Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 424 in 2002 Riga, 17 September (pr. No 39) National Agency "housing agency" Regulations Issued under the public law agency 8. the third paragraph of article i. General questions 1. public agency "housing agency" (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) is the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry in the State supervision authority, established to implement the national policy of the single housing.
2. the Agency shall have a seal with added small Latvian National coat-of-arms images and the full name of the Agency, as well as the current account in the Treasury.
 
II. functions of the Agency 3. the Agency shall have the following functions: 3.1 to drive national support programmes, including the housing program, which lowers the price of credit resources and extend the range of requested credit and coordinate programmes in accordance with the marketable projects;
3.2. provide advice on project compliance with national support program goals and objectives, as well as opinions on the credit and guarantee reception of uptown and thermal insulation;
3.3. raise financial resources for the implementation of the project;
3.4. the methodical drive housing management process, to analyze the energy consumption of apartment homes and methodically to drive energy efficiency in the housing sector;
3.5. the methodical drive municipal housing activities;
3.6. to ensure the monitoring of dwellings;
3.7. to organize housing for the owner and the operator training for housing;
3.8. to organize the national housing stock transfer to municipalities;
3.9. to complete privatisation of State residential house in accordance with the law "on State and municipal residential privatization".
 
III. the tasks of the Agency and to the Agency the following 4 main tasks: 4.1 create and update the housing monitoring system database;
4.2. to provide the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry, its institutions, State and local government institutions, international organizations, other natural and legal persons in the Agency accumulated information on housing;
4.3. to collect and update information on the privatised Uptown transfer of apartment ownership and management of the Administration;
4.4. cooperate with State and local authorities, non-governmental organizations, foreign and international institutions in the housing sector;
4.5. preparing proposals of laws and other normative acts projects of the housing and to submit to the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry.
5. in accordance with its responsibilities, the Agency has the following rights: 5.1. to request and receive from the legal and natural persons for the functions of the Agency the necessary information;
5.2. to provide advice to the housing;
5.3. to publish informational materials and provide information to the media on the Agency's competence issues;
5.4. organize and manage seminars and conferences;
5.5. According to the environmental protection and regional development Minister-approved agencies charge service pricing to charge for the services provided;
5.6. in accordance with the regulations to issue administrative provisions;
5.7. in accordance with the laws and regulations to deal with the Agency in possession of the existing buildings, facilities, equipment, inventory and other material values and funding;
5.8. the law "on budget and financial management," in the form prescribed by the Minister of finance permission to take loans and to enter into leasing contracts with credit institutions or other institutions. The Minister of Finance before the authorization of transactions that the documentation prepared by the Agency coordinate with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry.
 
IV. Agency governance 6. relationship between the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry and the Agency regulates the management contract.
7. The Agency shall be managed by the Director of the Agency. Director of recruiting, dismissal and disciplinary punishment of environmental protection and regional development Minister.
8. the Agency shall not less frequently than once every six months to provide the protection of the environment and Minister for regional development and Ministry official responsible for information on the activities of the Agency.
9. The Director of the Agency: 9.1 creates, reorganize and eliminate its departments and approve the regulations;
9.2. establish, reorganise and eliminates the Agency's territorial units, and approve the regulations after consulting with environmental protection and regional development Minister;
9.3. organizes the work of experts and specialists in group housing.
 
V. Agency assets and financial resources of the agency financial 10. features: 10.1 national budget allocations from the general revenue;
10.2. earmarked revenue;
10.3. income from paid services rendered by the Agency;
10.4. foreign financial assistance;
10.5. donations and gifts.
11. the Agency's property consists of: 11.1. the Agency in possession of the State building, shipbuilding and State-owned part of the Uptown;
11.2. real property acquired by the Agency.
12. the Agency's paid services list and pricing after the Director approves the proposal of environmental protection and regional development Minister.
13. in accordance with the laws or regulations of the Agency publishes the newspaper "Latvian journal" report on last year's performance and the financial resources spent.
14. This rule 3.8 and 3.9 of the functions assigned to the Agency carries out at the Central Uptown privatisation Commission.
15. the rules shall enter into force on the 1 October, 2002.
Prime Minister a. Smith of environmental protection and regional development Minister v. Makarova in the Editorial Note: regulations shall enter into force by 1 October 2002.