Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 344 (44.2) of the administration of the national hidrometeroloģij in accordance with the regulations issued by the Cabinet of Ministers Act article 14 the machine 3/. General questions 1. National hidrometeoroloģij authority (the "authority") is the protection of the environment and regional development, the Ministry of public authority in the exercise of State policy in the field of hidrometeoroloģij, carried out the practical hidrometeoroloģisko of observations as well as ensure observation of the quality of the environment.
2. The Board shall operate in a Constitution, laws, other legislation, international treaties and this Statute.
3. the authority shall carry out its tasks in cooperation with other public administration, control, monitoring and local government bodies, public organizations, teaching and scientific institutions as well as with relevant international organisations.
4. The Board is a legal person, and it is supplemented with the State of the Republic of Latvia the small coat-of-arms images and the full name, as well as of government budget accounts for the Treasury settlement Center.
5. Management of financial resources in the national budget, as well as revenue for the services provided and contracts.
//. Administration tasks and functions 6. Administration has the following tasks and functions: 6.1. carry out air observation network stations and items the atmosphere, inland waters, the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga of Latvia's economic zone, hidrometeoroloģisko, okeanogrāfisko, geophysical and agrometeoroloģisko observations and, in common with environmental authorities, the environmental quality observations including observations of environmental quality international, national and regional projects and programmes;
6.2. perform ground-level atmospheric layers in the meteorological, aktinometrisko, ozonometrisko, siltumbilanc, aeroloģisko, radiometeoroloģisko, okeanogrāfisko, hydrological, sea hidrometeoroloģisko, agrometeoroloģisko observations, atmospheric, inland waters, snow cover, rainfall, pollution and contaminants in the cross-border transfer of observations as well as the Latvian environmental data centre management and supervision in teaching to make observations of radiation background;
6.3. to ensure the observation of national air network continuity and quality work;
6.4. to provide the public, Government and municipal institutions, as well as other legal and natural persons the General meteorological, hydrological, oceanographic and environmental information, as well as forecasts, warnings and advice. Specialized additional service and works contracts financed under the principals;
5. time to warn the public, administrative and local government bodies, as well as other legal and natural persons and hidrometeoroloģiskaj of dangerous natural phenomena, which can cause extreme damage and situations of emergency;
6.6. to ensure the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry and its institutions with the necessary meteorological, hydrological, oceanographic and id observations of the quality of data and information;
4.2. prepare and provide the necessary data and information for the public, Government and municipal institutions, international organisations, national, regional as well as global data and research centres;
6.8. in matters within their competence, to perform the work in accordance with the approved country programmes and the requirements of international agreements;
6.9. to organize and provide specialized global telecommunications networks functional management responsibility for the area according to international (World Meteorological Organization);
6.10. provide interested legal and physical persons with aircraft flight requires special information;
6.11. the statutory procedure and according to the approved concepts and programs in the field of Informatics to create a national computerised information system of air;
6.12. jointly with other public administrations and municipal authorities to create national environmental quality data management of the funds and ensuring environmental quality collected data into a single information system of environmental data;
6.13. to ensure uniform and comparable measurement methodology for conducting observations of the use of the State air observation network;
6.14. to coordinate and manage the air observations related jobs (research);
6.15. to participate in the preparation of draft legislation relating to the hidrometeoroloģij and environmental pollution observation;
6.16. prepare instructions and technical and methodological guidance to project air observation and in submitting it to the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry.
6.17. to cooperate with international organisations in the field of hidrometeoroloģij;
6.18. The regulatory competence to implement and ensure the implementation of international agreements;
6.19. in cooperation with the Ministry of education and science organize the air observation requires specialist training, their skills, and evaluation;
6.20. to submit each year to the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry administration the previous annual activity report.
///. Administrative law 1. Administration is right: 7.1. to represent the country in international hidrometeoroloģij organizations;
7.2. to issue air instrument metrological inspection certificate (certificates) in accordance with the Latvian standardisation and Metrology Center standards and guidelines;
7.3. to request and receive from legal and physical persons of the administrative tasks required for the implementation of the information;
7.4. to publish specialized newsletters, provide mass media with information on regulatory matters, the competence to organise and manage seminars and conferences, as well as to carry out the work of education management competence;
7.5. to enter into contracts, to perform contract work and provide other paid services to natural and legal persons in accordance with the law. Government and municipal institutions, services are provided by the protection of the environment and regional development Minister-approved list and contract work are performed on the contract price, which is approved by the environmental protection and regional development Minister; other services are delivered and contracts are made on the contract by mutual agreement. Additional funds obtained administration used in accordance with the law for the year for the State budget;
7.6. in accordance with the agreements, check air provided the use of the information and to agree on the order in which the recipients of the information to other consumers.
IV. Administrative structure administrative structure and 8 staff list in accordance with the specific number of units and the State wage fund confirms the protection of the environment and regional development Minister.
9. the work of the Government administered by a head appointed and released from the post of environmental protection and regional development Minister.
10. the heads of Government are personally responsible for the work of the Government, its role and functions.
11. Heads of Government: 11.1. organizes the planning and regulatory activities;
11.2. to coordinate the Administration's cooperation with other Government and municipal institutions;
11.3. ensure regulatory facilities development and conservation, organise training and further training;
11.4. take other environmental protection and Ministry of regional development tasks. 12. the heads of Government shall have the right to: 12.1. without special powers to represent the Administration in other institutions, as well as international hidrometeoroloģij organizations;
12.2. in matters within their competence, to issue orders;
12.3. to determine the distribution of administrative organs the obligation;
12.4. the legislation in order to hire and fire management employees;
12.5. the legislation in order to deal with the material and financial administration;
12.6. the close economic cooperation and other agreements;
12.7. prēmē and otherwise spur or disciplinary punishment administration employees.
13. the Administration is Deputy head (Deputy), whose function is determined by the order of the head of Government.
14. The administrative organ shall be subject to the management of the driver, and their competence is defined in the management-led proposals approved unit.
15. Administrative organ work led by heads of unit, which provides monthly Administration Manager report on the execution of the tasks of the Department.
16. the head of the Department organized and chaired by the relevant Department action, sharing responsibilities, gives instructions to the staff, as well as the control obligations.
V. Administrative 17. internal procedures for each administrative professional must perform the direct orders of his superiors.
1 8. For execution of the field in question, it is the responsibility of government employees whose direct duties in accordance with the conditions of the contract of employment or a description of the job responsibilities include the execution of this task. If the performance of the tasks of the various qualifications of participating staff, responsible for the execution of the tasks has a staff member whose duty it is to decide.

19. the responsibilities of the managerial staff, as well as the qualification requirements prescribed by the legislation determines the Administration Manager or his authorised official regulations, employment contracts and job descriptions.
20. the administration staff are responsible for the purposes of this regulation, employment contracts and job descriptions for specific functions.
Vi. Administration of the liquidation decision management 21. winding adopts the Cabinet.
VII. Closing questions 22. Be declared unenforceable by the Council of Ministers of 14 November 1991, decision No. 317 on the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Hidrometeoroloģij management regulations "(official Edition AROUND the MP, 1991, no. 13).
 
Prime Minister a. slice of environmental protection and regional development Minister, Deputy Prime Minister a. Gorbunov, Riga, 1996 September 3