The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: amendments to the law «About privatization of land in rural areas make the law «on», land privatisation in rural areas "(the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1992, 32/33/34; 1993, 8/9, 18/19; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, 1) follows: 1. To supplement article 1 paragraph 4 by the following: «4) put the land property in return for remuneration in Latvia registered legal entities in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI.»
2. Make 2, 5 and 6 of article paragraph by the following: «5) owned land is granted to the citizens of the Republic of Latvia and Latvia registered entities;
6) Earth happens on privatization of the Republic of Latvia citizens or legal entities registered in Latvia on the basis of the request, subject to the voluntary basis.»
3. To make article 3 of the second paragraph by the following: «land of 21 July 1940 was national and legal persons can privatise, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of the Act, other than the cases referred to in the first subparagraph. '
4. To make article 4, first and second subparagraph by the following: «land privatization are: 1) the land property rights, restore former land owners or their heirs;
2) land ownership rights to citizens of the Republic of Latvia and Latvia registered entities.
Former land owners or their heirs are refurbished property right to the land shall be returned to their former natural ground or part of the property or giving the equivalent of land property in another location in the county or district or other assistance from the Republic with this decision of the Council of the parish of unclaimed land or public land.»
5. Supplement article 5 with the second part as follows: «in cases where the persons referred to in this article is not restored land property rights provided for in this law, restrictions, rights must be restored as soon as the above barriers to dispersal of property restoration, if not received compensation or equivalent land in other places. "
6. To make article 6 of the seventh subparagraph by the following: «If the former land owner in accordance with the law «On land reform in rural areas of the Republic of Latvia "has not received the land in use, but has agreed with some of my relatives (potential heirs) that this relative distributes land use rights, then the current land user, based on the agreement concluded in any form, also get the rights to land property rights of former owners restore location. Your written consent for the former land owner may personally submit the relevant Parish Council or send it a message that his notarized signature authenticity. If the former land owner requested a refund, under the current user property can be assigned only for payment. The above procedure shall also apply to cases where the land reform in the course of the owner's heirs, who received the land use order in Bend, abandoned any of its descendant relative. "
7. Supplement article 7 to the third part as follows: «legal persons can use the land, if the land owner is engaged in business, investing in land use rights.»
8. Express article 11 as follows: «article 11. The maximum area of land on which the ground can restore property rights to land property rights can be restored, restoring the natural land that had been owned, or in its place assigned to Earth, with a maximum area is not limited to 9. Supplement article 12 with the second part as follows: «the right to delete land property compensation certificates, receive a payment in cash in on the value of the certificate to the ISR, the Cabinet of Ministers in the order are: 1) the former land owners who to 1992 31 December requested a refund;
2) former land owners of their first class heirs who claimed land until 20 June 1991 and have not been able to receive it because of restrictions of the law (written in the land applicants dissatisfied in the registry). "
10. Replace 13.0, 20, 21, 22 and 23, the words «people's Deputy of the Parish Council» (the corresponding fold) with the words «Parish Council» (the fold).
11. in article 14: to express the third subparagraph by the following: «the compensation payable in cash or securities Cabinet deadlines and volumes.»; turn off the fourth.
12. Add to article 20 of the fourth subparagraph by the following: «documents proving land ownership or inheritance rights, have to be submitted to the respective Parish Council no later than 31 December 1995. In the case of this term delays land property rights can be restored only by the Court.»
13. Express article 21, first paragraph the following wording: «County Land Commission shall examine the request for land and prepare proposals for the County Council, adding the State land service. The County Council, on the ground of receipt of the proposal from the Commission, shall adopt a decision on the former land owner's property rights in land or on land in the possession of the applicant, the award or denial. "
14. To supplement the law with the chapter VI as follows: «Chapter VI. Land purchase and sales ORDER at the time of the land REFORM, article 27. Land purchase and sale of land reform in time to buy and sell, you can only restore the land on which the property rights or property derived, on the basis of this law and the property rights of land register has been strengthened.
28. article. Land purchase subject to the land on which the property rights enshrined in the land registry, land reform, you can buy: 1) citizens of the Republic of Latvia;
2);
3);
4) Latvia registered legal persons, including companies, of which more than half the paid-up share capital belongs to citizens of Latvia;
5) Latvia registered foreign companies from countries with which Latvia has concluded international agreements on foreign investment promotion and protection, approved by Parliament and entered into force.
29. article. Land purchase policy in relation to citizens and legal persons with regard to the citizens of the Republic of Latvia, the order in which the purchase of the land on which the property rights enshrined in the land registry, governed by civil law.

With regard to Latvia the entities registered in the order in which land reform during the corrupt land where property rights are enshrined in the land registry, governed by the provisions of this chapter, but the relationship that this chapter shall not apply to civil law, the regulations.
30. article. Legal person the right to land ownership in Latvia registered legal entities have the right to buy the land under buildings and structures they receive as a result of privatisation with the maintenance of buildings and premises and objects necessary economic activities of the land: 1) if the owner of the land involved in the company, investing in land that property investment;
2) redemption of cash payment of land that is natural and legal persons, except: (a)) the State specially protected natural areas of the Earth;
b) land occupied by natural body of water, which the area exceeds 10 hectares;
c) sea and other public waters of coastal land within the protection zone;
(d) the State border zone) of the Earth.
31. article. State and local land sales order the land on which the property rights in the land on behalf of a State or local government, can only be sold at the auction. Former land owners or their heirs, if they have not been able to recover their former property or receive equivalent instead. the auction for the land paid by the property compensation certificates, but other bidders up to the 1995 31 December — only with property refund certificates by 31 December 1995, with the property and refund the money.
State and local government land auction arrangements shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
State and local governments must ensure transparency of land property sales, posting the relevant information in the newspaper «Latvijas journal» and given the district newspapers.
32. article. The legal person of the land purchase agreement handling policy of selling land in Latvia registered entities, a copy of the purchase agreement before the land property rights in the land register submitted to the consolidation of the Central Land Commission.
Central Land Commission not later than 20 days from the date of receipt of the contract of sale is entitled to suspend the final conclusion of the sales contract, failure to comply with the requirements of this law.
Central Land Commission decision can be appealed against in court.
33. article. The land of pre-emption in the border zone border on real estate sales in case the State can use pre-emptive rights.
State pre-emption can be used within two months of the date of receipt in accordance with the procedure laid down in the law, the final form of the real estate transfer.
Such contracts in the land, and recordable national fpašum rights strengthened in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law.
34. article. Land tenure and use limitations in the border zone in the border zone Prohibited to transfer land. to which property rights are enshrined in the land registry, possession and usage below, as well as the reign and use land and other real estate to a land purchase contract front.
35. article. Rural land ownership right termination procedures for natural persons who are not citizens of the Republic of Latvia, where the natural person who is not a citizen of the Republic of Latvia to acquire rural land inheritance, this person, this two-year period must forfeit. If this requirement is not fulfilled, the State property Fund to take over the property owned by the community owner compensation determined in the law «On property expropriation of public or social needs.
Cabinet of the Minister of agriculture after the proposal may extend the termination date of the law, article 36. Legal person of land property right of termination order If Latvia legal entities established in the acquired land purchase agreement is not used for the intended purpose, not changing the rules of the Treaty, or of a breach of this Act, the provisions of article 28, this property must be disposed during the year. If this requirement is not fulfilled, the State property Fund, said the land will be sold at auction, 25 percent of the auction amount minus a public good, but the rest of the auction portion of the amount paid to the owner.
Monitoring of compliance with the conditions of this article shall be made in the Cabinet.
Disputes in court.
37. article. Land purchase and sale restrictions on the termination of the land purchase and sales restrictions, except 35 and 36 of this Act. the limits laid down in article, with land reform finished the day for each respective municipal territories.
After receipt of the application of the municipal decision on completion of the land reform in the territory of the municipality of Saeima adopted.»
Transitional provisions 1 the Cabinet 1995 to February 1 to develop proposals to ensure that this law, article 20 of the rules relating to land ownership or inheritance rights of timely receipt of the supporting documents from the national archives.
2. The Cabinet of Ministers to 1995 January 1 to draw up and submit to the Parliament a law governing the use of the subsoils.
The law adopted in 1994 the Saeima on 8 December.
The President of the Parliament instead of the President a. GORBUNOV, 1994 in Riga on December 20.