Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 474 in Riga in 2003 (26 august. No 46 4. §) rules on cultural monuments, protection, use and restoration of the State rights and pre-emptive environment degrading the object status Issued in accordance with the law "on the protection of cultural monuments" in article 5, third paragraph, article 8, first subparagraph, and article 23, second subparagraph, (I) General provisions 1 the national protected cultural monuments (hereinafter monuments of culture) tracking, protection, use and restoration, as well as the arrangements What country uses cultural monuments pre-emption, and the order in which the environment is assigned to the degrading status of the object. II. Cultural Monuments records 2. Cultural Monument records the national cultural monument protection Inspectorate (hereinafter Inspectorate). 3. Cultural monuments are all records of the cultural monuments, irrespective of their location: 3.1 (public or closed);
3.2. volume (regeneration ensemble or a single object);
3.3. ownership (public or private property);
3.4. technical condition. 4. Cultural monuments are classified into the following groups: tipoloģisk 4.1. archaeological monuments (sites for which information is most important for the archaeological excavation) – the ancient place of residence (for example, settlements, villages, mounds, ezermītn, stone castles, historic city of kultūrslān), and the old surface formations, medieval and early modern times the cemetery, the ancient cult places (for example, mountains, rocks, trees, caves, groves), the ancient sites of economic activity (for example, production, agro-system), the ancient battle and the Court shall consult the Assembly places, ancient roads, military construction, waterworks in shipbuilding, the sunken ships and their cargo. Archaeological monuments can be found in the Earth, above the Earth or water;
4.2. the architectural and urban monuments (important places, group of buildings, buildings and structures)-historic centres of cities, villages, gardens, parks, heritage landscapes, house building, nation building, buildings and structures, equipment and objects, including their details and ornamentation, which is a significant international or national historical style, notable architects working or rare types of buildings;
4.3. monuments of art (works of art and artistic craft products) – sculpture, painting works (such as the altarpiece, wall or ceiling paintings, icons), Church plant, easel, rare printed matter, miniature, watercolour, applied, decorative arts samples (such as ceramics, glass, metal, wood, stone, bone, leather, textile products), kinodokument, fotodokument, videodokument, sound recordings, featuring art styles, eras and specific area;
4.4. industrial monuments, buildings, constructions, equipment, articles and other items of a technical nature, which reflect the production, crafts, transport, development of agriculture and infrastructure development in the territory, as well as military history;
4.5. the historical events of the territory, buildings, and other objects related to significant historical events or personalities. 5. The Republic of Latvia is the value of such cultural monuments: 5.1 objects based on UNESCO Convention on world cultural and natural heritage protection and included in the world cultural and natural heritage list.
5.2. national cultural monuments;
5.3. local cultural monuments. 6. the list of cultural monuments as national archaeological monument, you can include the following items with outstanding scientific, cultural or educational sites of significance: 6.1 (up to 13 century inclusive);
6.2. castles, fortifications, places (up to 17 century inclusive);
6.3. the urban historical kultūrslāņ (until the 18th century inclusive);
6.4. the ancient cult places, created by modifying the terrain, and the news of the finds or cultural layer them (until the 18th century inclusive);
6.5. the sunken ships (older than 50 years) and their loads. 7. in the list of cultural monuments as a national architectural monument, you can include the following items with outstanding scientific, cultural or educational interest: 7.1 important places – the combined human and natural formations (such as the historical center of the city, villages, gardens, parks) and the heritage of the man-made landscape (until the 19th century inclusive) – territory which have international or national architectural, historical, aesthetic and ethnographic value;
7.2. the urban and rural group of buildings (such as the Manor, a popular construction objects), which is a significant international or national (over 50 years);
7.3. constructions, buildings and constructions, including details and ornamentation, which is a significant international or national style samples, significant architects work or rare types of buildings (over 50 years). 8. in the list of cultural monuments as a national artistic monument can include the following items with outstanding scientific, cultural or educational importance: 8.1 artwork or parts thereof, which are representative of the historical style of the art and which have high artistic value (up to the 19th century including);
8.2. works of art, or parts thereof, which gives an idea about the era's artistic traditions in Europe and Latvia (older than 50 years);
8.3. the Latvian National professional art and masters of foreign works (given their rarity, the author's personality and particular artistic workmanship quality) that were signed or atributēj (when carrying out certain activities, material parameters, performance technique, the possible author or a school, place of manufacture and the determination of time of manufacture) is set in a particular set of features of the subject, which found its origin and determine the artistic value (older than 25 years). 9. the list of cultural monuments as national industrial monument can include international or Latvian scale significant buildings, structures, equipment, articles and other items of a technical nature associated with the production, transport and development of infrastructure of the territory or the military history and have outstanding scientific, cultural or educational importance (older than 50 years). 10. the list of cultural monuments as a national historic site can include areas, buildings and other objects related to Latvia's international or scale of major historical events or personalities and have outstanding scientific, cultural or educational interest. 11. Cultural Monuments list as local archaeological monument, you can include the following items with scientific, cultural or educational interest: 11.1.14-18th century cemetery;
11.2.14-18th century settlements and villages;
11.3. the kapulauk (up to 18 century inclusive);
11.4. the ancient cult places, created by modifying the terrain, and the news of the finds or cultural layer, the Chapel and the Church (until the 19th century);
11.5.14-19th century economic activities;
11.6.14-19th century road stages with archaeological significance, the battle sites, channels, military structures and other Earth fortifications or remain. 12. Cultural Monuments list as local architectural monument the following items may be included with scientific, cultural or educational importance: 12.1 important places – the combined human and natural formations (such as the historical center of the city, villages, gardens, parks) and the heritage of the man-made landscape, which is the regional role;
12.2. the smooth urban and rural group of buildings (such as the Manor, a popular construction objects) that are specific to the cultural heritage of the country;
12.3. constructions, buildings and constructions (including details and ornaments) that are specific to a particular region of Latvia. 13. Cultural Monuments list as local art monument can include the following items with scientific, cultural or educational importance: 13.1. region-specific art samples;
13.2 minor artistic professional authors signed;
13.3. the primitive art samples, which characterized the era and a specific area. 14. the list of cultural monuments as local industrial monument may include Latvian district level significant territory, buildings, constructions, equipment, articles and other items of a technical nature associated with the production of crafts, transport and development of infrastructure of the territory or the military history and has scientific, cultural or educational interest. 15. the list of cultural monuments as a local historic site can include areas, buildings and other objects related to the municipality of Latvia scale significant events or persons having substantial scientific, cultural or educational interest. 16. the national protected cultural monuments register (hereinafter register) is a national information system, which includes the following information about the cultural monument: 16.1. number of national defence;
16.2. the value of the Group;
16.3. type (typological group);
16.4. the name;
16.5. the location (in the case of immovable cultural monument – the address group, the soil, the land cadastre liters unit designation, for movable cultural monument-address);

16.6. the monument (event) date;
10.4. the owner or possessor (for individuals – name, surname, address, legal persons-name, legal address, registration number);
16.8. accounting basis. 17. maintenance and use of the register provides inspection. 18. the cultural monument shall be entered in the register or be excluded from it, on the basis of the national list of protected cultural monuments. 19. From the moment when the cultural monument is included in the national list of protected cultural monuments, the Inspectorate has the right to request and within 15 days to receive from the public authorities that rule 16.5 and 16.7. information referred to in point. 20. the information contained in the register is publicly available (except this rule 16.5 and 16.7. the information referred to in subparagraph), and natural and legal persons may receive a fee (State and local authorities – free of charge) in accordance with the cultural Minister's approved price list. III. protection of cultural monuments 21. Before cultural monument restoration or reconstruction project design of heritage inventory (a Visual examination of the object and the fotofiksācij, obtain information about the monuments of historical, scientific and artistic value, the existing and the heritage store significant parts description and amount) or heritage research (gather historical information, including the fotofiksācij materials, and study the cultural monument outline for scientific information about the monument). 22. If the counting or cultural heritage research to be conducted with techniques that can transform the cultural object (for example, zondāž, suggested his mine, the excavations), it may start only after a specific pattern of cultural monument research permits (annex 1). Permission is issued by the Inspectorate, within 30 days of receipt of the application. 23. If the performance of that particular area (for example, specially protected natural territory) also need other institutions permit work may initiate only after such authorisation. If the cultural monument is also a national natural monument and cultural heritage inventory or in the course of research designed to transform it, jobs may start only after written consent with the specially protected natural areas of administration or, in the absence thereof, by the relevant regional environmental governance. 24. the archaeological research (archaeological excavations and archaeological monitoring work, as well as archaeological objects, if associated with the intervention of cultural monument) may drive only qualified professionals who got the highest humanitarian education, which have two years of experience in archaeological exploration work and which have received the permission of the inspection (annex 2). 25. A Person whose archaeological research conducts for the first time, it will take an experienced and qualified specialists. 26. If needed, the inspection of the particular archaeological work out conditions to keep intact the archaeological monuments of the individual parts or restore their external appearance as part of the environmental heritage. Special archaeological work carried out in the conditions of inspection records issued the research work of the archaeological permit. 27. Natural and legal persons carrying out the cultural monument heritage research or heritage inventory, inspection, submit: 27.1. where reasoned application to the work requirement. The application shall be accompanied by a research program and a job description that matched with the cultural monument of the owner (possessor), ensuring that the cultural monument will not be injured and after completion of this will be arranged and will be exposed to the elements;
27.2. ownership of a copy of the identity document;
27.3. the cultural heritage of research or work driver competence inventory supporting document (such as a license, a certificate). 28. Natural and legal persons carrying out heritage research, before work, inform the local authorities. 29. Natural and legal persons who have received permission to conduct heritage research, three months after completion of the inspection and local authorities submitted a short report of work carried out. 30. the heritage research report or documentation shall be submitted to the inspection period, but not later than two years after the work is finished. 31. Heritage research in the report include: 31.1. heritage research permit copies;
31.2. the characteristics of the object being studied;
31.3. for information on the work of organizers and performers, as well as research methods;
19.5. the archives and records of the literature about the object;
31.5. full description of discovery;
19.6. illustrative material (such as plans, photos, drawings);
19.7. the findings and documentation of the research work;
19.8. the legislation on and the transfer of the documentation found in storage in museums and other institutions;

19.8. the conclusions and recommendations, as well as other information relevant to the research work for the task. 32. the proposals for action to the environment-damaging objects situated on the territory or the cultural monument protection zone and with your external appearance or action significantly reduces the value of cultural heritage monuments, the inspection shall be the object's owner (possessor), a municipality or any other legal or natural person. The proposal shall be accompanied by a description of the object, fotofiksācij materials, location of topographic diagram plan, heritage environmental analysis in support of the proposal, and technical research findings. 33. before the adoption of the decision on the object of the inspection, notify the local municipality and the owner (possessor), examine the object in place, as well as organizing public consultations. The local authority and the owner (possessor) within 30 days after receipt of the notification shall inform the inspection on your attitude. 34. the decision on the environment-damaging the object status inspection adopted within one month of the results of the public consultation and the owner (possessor) and the consent of the local government. The owner (possessor), in coordination with the inspection and local authorities, organized environment-damaging object of complete or partial demolition. 35. The economic activity of the cultural monuments protection zones is to be carried out, maintaining the cultural monument of historically significant planning and spatial structure, kultūrslān, monument to the relevant environment, landscape, landscaping and home improvement, as well as providing cultural monuments in Visual perception. 36. Construction and other works of cultural monument protection zone, which can transform the cultural monument or the landscape, to be made pursuant to a statutory aprobežojum Zone, as well as providing measures for the conservation of cultural monuments. These measures include the construction or other work projects and estimates, it finances the construction of the proponent or funder and review inspection. 37. Natural or legal persons or other construction work discovered in the course of cultural objects with value, inform the inspection and stops up to the work inspection notice. Inspection organized the open object research, cultural values and clearance of the month determines the object of conservation measures. 38. The decision on the suspension of work shall be notified to the local municipality, the property owner (possessor), the construction work of the operator and, if necessary, the bank financed by the authorities. 39. The cultural monument owner shall inform the inspection of the intention to sell it holds in the national protected cultural monuments listed cultural monument. 40. the inspection within 15 days of the appearance of cultural monuments and the owner, taking into account the cultural monument heritage, prepare and forward to the Ministry of finance and the Ministry of Culture of the State proposal pre-emptive rights or off of them and inform the holder about the issue. 41. The Ministry of culture shall be submitted to the Cabinet by the Ministry of finance coordinated views on the State of the right of pre-emption. IV. use of cultural monuments 42. Cultural Monument may be used for culture, education, science, tourism, economic or other purposes to preserve the cultural heritage monument and environment and cultural monuments in the territory of the protection zone. 43. in the area of cultural monuments may not deploy explosive, inflammable, chemically active and atmospheric pollutants that may endanger the cultural monument, as well as equipment that causes vibration and environmental degrading material krautuv and dumps. Cultural monuments in the territory and its protection zone of ensuring fire safety, optimum hydrogeological situation, the purity of the air and pools. It is not permissible for any economic activity (including groundwater level change), which may threaten the cultural monument. 44. If the expected economic activity or cultural monuments protection zone conversion (any technical, būvniecisk and economic activity that substantially changes the function of cultural monument,, form, texture, material, detail, color, as well as cultural monument), a monument of culture of the owner (possessor) shall submit an application in the appropriate permit inspection (annex 3). 45. the inspection shall be issued by the cultural monument to the owner (possessor) cultural monuments and conservation instructions which are binding on the cultural monuments of the owner (possessor), determines the cultural monuments, its territory and the protection of a maintenance mode and operating restrictions to prevent retained and protected heritage value destruction or damage. The instructions issued by the cultural monuments of the inspection the owner (possessor) two months after inclusion in the national list of protected cultural monuments. 46. If national fire safety, sanitary surveillance and other State and local government bodies for the implementation of the action requires the conversion of cultural monuments, monuments of culture of the owner (possessor) to coordinate with the inspection. 47. The cultural monument care, maintenance and other economic activity, which is performed using the original materials and appropriate technology, transforming the cultural monument and does not reduce the heritage value of the monument, no special inspections. 10 days before the start of that work for them in writing, inform the inspection if inspection issued instructions otherwise. 48. If a monument or owner does not comply with the provisions referred to in paragraph 45 of the guidelines, it shall send the statement of inspection, the prevention of irregularities. 49. The cultural monuments of the owner (possessor), who was unable to provide a monument for existing works of art, archaeological objects or other cultural value in maintenance mode, after coordination with the inspection may put them in storage at museums or other special in storage facilities. 50. The inspection shall issue the real cultural monument to the owner (possessor) protection plate by the owner (possessor) cultural monument fastened to a visible place. Made available to the public the cultural monument plaque with information onto it, to prevent damage to the cultural monument. On the road, which leads to public cultural monument, you can set a reference mark, to reconcile the law on road traffic. V. cultural monument repair, preservation, restoration and reconstruction of cultural monuments 51 repair (damaged parts or elements identical restoration, replacement and enhancement work which do not modify the cultural monument and improves the condition), preservation (or part of the būvniecisk monuments, physical and chemical hardening), restoration (or part of the monument scientific recreate the original form, saving valuable performance and/or controllability) and reconstruction (monument or part of it transformation by changing the amount of spatial structure and layout) assess performance and/or controllability of various time and saves: 51.1. buildings and structures – the original constructive systems and design, programming, scale, materials, finishes, valuable Interior items, parts, jewellery, historical equipment and communication;
51.2. urban and rural groups of buildings – the historic layout, terrain, water and apzaļumojum system of building external appearance and valuable cultural facilities;
51.3. the important places-historic design, spatial design, outline, emboss, and apzaļumojum water system, building external appearance and valuable cultural facilities;
51.4. archaeological monuments, terrain, structures and external appearance. 52. Cultural Monuments restored, reconstructs, repair and preserved only by a specific pattern of inspection authorization (4) and (5) and under its control. Inspection permit issued on the basis of the cultural monuments of the owner (possessor) of the application, specifying the expected work location, size and type of implementation. Inspection permit is issued within 30 days after receipt of the application. 53. the application shall be accompanied by the following information: 53.1. object address;
33.1. the expected work of necessity rationale;
53.3. the executor (entrepreneur) (natural person-name, title, telephone number, legal person-name, license number);
53.4. the host posted (name, title, certificate or certificate of restoration number, phone number);
13. the owner posted on the supervision of the responsible person (first name, last name, address, telephone number);
53.6. work deadlines;
53.7. property rights supporting documents;

53.8. construction plan (if applicable). 54. If the performance of that particular area (for example, specially protected natural territory) also need other institutions permit work may initiate only after such authorisation. If the cultural monument is also a national natural monument and if restoration, reconstruction or conservation provided for in the course of the transformation, the work may be to start only after written consent with the specially protected natural areas of administration or, in the absence thereof, by the relevant regional environmental governance. 55. Restoration, reconstruction, repair and conservation project documentation and the appearance of the inspection within 30 days after receipt of the application according to the criteria approved in the inspection. Review of project documentation in one copy is stored in the inspection. If inspection of the documentation of the project, it provides a reasoned refusal. If the cultural monuments of the owner (possessor) is not satisfied with the refusal, he has the right to challenge the decision in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law. Dispute or scientific and methodological complex issues the inspection shall establish relevant industry expert tips. 56. The cultural monument restoration, reconstruction, repair and conservation work must only be performed by a competent specialist. Natural and legal persons competence to declare the appropriate licence or certificate for the restoration work. The work of archaeologists archaeological monuments call. 57. Restoration, reconstruction, repair and conservation work by three months after the completion of the work or, if the work is performed in more than a year, each year, within three months after the end of the calendar year shall be submitted to inspection (if the authorization for work out otherwise) and local Council (if requested) the report on the work of cultural monument. The report shall include the following: 57.1. a short history of the object;
57.2. technical condition of an object before and after the restoration;
57.3. restoration process description and fotofiksācij materials;
57.4. information about the heritage of the valuable elements and their storage to be dismantled;
57.5. working drawing, if made with deviation from the agreed project. 58. in the event of failure to comply with the written authorization of the inspection requirements, the Inspectorate has the right to require the contractor and the customer work to stop work until such time as the irregularities found will be rectified. Vi. Responsibility for the protection of cultural monuments and the terms of use violations 59. Natural and legal persons who caused damage to the cultural monument or redesigned in the heritage environment or cultural monuments in the territory of the protection zone, the restored monument of culture and environment to its previous state. If restoration is not possible, that person shall pay damages to the civil procedure law. Cultural heritage monument of cultural monuments, which include the assessment of its material, historical, scientific, cultural, aesthetic and market (international art and antique items market) value. 60. the cultural monument in the determination of the damage caused to related materials prepare inspection, if necessary, by the relevant specialists and cultural monuments of the owner (possessor) or its representatives. 61. a natural or legal person, that these rules are not made within the time limit set in the research report, the heritage the counting or reporting as cultural monument to the works carried out, new research work permit or restoration, reconstruction and preservation of the work permit shall be issued only after a review of the inspection or the report's submission. VII. Closing questions 62. Inspection instructions for the cultural monuments that are on the national list of protected cultural monuments up to the date of entry into force of the provisions to be sent to the owner of cultural monuments (possessor) until 1 January 2005. 63. Rule 16.5., 10.4., and section 16.8 and 23 shall enter into force by 1 January 2005. 64. Be declared unenforceable by the Council of Ministers of 26 November 1992 decision No. 506 cultural monuments, protection, use and restoration "(the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1993, nr. 7). Prime Minister e. Repše cultural Minister, Minister of education and science by k. Šadursk annex 1: Cabinet of 26 august 2003, the Regulation No 474 cultural Minister, Minister of education and science by k. Šadursk annex 2 Cabinet of 26 august 2003, the Regulation No 474 cultural Minister, Minister of education and science by k. Šadursk annex 3 Cabinet of 26 august 2003, the Regulation No 474 cultural Minister, a Minister for education and science K. Šadursk the annex 4 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 26 august 2003, the Regulation No 474 — Minister of culture education and Science Minister k. Šadursk annex 5 by the Cabinet of 26 august 2003, the Regulation No 474 cultural Minister, Minister of education and science Šadursk by K.