The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: for the technical supervision of dangerous equipment chapter I General provisions article 1. The law is applied in the following terms: 1) dangerous equipment — equipment and installations that are not appropriate for use and maintenance can result in danger to human life or health, the environment and material values and their use are subject to this statutory supervision and control of the country and laid down in the legislation;
2) dangerous equipment means: a natural or legal person who is the owner of dangerous equipment or holder;
3) dangerous machine stockers, possessor of dangerous equipment designated trained persons whose actions affect equipment operation or dangerous technological progress;
4) dangerous equipment testing – competent and authorised inspection authority, the purpose of which is the danger of the equipment during use to assess its compliance with legislation, regulations and normatīvtehnisk specific requirements or, on the basis of professional judgement, law laid down in the basic safety requirements.
 
2. article. The law's aim is to secure hazardous equipment, human life, health and property, as well as the environmentally sound use and maintenance, to determine the legal and organizational basis for the installation of hazardous installations, repairs, maintenance, upgrades and testing as a fix or State r the supervisory and control body functions of technical supervision of dangerous equipment.
 
3. article. (1) the requirements of this Act apply to hazardous installations, the possessor and assisting personnel, legal persons that use dangerous equipment or take this equipment Assembly, repair, maintenance, upgrading and testing, as well as national authorities, which shall carry out the supervision and control of this area.
(2) the list of dangerous equipment shall be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on the recommendation of the Minister of welfare.
(3) the requirements of this Act do not apply to hazardous equipment: 1) installed to use the River, sea, air or rail vehicles;
2) as a result of an accident can cause a release of radioactive materials;
3) is used for military purposes.
 
4. article. Legal persons who carry out their business hazardous equipment Assembly, repair, maintenance and modernization, is obliged within 10 working days notify the national labour inspection on starting up a business and the termination in this area.
Chapter II the technical supervision of dangerous equipment organizations general principles article 5. Registration of dangerous equipment, control, surveillance and verification to be carried out in this Act and other legislation.
 
6. article. The national labour inspectorate carry out registration of hazardous installations, shall authorise the use of dangerous equipment, as well as monitor and control the security of dangerous equipment in accordance with the law "on State labour inspection", this law and other laws.
 
7. article. Check out hazardous equipment company (the company) that the legal order are recognised as the competent inspection authorities and which are authorised by the Cabinet of Ministers to carry out the inspection of dangerous equipment (hereinafter the institution of inspection).
Chapter III General requirements for dangerous equipment article 8. (1) Dangerous equipment: 1) must comply with the regulations and requirements must be provided with evidence of conformity;
2) Cabinet must be registered by the State Labour Inspectorate;
3) must be provided with the documents, and the use of warning inscriptions Latvian language;
4) should be validated in the legislation and limits;
5) must be provided with the inspection authority issuing the check character placed on dangerous equipment or, where that is not possible, the technical equipment is stored and the Passport certifies that the equipment has passed the test.
(2) verification marks samples confirm the Welfare Minister.
Chapter IV inspection of dangerous equipment general order article 9. Periodicity of inspections of hazardous installations and the amount shall be determined in accordance with the legislation.
 
10. article. Fee for the inspection of dangerous equipment by mutual agreement in the treaty body for the inspection concluded with dangerous equipment possessor.
 
11. article. Dangerous equipment check results shall be recorded in minutes, and one copy of the minutes of the examination within three working days following the completion of the inspection, shall be transmitted to the holder of the hazardous equipment.
 
12. article. If the hazardous equipment inspection found that the equipment endangers human life or health, the environment and material goods, it shall immediately notify the possessor of dangerous equipment and notify the State labour inspection, as well as, if compromised environment, — environmental State Inspectorate. One copy of the minutes of the examination one day send the national labour inspectorate and, if threatened environment — environmental State Inspectorate.
 
13. article. Inspection bodies have the obligation of the Minister of welfare in order to provide the national labour inspectorate news about hazardous installations carried out checks.
Chapter v obligations of possessor of dangerous equipment and law article 14. Possessor of dangerous equipment must: 1) register dangerous equipment in the national labour inspectorates and to receive permission to use;
2) keep dangerous facilities in line with the requirements of the law;
3 hazardous installations) provide staff training and certification according to the requirements of the law;
4) provide the legal or statutory hazardous installation verification;
5) to stop the dangerous equipment, if it is established that they endanger human life and health, the environment and material values;
6) to report to the State Labour Inspectorate and, if threatened environment — environmental State Inspectorate on dangerous equipment accidents, as well as the institutions that request a crash investigation necessary documents and explanations.
 
15. article. Possessor of dangerous equipment shall have the right to: 1) with the employer of public organizations to participate in the drafting of legislation;
2) to inform the national labour inspection and accreditation body of cases where inspection activities does not meet the requirements of the law, and require the institutions in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law to pay its performance in damages;
3 the inspection bodies) to choose with whom to contract for carrying out checks of dangerous equipment;
4) take your possession of existing hazardous equipment maintenance and repairs, if these installations in accordance with the laws and regulations is not intended for specific maintenance and repair procedures.
 
16. article. If dangerous PCBs are in possession of another person, this law, articles 14 and 15 of dangerous equipment listed in the obligations and rights holder with dangerous equipment at the time of the transfer actually goes to the new holder.
Chapter VI of the general procedures for attesting training and persons carrying out work with dangerous equipment article 17. Dangerous equipment operating personnel training and attestation procedures determined by the Minister of welfare.
 
18. article. Competent and authorised personnel certification bodies the certification procedures to assess the competence of specialists who run checks of dangerous equipment.
Chapter VII liability for hazardous technical equipment supervisory failure law article 19. Natural and legal persons in accordance with this law and other laws do work with dangerous equipment, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law is responsible for injury caused by them.
 
20. article. The quantum of damages to the extent determined by the Court in accordance with the law.
 
21. article. Possessor of dangerous equipment or persons carrying out work with dangerous equipment, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law are responsible for this statutory requirement.
Transitional provisions 1. Licences issued for the design of dangerous equipment, manufacture, Assembly, repair, maintenance and modernization, is valid until 1 January 1999.
 
2. With the entry into force of this Act invalidates the law on technical supervision of dangerous equipment "(Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1995, nr. 8).
The Parliament adopted the law of 1998 on September 24.
 
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga in 1998 on October 13.