Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 248 of 2005 in Riga in April (12. 27. § No. 19) order in which organizes and carries out international services of passengers by coach and bus, discover the basket and switch routes and issue the international agreements provided for the permit Issued in accordance with article 30 of the law on road transport in the fifth part i. General questions 1. determines the order in which organizes and carries out international passenger transport by coach and bus and discovers the basket and switch routes and issue the international treaties binding for Latvia for permission to transport between Latvia and the countries Member States of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as foreign). 2. the international regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus (hereinafter permit) (annex 1) are intended for transport in the territory of Latvia. Licences shall be issued subject to the Ministry of transport. 3. traffic Minister creates passenger International Transport Advisory Council (hereinafter Council). The Council is composed of seven people: three representatives of the Ministry of transport and the four representatives of the Association of road hauliers. The Council's mission is to provide to the Ministry of transport carriers and their opinions on the conformity of the application of these rules 18, 21, 22 and 23 to the requirements of these provisions and proposals on 13, 16, 17 and 40 of the said requirements. Opinion of the Council is advisory in nature. 4. International passenger transport (to and from Latvia Latvia) uses buses that meet the technical requirements in the agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (hereinafter referred to as the agreement INTERB) requirements if Latvia in international international treaties binding on the road otherwise. Regulation of passengers in international transport with bus rajos (hereinafter international regular services) each passenger seating is provided. 5. the decision of the Ministry of transport related to the enforcement of these provisions, the carrier may appeal to a court in administrative proceedings regulated in those laws. II. International regular transport organizing and conducting 6. International scheduled services within the territory of Latvia: 6.1. crossing Latvian territory: 6.1.1. non-stop passenger embarkation and disembarkation;
6.1.2. with one or more stops for passenger boarding and alighting, without the right to perform domestic services;
6.1.3. with one or more stops only for passenger boarding or disembarkation of passengers only, without any right to perform domestic services;
6.1.4. with one or more stops for passenger boarding and disembarkation, and with the right to perform domestic services;
6.2. the starting point of the route or destination in Latvia: 6.2.1. no right to perform domestic services;
6.2.2. the right to perform domestic services;
6.2.3. when going from Latvia to foreign countries, with one or more stops, passengers boarding without right to perform domestic services;
6.2.4. coming from foreign countries to Latvia, with one or more stops, passengers disembarking without the right to perform domestic services. 7. International scheduled services on the route set out in the territory of Latvia shall be carried out in accordance with the bus schedule (annex 2). 8. Bus schedule for the passage of time the following: 8.1 the Latvian State border crossing, 20 minutes;
8.2. each route for the frontier — 20 minutes if between folksy treaties or the competent institution claims otherwise. 9. the area under the passenger bus picked up or get out of the bus station to the list or other authorities concerned in the staging. 10. the transport operator is established in the bus windscreen lower corner (opposite side to the driver) places the information sign (size: 200 x 600 mm) with the following information (black letters on a white background): 10.1. number of the route by route starting point or end point on the competent institution of that State. In Latvia, the carrier uses the traffic of allocated three Minis route code;
10.2. the route name route beginning point and endpoint in the official language of the country. 11. Foreign registered carrier shall use information sign corresponding to Latvia and the country concerned the binding international treaty requirements. 12. Latvia registered carriers and foreign carriers in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 14 shall be carried out unilateral services, and foreign carriers who are registered under the agreement, flights on the same route (the "partner companies), each month (until the end of the month), submit a report of the Ministry of transport last month on each route flights made (annex 3). If the carrier has been issued a permit to the probationary period in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 16 of the report, the carrier indicates additional information for each flight in the number of passengers carried. 13. Ticketing and reservation of transfers, passengers, luggage and animal transport procedures under the binding international Latvia ERS agreements determine the carrier in cooperation with partner enterprises and coordinated with the Ministry of transport. Fares and its fare, discount conditions certain categories of passengers and the individual routes according to Latvia binding international treaties determine the carrier in cooperation with partner enterprises and regularly inform the traffic three Minis. The order in which the bus station and ticket distribution to agencies and transferable tickets sold is determined by the carrier and ticket reseller agreement. 14. International regular services at the Ministry of transport and foreign competent authorities organise and carry out the agreement unilaterally, or multilaterally, the existence of ji merger between several carriers. Unilateral move by one of the dājumo flights of the route start point or endpoint registered carriers in the country. Bilateral transport services carried out in the country of origin and the route endpoint registered carriers in the country. Multilateral transport services carried out in the country of origin of the route and destination country registered carriers, as well as carriers registered in the country, which crosses the route and which provides for the exchange of passengers. 15. Bilateral and multilateral tautisko among regular services organized and conducted in compliance with the principle of parity, the partner enterprises receive the same number of flights, which give the right to carry the same volume. III. International transport route for regular disclosure and modification and permit the transport route of the new or amended 16. a carrier who submit an application for a new route or the route to change the start or end point, the Ministry of transportation after a recommendation from the Council permit is issued for a period of up to five years. A carrier who has not carried out the passenger services into an existing route or section thereof, the permit is issued to a probationary period of one year. Three months before the end of the trial period, the carrier shall submit to the Ministry of transport, the application of the term of validity of the licence renewal. The Council shall re-examine the situation on the route concerned, evaluate the real route of the carrier service (the voyage), route service quality and economic efficiency indicators, taking into account the carrier's monthly report. After a recommendation from the Council, the period of validity of the licence may be renewed for up to five years, if the carrier during the year again violated the requirements of this regulation. 17. Authorisation for the operation of the amended route (route, which has made significant changes — change the waypoints, the frontier of space flight, fare, as well as bus departure or arrival time, flight of the day, if one of the route waypoints serve others move the be) has the same validity period as the permit issued previously. If the route changes are not significant (adjusted bus schedule and flight day one of route waypoints are not serving other carriers), the carrier shall notify the traffic Ministry. 18. the issue of permission: 18.1 the carrier owned or controlled (e.g. in accordance with the leasing contract, concluded with the bus manufacturer, leasing company or a credit institution) has at least two buses that comply with the provisions referred to in paragraph 4, the technical requirements;
18.2. The Latvian or other control services the carrier has not repeated during the year drawn up a Protocol (the Act) of the relevant conditions referred to in the authorization, the driving and rest time, or other transport-related binding for Latvia the Latvian or international laws or regulations;
18.3. the proposed route was significantly different from an existing route:

18.3.1. routes with a total length of more than 800 km, the staging is referred to in other service delivery days than existing routes. If the route works only one carrier, bus arrival and departure times vary by at least eight hours from the current route of bus arrival and departure times of these staging or staging is at least 50 km from an existing route waypoints;
18.3.2. routes with a total length does not exceed 800 km, staging points referred to in the application of bus arrival and departure times vary by at least eight hours from the current route of bus arrival and departure times of these staging points;
18.4. the application referred to in the passenger directly does not endanger the existence of the current March in Ruth: 18.4.1. the carrier proves that you can link multiple passengers to provide the highest quality of service than the existing carriers;
18.4.2. existing route works only one carrier;
18.5. the carrier who has already served Ruth or the March, refuses to line the route or the pal period for the service. 19. This rule 18.3 and 18.4. the conditions referred to in the case to stand for principal applicant, if this is the only carrier in the existing route or section thereof. 20. The decision on the refusal to issue a permit may not be justified by the fact that: 20.1. carrier offers lower fares than other carriers, if he can demonstrate that the level of passenger service will not be lower than that offered by other carriers;
20.2. services to the route in question (or stage) if out of Mgr be others. 21. in order to receive the permit, the carrier is registered in Latvia shall be submitted in three Minis traffic the following documents and information: 21.1. submission (annex 4);
21.2. the bus schedule;
21.3. the fare table;
21.4. the detailed route diagrams;
13.4. information about buses, intended for the transport of passengers (bus make, year of construction, capacity, persons with reduced alignment bothers you);
21.6. the contract or arrangement with the route service manager of be involved in;
21.7. the driving time and rest time schedule;
21.8. the arrangements for driving ticket purchase and reservation of transfers, passengers, baggage and carriage of animals, as well as the fare discount conditions;
13.6. information on whether the applicant is in a decisive influence in relations with the partners involved in the routing service;
21.10. the carrier's assessment of the opening of the new route to social and economic utility, if the relevant route or a section thereof is already operated by other carriers, and for passenger service. 22. If the carrier provides the route of different intensity depending on the preference of service from seasonal (summer and winter), it indicates in the application. Increased intensity of service period must not be less than five months. Route service intensity must not differ by more than two times. 23. in order to obtain permission for international regular services in the amended route or trip, Latvia registered in the Ministry of transport, the carrier shall submit the following documents and information: 23.1. submission (annex 4);
23.2. bus schedule;
23.3. other rules referred to in paragraph 21 of the information if it has changed. 24. If the application is not properly completed or in these rules are attached to it the information referred to in paragraph 21, the Ministry of transportation within 10 working days from the date of registration of the application, inform the applicant. 25. The Ministry of transport of the month from the date of registration of the application, or from the date of receipt of this provision of the information referred to in paragraph 21, adopt appropriate decision or shall inform the applicant if the decision requires a longer time. 26. the matching route, the traffic Ministry: 26.1. assess the application of the information referred to in compliance with the binding between Latvia and international legislative requirements;
26.2. If the bus schedule for inland transport, evaluate the bus schedule in accordance with the laws and regulations that the file system of the domestic route of discovery;
26.3. send the Council an opinion on the application and the service offered to the carrier's compliance with this provision, 18, 21, 22 and 23 of these requirements.
26.4. requests from carriers already serving the route auto bus schedule for staging, opinions on the new route's impact on existing routes. 27. The Ministry of transport, after receiving the opinion of the Council, shall adopt one of the following decisions: to initiate route 27.1. disclosure or amendment process;
27.2. the launch route detection or modification process. The decision of the Ministry of transport within 10 working days of the meeting of the Council shall notify the applicant, giving the reasons for the refusal. 28. Ministry of transportation within 10 working days after the decision on the opening of the route or amendment proceedings: 28.1. assigned to the route and flight codes;
28.2. confirm bus schedule and issue submission for authorization runny by submitting a copy;
28.3. send in the relevant international treaties binding for Latvia for the period information to the competent authorities of the countries where the route ends. 29. Ministry of transportation within 10 working days after receipt of the route endpoint national competent institution issued or other appropriate documents, send the relevant binding in Latvia between folksy contracts for information to the competent authorities of the countries whose territory crosses the route. 30. Ministry of transportation within 10 working days after receipt of all the national competent authorities ' permission, which passing through the route concerned: 30.1. registered letter sent to the applicant approved auto bus schedule and originals of permits;
30.2. sent to the national competent authority to the head of the application, had the permission of the original partner company;
30.3. inform the State border control and vehicle control services, as well as the respective bus station in Latvia about the bus schedule and the licences issued. 31. the carrier within three months after the receipt of the original permissions launches the new or modified transport route and inform the Ministry of transport at least 15 days before the date of commencement of carriage. 32. If the carrier registered in Latvia for this rule 35 min in the selected violation permission is withdrawn or the carrier shall submit an application for the route or the termination of the transport service, the partner company's use of the authorization granted to it in full until their expiration date. 33. in order to extend the period of validity of the authorization, the carrier not later than three months before the expiry date of the authorisation of the Ministry of transport submitted that rule 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4.,.,.,., 21.5 21.6 and 21.7. the information referred to in the paragraph below, as well as these rules and 21.8 13.6. information referred to, if it has changed. IV. International regular transport route closures, cancellation and suspension of the transport route is closed 34. If end transport all the route flights. 35. The Ministry of transport shall inform the carrier of any withdrawal of permission. Authorisation may be withdrawn if: 21.8. the carrier during the year, repeatedly violated these rules or binding on Latvia international legislation in the field of passenger transport and control services have drawn up a protocol about it (the legislation) or in accordance with the international agreements binding for Latvia is received official information from the competent foreign authorities;
35.2. the carrier during the year, repeatedly violated the laws and requirements in the field of passenger transport, making passenger services in the territory of another State, and have received relevant information from other competent Thai authorities;
35.3. the carrier is not launched a transport route or trip according to the rules in paragraph 31 above requirements and relevant control services have drawn up a protocol about it (the legislation);
35.4. the carrier does not comply with the conditions referred to in the authorisation and the relevant departments of the meter on the contacts have drawn up a Protocol (Act);
22.1. the carrier or the submissions provided false statements in the information notified;
35.6. the carrier three consecutive months have not made more than 15% of bus services provided for in the list;

22.2. at least three months in advance is received carrier application closing or transport route closure of the trip. The leader + grant application shall indicate the date of expiry of the purpose and reason. 36. the carrier may terminate the carriage of passengers on the route or trip for up to three months. Termination of transport carrier for at least a month in advance according to the Ministry of transport, the corresponding application shall be submitted. The application shall specify the shipping cut-off date and reason. 37. The Ministry of transport shall inform the carrier of the withdrawn horse of the authorization granted for specific flights. Authorisation may be withdrawn if the carrier does not comply with that rule 22 requirements referred to in paragraph or not starting route service around the amount requested under this provision in paragraph 31. V. use of the licence conditions may not Permit 38. put the other carriers. 39. For the carriage of passengers in one trip one time may use only one bus. 40. in order to obtain permission for the use of additional buses to existing services or additional services to perform certain days, when high passenger flow, the carrier for at least two weeks in advance, submit the relevant application to the Ministry of transport. 41. If the passenger is allowed to Exchange traffic Ministry after these rules referred to in paragraph 40 of the receipt of the application from the foreign carriers who route crossing the territory of Latvia shall be issued additional licences in Latvia without the carriage stops in the territory of Latvia for embarkation and disembarkation of passengers (no passenger interchange). 42. the permissible two routes, with two licences for one trans portlīdzekl, subject to the two conditions mentioned in the permit relating to cabotage transport operations abroad and the routes are not changed time or route. Before the two routes combine carrier shall inform the Ministry of transport, indicating the need for a merger. 43. The transport of, the original is in the bus and it shows control and border authorities. 44. If the authorization is cancelled, and if is amended or closed routes, but permits have not expired, the permit shall be referred to the Ministry of transport. Vi. the occasional international transport organizing and conducting 45. Occasional international services organized and carried out according to the conditions of the agreement or INTERB States concerned by Latvia to conclude binding international treaties on the carriage of goods by road. 46. The Ministry of transport in accordance with the rules referred to in paragraph 45 of the contract conditions permit occasional organised between folksy passenger over freight corridor with buses (referred to as non-scheduled transport permit) in the territory of Latvia Exchange with foreign competent authorities issued occasional services permissions. 47. the occasional services permit shall contain at least the following information: 29.3. the issuer;
47.2. the authorization number;
47.3. the name and address of the carrier;
47.4. the bus State registration number;
29.5. the route of the journey;
29.6. number of passengers;
29.6. the period of validity;
47.8. issuing;
29.8., which provides for the institution of the place of control marks the entry into the country and exit from the country. 48. the Ministry of transport shall authorise the non-regular international passenger services in the territory of other States under international treaties. 49. the occasional services between tautisko, pick up or skip the passengers in the territory of another State can only if the competent authorities of the country concerned. 50. the occasional services of permits may not be transferred to other carriers. During that authorisation is in the bus. VII. Closing questions 51. Licences issued before the entry into force of the provisions, are valid until the expiry of the period specified therein. 52. Be declared unenforceable for Min three Cabinet of 19 august 2003, the rules of no 464 "procedures for organizing and carrying out international services of passengers by coach and bus, as amended and discovered the switch and issue the international agreements provided for authorization" (Latvian journal, 2003, nr. 116; 2004, nr. 68). Prime Minister a. Halloween traffic in place of the Minister of children and Family Affairs Minister a. Baštik of annex 1 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 12 April 2005, regulations No 248 traffic Minister, child and Family Affairs Minister a. Baštik in annex 2 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 12 April 2005, regulations No 248 traffic Minister, child and Family Affairs Minister a. Baštik in annex 3 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 12 April 2005, regulations No 248 traffic Minister, child and Family Affairs Minister a. Baštik in annex 4 of the Cabinet in 2005. 12. Regulation No. 248 of April traffic in place of the Minister of children and Family Affairs Minister a. Baštik in