Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 608 in Riga in 2006 (25 July. No 39 13) European social fund management regulations issued by the Committee 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 Social Fund (ESF) Steering Committee (hereinafter the Committee) functions, tasks, responsibilities, activities, basic principles and agenda. 2. the Committee shall: 2.1. approve the second-level intermediate bodies and financed by the structural funds, the beneficiary of the contract you are-structural fund national programmes and project application of competition projects;
2.2. approve the grant scheme, the operator and the grant beneficiary contract-grant scheme for projects;
2.3. European Social Fund (ESF), policy coordination;
2.4 proposes additional publicity measures;
2.5. recommends other measures to ensure the efficiency of the use of funding and effectiveness;
2.6. subject to the provisions of the draft amendments to the Committee. II. composition of the Committee the Committee shall consist of 3 members of the Committee are the following: 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. the second level of its representatives;
3.5. the regional 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 consultative working group representative shall participate in the meetings of the Committee as an observer. 7. the representative of the social partners participate in the meetings of the Committee as an observer. 8. 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. 9. 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 10. the managing authority shall provide the Secretariat of the Committee's functions. 11. the managing authority shall convene meetings of the Committee at least once a semester. 12. The next ordinary Committee meeting time and place notified to the Committee meeting or no later than 15 working days before the meeting by sending the letter. 13. the managing authority shall convene additional meetings of the Committee at the request of the members of the Committee. 14. additional meetings of the Committee for the time and place notified no later than five working days before the meeting by sending the letter. 15. the Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Committee. Priekšs in the subject of the Committee in the absence of his duties shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Committee. 16. a member of the Committee, as well as a member of the Advisory and participant observer has the right to authorize another person to replace him in separate Committee meetings. 17. 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 authorized to substitute these rules 4, 6, or 7, paragraph representative, consultative or observer is right to mandate a specific time if the Chairman of the Committee is submitted to the relevant institutions in the written authorization. 18. the management of the structural funds by non-governmental organisations consultative working group representative may authorize another Member of this group to replace him in separate Committee meetings. 19. 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 project submissions, a summary of the project in accordance with the form drawn up by the managing authority, as well as first-level intermediate bodies developed a national programme for the structural funds and the projects , grant schemes, description and any other decision of the Committee the necessary documents, which require the managing authority. 21. the managing authority no later than 15 working days before the Committee meeting the members of the Committee, the members of the Advisory and members as observers (hereinafter referred to as the sitting member) sent to the opinions: 21.1 the Committee meeting agenda;
21.2. Summary of projects;
21.3. the first-level intermediate bodies developed a national programme for the structural funds and the projects;
21.4. grant scheme descriptions;
21.5. other Committee decision making of the necessary documents. 22. the first draft decision on intermediate level project submission open competition project approving or rejecting the application submitted to the leading authority in the month following the review of the list of the project management committee. 23. 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 22. 24. 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 electronically sitting members. 25. 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. 26. the Committee examined this provision in paragraph 25 in the order submitted in 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. 27. at the proposal of the Chairman, the members of the Committee may agree on other document shipping and handling. V. decision 28. Committee is valid if its sitting on two-thirds of the voting members of the Committee and the number of the authorised persons. 29. 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. 30. when 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. 31. the Committee may decide to also writing procedures. Written procedure of adoption of the decision: 31.1. the Chairman shall prepare and send to the meeting participants for adoption the draft decision and the necessary documents;
31.2. the meeting participants within five working days following receipt of the draft decision sa sampling electronically notify the objections and proposals regarding the draft decision;
19.4. If the objection deadline and have not been received, the proposal shall be considered adopted;
19.5. If objections have been received and proposals, the managing authority shall, within two working days, prepare a statement about them as well as indicate whether the complaint or has been taken into account in the proposal or rejected, the draft decision and forwarded to the specified statement and draft decision meeting participants;
31.5. sitting members within five working days after the receipt of the electronic document to notify objections and proposals regarding the draft decision specified. The Chairman of the Committee within two working days, evaluate the objections and proposals and adopt a final decision on their inclusion in the draft decision;

19.6. 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, send to the meeting participants. 32. members of the Committee at the proposal of the Chairman of the Committee may agree on other decision-making procedures in writing. 33. 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 20 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 coordination of the managing body. 34. the managing authority within two working days following this provision in paragraph 33 of document receipt electronically forward it to the sitting members for an opinion. 35. The meeting participants consider whether this provision in paragraph 33 the documents comply with the decision of the Committee meeting, and five working days after the receipt of electronically managing authority opinion on compliance with the relevant documents or non-compliance with a decision of the meeting of the Committee. 36. 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 33 of the document shall be deemed agreed. 37. If it is received within the time limit set in the opinion of the participants of the meeting about this rule referred to in paragraph 33 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 after the receipt of the electronically transmitted its first level. 38. the first level intermediate clarified this provision 33. documents listed according to the opinions received and submitted to the managing body. Vi. Meetings of the Committee 39. Protocol meetings of the Committee shall indicate the Committee meeting attendees, agendas, decisions, as well as the divergent opinions and the results of the vote. 40. The Committee meeting draft minutes shall be drawn up by the managing authority and not later than five working days after the Committee meeting electronically sitting members. The meeting participants within five working days after the receipt of the draft Protocol to submit objections and proposals on 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. 41. If the objection deadline and send proposals for a Protocol, the Protocol is not received shall be deemed to be approved. 42. 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 circulation of documents 43. 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 application form and approve the tender contract. The managing authority within one working day of the Committee meeting place and approved documents to Committee document repository. 44. the managing authority within five working days after the national structural funds programmes and project Coordinating Committee hearing sent cauršūt and sealed the national structural funds programme and its projects (in triplicate) approval of intermediate level. 45. 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. 46. The provisions referred to in paragraph 43 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