Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 604 Riga 2006 (25 July. No 39 9) European Regional Development Fund Management Committee Charter Issued in accordance with the management of the structural funds of the European Union article 15 of the law on the third part i. General questions 1. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Steering Committee (hereinafter the Committee) functions, tasks, competence, operational principles and agenda. 2. the Committee shall: 2.1 monitor the Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded the implementation of the measures and assess the use of funding granted for efficiency and effectiveness;
2.2. approve the second-level intermediate bodies and the beneficiaries of the structural funds-structural funds national contract program and open the project submission contest projects;
2.3. Approves the grant scheme, the operator and the grant beneficiary contract-grant scheme for projects;
2.4. provide regional development Fund (ERDF) policy coordination;
2.5. suggests the publicity accompanying measures;
2.6. recommends other measures to ensure the efficiency of the use of funding and effectiveness;
2.7. the draft amendments to the rules of the Committee. II. composition of the Committee 3. The Committee shall have the following panelists: 3.1. representative of the managing authority-the Chairman of the Committee;
3.2. a representative of the managing authority-the Vice-Chairman of the Committee;
3.3. the first-level representatives of the IB;
3.4. second-level intermediate bodies representative;
3.5. the planning region development councils. 4. Committee meetings in an advisory capacity attend: 4.1 payment institutions representative;
4.2. the grant scheme for keepers. 5. each institution, membership of the Committee by one representative. 6. the management of the structural funds by non-governmental organisations representative of the Working Group of the Committee meetings as an observer. 7. The Chairman of the Committee or other Committee members (the Chairman of the Committee informed about it) may be invited to participate in the meeting of the Committee of experts. Experts participating in the meeting of the Committee in an advisory capacity. 8. the Committee's personnel by the managing authority, intermediate body, first level, second-level intermediate bodies, the planning region development councils, grant scheme operator, payment institutions and the management of the structural funds by non-governmental organisations, at the request of the Working Group approved by the head of the managing authority. III. Meetings of the Committee 9. Managing Authority organises the meetings of the Committee at least once a semester. 10. the next meeting of the Committee for the time and place of the hearing of the Committee or notified no later than 15 working days before the Committee meeting by sending the letter. 11. the managing authority shall convene additional meetings after the Committee's Chairman or at the request of a member of the Committee. 12. additional meetings of the Committee for the time and place notified no later than five working days before the meeting by sending the letter. 13. the Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee in the absence of his duties shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Committee. 14. a member of the Committee, meetings of the Committee in an advisory capacity to the participant and participant observer has the right to authorize another person to replace him in separate Committee meetings. 15. Person authorised to replace the Member of the Committee is to vote on the mandate, given time, if the Chairman of the Committee is submitted to the relevant institutions in the written authorization. Person authorised to replace the sitting member in an advisory capacity, is an advisory mandate set out in law to the time when the Chairman of the Committee is submitted to the relevant institutions in the written authorization. 16. participants in the meeting as an observer may be authorised by the management of the structural funds other non-governmental organizations consultative working group to replace him in separate Committee meetings. 17. the Committee's views on the official Committee hearing to examine the matters notified to the Chairman of the Committee or the Chairman of the Committee, appointed a representative of the managing authority. IV. Meetings of the Committee and the agenda of the first level shall be submitted by the managing authority in its second level between the information presented on niekinstitūcij open project submissions draft tender submissions, which declined after the administrative checks, including the reasons for rejecting the Commission of the assessment protocol for the evaluation of the tender submission of projects according to the quality of specific evaluation criteria, a summary of the projects and the first level of the structural intermediate national program and the projects , grant schemes, open the project description submission guidelines and other tender Committee's decision the necessary documents, which require the managing authority. 19. the managing authority no later than 15 working days before the Committee meeting the members of the Committee, sitting in an advisory capacity to the participants and participant observer (referred to as the sitting member) sends the opinion: 19.1 the Committee meeting agenda;
19.2. Summary of projects;
19.3. a level intermediate draft decision on open submission contest of projects project application approval or rejection;
19.4. first-level intermediate bodies developed a national programme for the structural funds and the projects;
19.5. the grant schemes, descriptions;
12.2. open tender of project application guidelines;
19.7. other Committee decision making of the necessary documents. 20. the first level intermediate draft decision on open submission contest of projects project application, approving or rejecting the submitted to the managing authority in the month following the review of the list of the project management committee. 21. the participants in the meeting not later than 10 working days before the Committee meeting shall be submitted in writing to the Chairman of the Committee opinions on this provision, paragraph 19. 22. the managing authority shall draw up a statement of the sitting members opinions and provided no later than five working days before the meeting of the Committee, transmitted electronically sitting members. 23. a member of the Committee has the right to propose additional issues for consideration at the hearing, the Committee shall submit a written application to the President of the Committee no later than five working days before the meeting. 24. the Committee examined this provision in paragraph 23 above, the application and adopt a decision on the inclusion of additional questions the Committee meeting agenda. If necessary, the Chairman shall decide on the inclusion of the additional issues on the agenda of the meeting, which were submitted after the deadline. 25. members of the Committee at the proposal of the Chairman of the Committee may agree on other document shipping and handling. V. decision 26. Committee is valid if its sitting on two-thirds of the voting members of the Committee and their authorized persons. 27. the Committee shall adopt decisions by simple majority, vote. If the number of votes allocated to the same ("about" equal to "to" and "abstain"), the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 28. If the sitting member disagrees with the decision of the Committee, he has the right to require that the minutes of the meeting of the Council shall be recorded in the different views of her. 29. On matters that are not included in the Committee meeting agenda, the Committee may also adopt a decision by written procedure according to paragraph 30 of these regulations. 30. the written procedure of adoption of the decision: 30.1. the Chairman of the Committee be prepared and sent electronically to participants meeting the draft decision and the decision of the necessary documents;
30.2. the meeting participants within five working days of receipt of the draft decision shall be notified in writing of the objections or proposals concerning the draft decision;
30.3. If, within that period, the opposition and the absence of a proposal, the decision shall be considered adopted;
18.9. If objections have been received and proposals, the managing authority shall, within two working days, prepare statement, and also indicates whether the complaint or has been taken into account in the proposal or rejected, clarify the draft decision and send the certificate electronically and clarify the draft decision of the meeting participants;
30. the meeting participants in the five working days following this rule 46.4. the items referred to in the receipt in writing of the objections and proposals regarding the draft decision specified. The Chairman of the Committee within two working days, evaluate the received proposals and objections and adopt the final decision;

30.6. the managing authority shall, within two working days, prepare a draft decision. The draft decision shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary of the Committee. The managing authority signed the decision within two working days of the mail sent to the meeting participants. 31. members of the Committee at the proposal of the Chairman of the Committee may agree on other decision-making procedures in writing. 32. If the decision has been taken, the Committee provided the first level intermediate to clarify any of the Committee hearing examining documents referred to in paragraph 18 of these regulations, the intermediate level in the five working days following the Committee meeting shall specify the relevant documents and, according to the written procedure shall be submitted to the managing authority. 33. the managing authority within two working days following this rule referred to in paragraph 32 of the receipt of documents sent electronically sitting members opinion. 34. The meeting participants consider whether this provision of the acts referred to in paragraph 32 of the match Committee meeting decision, and within five working days of its receipt sent electronically to the opinion of the managing authority for the document whether or not compliance committee meeting decision. 35. If the opinion within the time limit set for non-compliance with a decision of the meeting of the Committee have not been received, the provision referred to in paragraph 32 of the document shall be deemed agreed. 36. when the prescribed period has received the opinion of the participants of the meeting about this rule referred to in paragraph 32 of document non-compliance with a decision of the meeting of the Committee, the managing authority shall draw up a statement of the findings and provided within five working days of its receipt sent electronically, the first level intermediate. 37. the first level intermediate this provision referred to in paragraph 32 of the document specified in accordance with the findings presented and submitted to the managing body. Vi. Committee meeting Protocol 38. Meetings of the Committee shall indicate the Committee meeting attendees, agendas, decisions, as well as the divergent opinions and the results of the vote. 39. The Committee meeting draft minutes shall be drawn up by the managing authority and not later than five working days after the Committee meeting shall be made by electronic means sitting members. The meeting participants within five working days after the receipt of the draft Protocol to submit objections and proposals regarding the draft Protocol. The managing authority shall assess the tenders submitted objections and proposals and adopt a final decision on their inclusion in the minutes of the hearing of the Committee. 40. If the objection deadline and proposal for the Protocol is not received shall be considered approved. 41. The Committee meeting minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee and the Secretary of the Committee. The Protocol signed by the managing authority within two working days, send to the meeting participants. VII. meeting of the Committee, agreed and approved the document circulation 42. members of the Committee shall coordinate the national structural funds programme and its projects, grant schemes, open the project description submission contest guidelines, or open the project tender submission the application form and approve the contract. The managing authority within one working day of the Committee meeting place and approved documents to Committee document repository. 43. the managing authority within five working days after the national structural funds programmes and the coordination of the project management committee meeting of cauršūt and send the stamped structural program and its national projects (in triplicate) approval of intermediate level. 44. The first level of the intermediate period of five working days of the agreed structural fund national programme and its projects approved for the receipt of one structural fund project of the national programme and its copy shall be sent to the second level, the other copy of the IB-managing authority. The third copy is stored in the intermediate level. 45. This provision is referred to in paragraph 42 of document electronic version corresponds to the Committee document repository in the inserted document. Prime Minister-Minister of economy, Finance Minister a. Štokenberg-regional development and local Government Minister m. kučinskis