knee and disposes of it in accordance with the laws and regulations of the society needs the necessary disposal of immovable property. National forest land in return for forest in the procedure prescribed by law. Chapter III article 9 of land consolidation. Land consolidation general conditions

(1) land consolidation is the following: 1) land consolidation proceedings (submission of land consolidation, evaluation, land consolidation project perspective areas, initial discussions with the land consolidation project in the territory of the prospective landlords or, failing this, by the legal possessor, as well as with other stakeholders, contracts with landlords or, failing this, by the legal possessor of the land consolidation in membership and decision making about land consolidation project development started); 2) land-consolidation project development (land evaluation, discussions with the land consolidation project included land owners or, failing this, by the legal possessor of land consolidation project preparation, coordination and approval); 3) land-consolidation project (land cadastre according to determine the approved land consolidation project, cadastral data determine registration real estate the State cadastre information system, land exchange and purchase contracts in accordance with the approved land consolidation project, strengthening property rights, land registry). (2) land consolidation pursuant to legislation established competence ensures the State land service, local government, land-use planning jobs certified person (hereinafter land contractors) and to determine the land cadastre certified person. (3) land consolidation proceedings shall be funded by the State budget, except for land consolidation request costs borne by the consolidation of the land agent of the financial resources. (4) the land consolidation project for the design and implementation of Finance: 1) of the financial resources of individuals, the local authorities or the State budget if the proposed private land consolidation; 2) from the local government budget if the proposed land consolidation of local government; 3) from the State budget or State Corporation's financial means, if land consolidation proposed by the national regulatory authority or a public corporation. (5) land consolidation of development and implementation of the project can be funded, combining the financial resources of individuals, the local government budget and national budget funds. (6) If the land consolidation project is included in land transactions that are not associated with the land consolidation, land ownership is binding on the successor to the previous land owner agreement on participation in land consolidation. 10. article. Land consolidation proceedings (1) land consolidation recommends: 1) land owners or, in the absence thereof, its legal possessor of your property or the legal possession of land (hereinafter land consolidation participants); 2) the local government or regulatory authority on its own initiative for sites that may also be the property of other persons or the legal possession of the existing land. (2) land consolidation players sign a contract with the State land service about membership of the land consolidation. If the proposed consolidation of land on Earth, which is burdened with debt, before the agreement on participation in the conclusion of land consolidation, land consolidation concerned shall submit to the Member State land service of the document, which confirms the agreement of the creditor participation in land consolidation. (3) the decision on the land consolidation project development, the consolidation of the land included in the draft land, or the decision on refusal to commence land consolidation, if it is not possible to achieve the objectives of the land consolidation, adopted the State land service. 11. article. Land consolidation project development (1) land consolidation project development within the limits of its competence, ensure the State land service and ground contractors. (2) land consolidation project include plots of land in respect of which the land consolidation the participants concluded a contract with the State land service of the land consolidation in membership, article 17 of this law referred to in the first paragraph of the plot, the Latvian land plots, the Fund for the local municipality of intermediate piekritīgo, bordering the land consolidation of parcels of participants, as well as other local government jurisdiction of or belonging to the Earth that does not require local authorities to implement the function. (3) land consolidation project is made up of the explanatory memorandum and the graphic part. Land consolidation project development commenced after the date of entry into force of the decision on the land consolidation project development. (4) land consolidation projects, respecting: 1) areas of development planning and local government documents and the direct authorities provided the land consolidation project development conditions; 2) compiled and assessed local authorities and land consolidation proposals and interests of members; 3) plots the relative assessment. (5) the ground contractors are obligated to listen to, collect and evaluate the land consolidation, members of local authorities, as well as direct administration proposals for land consolidation projects developed by the graphic part and the opposition to it. After hearing the proposals and objections to land contractors, if necessary, prepare a new land consolidation project the graphical part. Land consolidation and relevant direct participant administration proposal and the evaluation of the opposition participates in local government. (6) earth ground consolidation contractors project the graphical part of the line with: 1) land consolidation for attendees with the signature certifies that agrees with the design solution; 2) local authorities and direct the authorities which issued the land consolidation project development conditions. (7) the decision of the land consolidation project approval takes the State land service after the sixth part of this article in specific activities. 12. article. Land consolidation project (1) land consolidation project implementation within the limits of its competence, ensure the State land service. (2) the approved land consolidation project is the Foundation of land consolidation project. (3) land consolidation project is considered to be implemented with the moment when the land consolidation project created parcels are recorded in the land register. Chapter IV State and local land management article 13. National and local competence in the management of land

(1) the Cabinet of Ministers: 1) confirms the national land policy; 2) issued the rules, which provides for the manner in which the recoverable loss incurred in connection with real estate law aprobežojum, providing access to the inland public waters and specially protected natural areas, the amount of remuneration, the calculation and payment arrangements; 3) issued the rules, which provides for the manner in which the recoverable loss incurred due to operational constraints, defining public infrastructure development and construction needs in the territory of the local government, planning, calculating the amount of remuneration and payment arrangements; 4) makes provisions for land consolidation proceedings and financing arrangements for the land consolidation project content, development, and implementation of, as well as the order in which determines the relative parcel of land consolidation assessment needs; 5) makes the rules for the order in which the real estate cadastre of the State information system and update the information recorded on the littoral and the inland public waters; 6) makes provisions for land and soil degradation, as well as the criteria for the order in which the notes and assess land and soil degradation and its likelihood, determine the land and soil degradation prevention measures and monitor their implementation; 7) issued rules on land quality assessment information system and on soil mapping, land valuation and information maintenance and escalation procedures; 8) issued rules on the classification of soils; 9) makes provisions for the information to be included in the report of land preparation procedures and the institution which is responsible for the preparation of the statement of land; 10) issued rules on the littoral and the inland public waters of the lease; 11) issued rules for the order in which the real estate cadastre of the State information system deletes during the land reform with the decision of the competent institution by way of easement and a public road, and when they are to be deleted; 12) issued rules on the order of a country uses a pre-emptive right to the land under the public waters; 13) makes provisions on procedures for the State land Department shall fund credited to the reserve land parcels and parcels that are not used in the restoration of property rights, as well as the order in which sectoral ministerial decisions on the plot of land ownership or jurisdiction of the State after the completion of the land reform and local government makes decisions about the land jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) direct regulatory authorities within the limits of its competence provides land and soil protection measures, developing and implementing environmental protection, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, transport and other policies. (3) the local government within the limits of its competence provides: 1) Earth monitoring in their administrative territory; 2) spare land fund management. 14. article. Land not built on and degraded areas (1) direct regulatory authority establish its tenure has not been built on the land and degraded areas used for evaluation and, if necessary, updated. If the direct authority passed its possession of existing real estate property management Corporation, a public person in the direct possession of the regulatory authority existing not built-up land and degraded areas used in the development and evaluation of appropriate public articulates a personal Corporation. The evaluation shall be submitted to the local municipality, which is located in the administrative territory of the land not built or degraded areas. (2) the local Government shall establish and approve the Council decision on its own and not in the possession of the land and built-up areas degraded capability assessment. (3) land not built and degraded areas used for assessment include: 1 current uses of land) assessment; 2) future land use assessment, pursuant to territorial development planning documents specific areas; 3) rating on the investment needed to ensure the best possible type of land use; 4) assessment of possibilities of land use, transfer or dispose of the lease; 5) forecast revenues from land-use authorities and deductions or national budget on capital; 6) other information about the appropriate use of land. (4) direct regulatory authority and the public in the development of the person is not a corporation referred to in the first paragraph of the land not built and degraded areas used, if the land use is governed by other legislation. (5) direct regulatory authority, a public corporation of the person or local government, for a State or local government ownership or possession of the existing land not built or degraded areas further use, take note of the relevant assessments. The local authority takes into account the direct regulatory authorities, public entities a corporation or local authorities in preparing the assessment of the territorial development planning documents. 15. article. Littoral and the inland waters of public management (1) on the protection of the Environment Ministry is responsible possessor domestic public waters located in nature reserves, national parks and natural liegumo and is not the property of private individuals or other possession of the Ministry, and coastal terrestrial part, located on the liegumo of nature, national park of nature and landscape protection in the closed zone, or bordering it and not the property of private individuals or other possession of the Ministry. If, in accordance with the laws and specific action is necessary for the owner's consent, the Ministry in charge of environmental protection in the name of the owner of the line they owned in public waters, the action to be taken. (2) the local authority is the possessor of its administrative territory to adjacent coastal waters, as well as its administrative territory of existing coastal road and inland public waters, which the possessor is not responsible for the Environment Ministry or other Ministry and which are not the property of private persons. If, in accordance with the laws and specific action is necessary for the owner's consent, the local authority on behalf of the owner of the line owned waters in public actions. (3) If the property is private land under public waters and it is sold, the country has a pre-emptive right to dispose. The decision on the pre-emptive right of the use or non-use of the Cabinet of Ministers adopted. (4) the State owned public waters in inland and coastal zone banned to alienate, pledge or otherwise encumber the rights to the case. The construction of inland public waters and marine foreshore is prohibited unless otherwise provided by law. (5) local authorities shall ensure that they owned the offshore waters and the coastal part of the redevelopment of the land and ensure sanitary cleanliness, carried out the planning of the territory, as well as to ensure the operation of the rescue services of local authorities, which harvested bathing it is necessary. (6) on the protection of the Environment Ministry in charge of overseeing the activities of local authorities, which are associated with the possession of existing domestic public waters and coastal zone management. (7) the littoral and the inland public waters for everyone's free use and available to the public, unless otherwise provided by law. 16. article. Property and tenure rights registration for littoral and the inland public waters (1) on the basis of the existing law, ownership of the littoral and the inland public waters are also valid without recording in the land. Property rights in and to the littoral and the inland public waters in the land, if not strengthened otherwise provided by law. (2) the real estate cadastre of the State information system spatial data domestic public waters plots of land in the limits of the reference to the variable if it is specified in the adjacent parcel boundaries, making the cadastral, or determine if it is being updated coast line. Coastal land and marine coastal waters by reference to prescribed limits are updated in a specific order by geospatial data updating. (3) the possession to the littoral and the inland waters of the public register of the national estate cadastre information system pursuant to article 15 of this law for the first and second part. Article 17. The land of the Reserve Fund and the completion of the land reform, the land not used

(1) the Reserve Fund transferred the land parcel and property rights for the recovery of unused plot of land possessor is the relevant local authority until the cabinet order on their recording in the land to the State or they are recorded in the land register to local authorities. (2) the local Government shall have the right to rent the first parcel referred to in accordance with the legislation on public people land leases governing the municipal land. The lease agreement provides for local government the right to unilaterally terminate the contract if the cabinet order on leased land in the land to the State of the record name, if the leased parcel is included in the land consolidation project or property is assigned as equivalent. (3) in the first subparagraph, these parcels until their recording in the land allowed to dispose only of land consolidation project. These plots are prohibited the construction of new buildings and the construction of new premises, which according to the land registry activities regulatory laws of the land as its own recordable property object. If, in accordance with the laws and specific action is necessary for the owner's consent, the local authority under the first paragraph of this article in land operations. (4) until the Cabinet is ordered for the completion of the land reform of the municipal administrative territory of the municipality or municipal territorial unit, a local Government Council may decide to reserve land parcel in the Fund transferred ownership or jurisdiction of the municipality and the Cabinet of Ministers may issue an order on land ownership or jurisdiction if a State Reserve Fund transferred the land parcel is owned by the State or local government or the chime according to the law "on State and local land ownership rights and the consolidation of the land". (5) the State and local authorities after the completion of the land reform and owned land assessed his assent of the cabinet order, within two years after the Cabinet ordered the completion of the land reform in local municipal administrative territory or territorial divisions in all district units. Chapter v land and soil protection and the assessment of the quality of the article 18. Degraded areas management and degradation prevention measures (1) land degradation prevention measures aiming to prevent degradation causes and effects to promote sustainable land use. (2) local government area development planning documents and notes the degraded areas as well as provide the necessary land-use conditions. Information on degradētaj areas include and maintain a territorial development planning information system. (3) the owner or possessor of land provides a soil conditioning. If soil degradation is caused to another person or possession belonging to an existing object, soil conditioning costs shall be borne by the owner or possessor of this object. (4) areas where soil degradation identified signs are used in such a way as to restrict the further soil degradation and ensure soil fertility. (5) If land degradation prevention measures need to take the common interest of the public, including the spread of invasive plant species to limit, the local authority shall inform the owner or possessor of land and asked to take these measures in a certain time limit. (6) If the owner or possessor of land do not make land degradation prevention measures within the time limit fixed by the municipality, the local Government has the right to take the measures needed regardless of property ownership, in advance of the decision informing the owner or possessor. About land degradation prevention measures decided by the local municipal Council. Local Government Council decision may appeal to the Court within one month from the date of its notification. With land degradation prevention measures shall be borne by the owner or possessor of land. 19. article. Soil mapping and land quality evaluation of soil mapping and land quality evaluation based on the results of the research of agroķīmisk soils in agricultural land and forest land once in 20 years, and accumulated land data quality assessment information system. 20. article. Land use change of category (1) If a proposed transaction is necessary to change the land use category, the change, taking into account local government area development planning documents and other regulatory requirements. (2) If a land use change categories are proposed for the drained land, Reclamation in the cases laid down in the law on technical regulations-drained land activities to manage the institution responsible for reclamation. (3) changes in relation to land use category areas real estate national cadastral register is updated in the real estate cadastre of the State law. Chapter VI supervision and land to land related information article 21. Earth monitoring implementation (1) Earth monitoring is implemented as follows: 1) the State land service, using the real estate cadastre of the State information system data each year up to March 15 after January 1, the State shall draw up an annual report on the allocation of land under the permitted use of the territory, land use and property status in each administrative territory, territorial districts and the country as a whole; 2) every five years, the land report is prepared, using this law referred to in article 22, information systems, spatial data and text; 3) regulations are made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the land of the periodic survey. (2) information obtained through the monitoring of land use for the development of the territory and land use planning, as well as the land policy development and implementation of local, regional and national level. (3) the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 the land referred to in the report, taking into account the administrative areas and their territorial breakdown, includes information on: 1) the breakdown of the territory according to the land use categories; 2 distribution in accordance) areas of the permitted territory; 3 according to the Division of the territory) of the property status and the status of the land, including the aliens and foreign entities registered in the land; 4-apsaimniekotaj) agricultural land areas; 5) degradētaj areas and areas; 6) drained areas; 7) contaminated and potentially contaminated sites; 8) especially protected natural areas; 9) ground cover; 10) changes in land quality assessment, if it is updated; 11) other changes in land use. 22. article. With land information infrastructure (1) access to land management data required to provide the following information systems: 1) the real estate cadastre of the State information system, data on land distribution under the property status and the status of the land, the land use types and the cadastral value of the land; 2 national address register) information system — spatial data for administrative and territorial area districts boundaries; 3 geospatial base data information) system: a topographical map data; 4) territorial development planning information system, data about the territory allowed use; 5) Difficult territory information system — data on apgrūtinātaj areas; 6) soil research agroķīmisk geographical information systems-data about soils and fertility; 7) land quality assessment information system — data on agricultural land and forest land quality assessment; 8) contaminated and potentially contaminated sites registry: data on contaminated and potentially contaminated sites; 9) Field of the register-geographical information systems data for field units; 10) reclamation cadastre information system, data on drainage systems; 11) national register of the forest — data on forest and forest land; 12) the population register, data on foreign natural persons; 13) — the commercial data on foreign-registered entities. (2) access to geospatial data sets required for land development report to the institution responsible for the management of the land, its use, and interoperability of geospatial data sets provide holders the laws established by using country-wide geospatial information portal infrastructure. (3) access to text data, necessary for the development of the land report to the institution responsible land management needs, provide relevant information system holders free of charge. Transitional provisions

1. Article 14 of this law, first and second parts not listed in the built-up land and degraded areas used in evaluations approved by 2016 January 1. 2. Article 6 of this law and article 15 the third paragraph shall enter into force on January 1, 2016. 3. This law, article 5, second paragraph, and article 16, the second and third paragraphs shall enter into force on January 1, 2017. 4. Chapter III of this law shall enter into force on January 1, 2018. 5. The Cabinet of Ministers: 1) until 2015 December 31 issued this law, in article 13, first paragraph, 2, paragraphs 12 and 13 of these rules; 2) until 2016 December 31 issued this law, in article 13, first paragraph, 3, 5, 9 and 11 the provisions referred to in paragraph; 3) to 2017 31 December issued by this law, in article 13, first paragraph, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of these rules; 4) until 2018 December 31 issued this law, in article 13, first paragraph, the provisions referred to in paragraph 10. 6. This law, the first paragraph of article 21, paragraph 2 of the report referred to in the ground for the first time drawn up until 1 January 2018. 7. If the land reform in local municipal administrative territory of complete until this date of entry into force of the law, State and local Government to nodded and land belonging to the municipal administrative territory down to 2018 1 February. 8. This law, the first paragraph of article 22 (4) and (5) shall enter into force on January 1, 2016, but paragraph 7 — January 1, 2020. 9. The first soil mapping and land quality evaluation of agricultural land and forest land by 2020 January 1. The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2015. The Parliament adopted the law in 2014 October 30. The President a. Smith in Riga 2014 on November 15.