Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 17 Riga, 1995 January 7 (. 3, § 1) building regulations Issued by the constitutional order laid down in article 81 I. terms used in the rules building — located in an area of the premises and inženiertīkl, as well as home improvement package.
Permit: a document certifying the right to carry out the works and which is issued by the county or city government.
Construction, architectural, technical or constructive surface, underground or underwater ', as well as the technical installations.
Būvekspertīz — opinion on the performance of construction products, construction works, būviekārt, construction documentation, as well as būvuzraug or building conclusion compliance with laws and other regulatory requirements.
Būvekspert: a licensed person, which State authorities or carried out on behalf of the participants of construction būvekspertīz.
Works — works and processes which are carried out in a construction site (plot) during the construction process.
Builder: a natural or legal person who, by himself or by a contractor performing construction and force is legally responsible for it.
Būviekārt-any movable or immovable thing (equipment or aid), which is used in construction.
Būvinspekcij – State institution which carried out construction of State control.
Building officials, representing national interests in construction and control of law and the respect of the construction process, et seq.
Materials: any material, component or structure which permanently or temporarily integrated into the building or for use in construction.
Construction: all types of structures, construction of the design, expansion and renewal form, using materials and būviekārt.
The construction of the participants — natural or legal persons with property, funding or participating in the construction of works or carrying out the construction supervision.
Et seq, norms and rules that govern the construction and operation of buildings and construction is binding on all members.
Construction: a document that defines the shape of the building, architectural and constructive solutions, as well as its construction.
Contractor: a natural or legal person who carries out the construction contract.
Būvuzraug — participant in the construction of the building owner, the interests of the customer or donor monitor construction progress and compliance with the agreement, construction, et seq, and laws.
Utilities, device, equipment or set designed for the supply of raw materials of construction, communications, energy and other resources.
Subscriber: a natural or legal person on whose behalf the contract is carried out the necessary works.
Arbitrary construction-works without an accepted construction plan or construction permit or not according to the construction plan.
Standard-legal act containing general and applicable to multiple rules, principles or characteristics of various kinds of activity or the results are focused on achieving optimal consistency and developed by interested parties.
General provisions — Latvian et seq section, which regulates construction conditions, in so far as it does not establish this law.
 
II. General questions 1. These provisions are established in the construction of the relationship between the participants, as well as the rights, obligations and responsibility for the construction of housing has resulted in compliance with its objective, the economic benefit to the intended service life and the relevant regulations as well as relevant competence in the construction management of the institutions.
The Ministry of transport of structure (port, railway, road, AG, etc.) the conditions governing the construction of these provisions, as well as the law on ports ", the law" on the air ", the law" on the road ", a Cabinet of 16 august 1994 rules no. 168 ' rules of Latvian maritime (maritime code) "(Latvian journal, 1994, 106 no) and other laws.
The construction of the specially protected areas are governed by these rules, as well as the law on specially protected natural areas ", for the protection of the territory concerned and the terms of use and other regulations.
2. The plot allowed apbūvē if the building is not in contradiction with the county or the city's master plan, a detailed land-use planning and building regulations and in the form of contract is consistent with the plot owner (if not subject to the building owner of the parcel).
Construction must be designed and constructed in accordance with environmental, health, fire safety, electrical safety and other requirements.
Construction is the responsibility of members to save the shipbuilding operation the necessary energy.
 
III. Construction Management 3. Construction Management and general coordination of the country by the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry. The Ministry's main tasks include the uniform State policy in the implementation of this policy and construction. To perform these tasks, the Ministry: 3.1. develop construction development strategy and programme;
3.2. developing legislative proposals to improve the construction of the system;
3.3. develop and accept et seq;
3.4. check local building regulations approved by local compliance with laws and regulations;
3.5. members of construction complaints about officials as well as local and State authorities in matters of construction;
3.6. the laws and regulations where issued and recorded in the construction business license required;
3.7. ensure public inspection and construction of State control in construction.
The competence of the Ministry can be other legal or statutory obligations in the field of construction.
4. The protection of the environment and regional development Ministry of Latvia creates construction tips.

The Latvian construction Council members are proficient with higher education and adequate practices of construction or the construction economy. The Board must have at least one representative of the Latvian development agency, the Latvian University Faculty of engineering and architecture, contractors, būvprojektētāj, Latvian architects Union, Union of civil engineers of Latvia, Latvian heat, gas and water technology engineers Union, the Union of the Latvian authorities, the State land service of Latvia National Building Research Institute, Ministry of transport, as well as the protection of the environment and Ministry of regional development and its existing institutions.
Representatives referred to the Council of the Latvian Construction is delegated to the head of the institution concerned of the decision.
The Latvian construction regulations of the Council and its composition confirms the protection of the environment and regional development Minister.
5. the construction of the main tasks of the Council are: 5.1 develop proposals for the construction of the development concepts and strategies;
5.2. to assess the long-term development programme of construction, as well as legislation and compliance with the Latvian construction development concepts;
5.3. to make proposals for the improvement of the system of law in construction;
5.4. develop proposals on the necessary qualified industry professionals (architects, planners, engineers, technicians and workers) vocational training strategy;
5.5. to consider proposals for nationally important buildings and submit opinions on the design, construction and financing.
6. City and county municipalities are: 6.1 develop and after the positive environmental State inspection to confirm their receipt of the opinion of the administrative area master plan (development plan) and detailed, as well as to control and ensure that it is complied with.
6.2. After positive environmental State inspection to confirm the receipt of the opinion of the local building regulations which are mandatory for all construction participants and applies to all types of buildings in the territory of the municipality, as well as monitor compliance;
6.3. to examine projects and make decisions relating to them;
6.4. to issue and register the construction permit;
6.5. to supervise the construction, which is made of local products.
The construction of the County and city of the case in the municipal officials who are familiar with the provisions of paragraph 7 of this order has received the certificate of būvpraks. County and city governments have the right to form joint technical services or ask someone this obligation, the performance of the municipal clerk, who has a certificate of būvpraks.
In exceptional cases (after checking with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry) building knowledge of the case may ask the expert who does not have a certificate of būvpraks.
 
IV. licensing construction 7. Natural persons have the right to independently carry out construction tasks or tasks that are related to the construction (design, building, autoruzraudzīb, būvekspertīz, construction of buildings and civil engineering works monitoring, evaluation and Diagnostics, they are checked with slodzēšan, the works management) if they have received licenses or certificates of būvpraks in these terms and the law "on business".
Grant and revoke the Professional license of the Union in accordance with the established licensing Commission proposals. The Licensing Commission should coordinate with the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry.
Licenses are granted for a period exceeding five years, and they must be renewed periodically.
Licenses to be recorded in the protection of the environment and regional development Ministry.
The conditions referred to in this paragraph shall also apply to the receipt and the certificate of būvpraks.
8. Legal persons shall have the right to engage in business in construction, if they receive a license, issued by the environmental protection and regional development Ministry Licensing Commission.
The license is granted for a period exceeding five years, and they must be renewed periodically.
Other legal entities are granted a single license to perform a specific job.
For the grant of a licence is issued a certificate which shall be specifically authorised work.
To assign the license for legal person engaged in the business of construction, the construction of the person responsible and the heads of the works must be licensed.
9. the licence is not necessary for persons to your needs in the construction of small residential buildings, farmhouses, outbuildings, cottages and other mazēk after construction in accordance with the approved planning permission and order that is determined by the Latvian et seq.
 
V. Basic Construction 10. Parcel can be apbūvē by its owner or other person in the form of a contract agreement with the land owner.
The plot of the allowed apbūvē to the county or city master plan and detailed. If the county or the city is not developed in the master plan and detailed plan, plot apbūvē, if allowed on the General būvnoteikumo in accordance with the procedure laid down by the local authorities concerned has been taken the decision. That decision must indicate the existing specific land ownership and use rights of disposal of aprobežojum that the owner followed through the construction and shipbuilding at the time of its existence.
The municipality has the right to develop a detailed plan to refrain from examining the construction and approval, but no longer than 12 months from the date of receipt of the application. With a special local government decision, this time limit may be extended by 6 months, but not more than two times.
Local authorities may not allow the building or motivating the decision to propose the correct indication of what the rules of the law does not permit such construction, as well as taking account of the land and the construction of public consultation.
Municipal decision may appeal to the Court.
11. before the adoption of the decision on the construction of local authorities to provide for the construction of public consultation, if not detailed: 11.1;
11.2. the public interest are brought to the building;
11.3. construction is intended for State or local funds;
11.4. construction significantly affects the environment, population, housing or real estate value.
The construction of the public consultation procedures established to ensure the Cabinet of Ministers.

12. Shipbuilder (land owner or other person in the form of a contract agreement with the land owner) prior to the commencement of construction of the building must be received by the county or city.
If changing structures or land owner permit you must re-register.
Interrupting the works for more than one year, work break, it must be checked in by informing the municipality.
Planning permission may be withdrawn if the building owner does not comply with the statutory procedures, construction within one year from the date of receipt of a building permit not works or does not register in the municipal public works, more than one year.
Construction started without building permits are qualified as an arbitrary construction, and responsibility for it is provided for in the relevant legislation.
Building permits and the cancellation procedure is determined by the General provisions.
13. Utilities owner may deny or distort not connect to them if the municipal decision on the construction of these utilities are provided for public use, the capacity to connect request is sufficient and connecting with utilities and technical conditions of operation.
The land owner and owner of utilities all recoverable loss incurred in connection to the utilities concerned.
The order in which received authorisation from the owners and terms (also on the connection fee) on the connecting roads, streets and utilities and structures with water supply, sewerage, heating, electricity, gas and communications, establish the General provisions.
14. The procedures to be carried out and recorded in the engineering studies (topographic, geological, hydrological, etc.) for construction purposes, as well as the rights and responsibilities determined by the Latvian et seq, and other laws.
15. Construction permitted only in accordance with the construction plan, the local Government accepted except in cases provided for in the General būvnoteikumo.
Building design, construction and acceptance of harmonization of the procedures laid down in the General provisions.
If the construction is intended to derogate from the construction of rules and regulations, they should coordinate with relevant State and local building supervisory authorities and institutions, issued by the said rules and regulations.
16. Construction according to the design features allowed in only after its adoption.
The order in which the construction of acceptable service, determine the Latvian et seq.
17. the owner of the Building, stopping construction for a period exceeding one year, building preserverd order laid down by the General provisions, and shall forthwith notify in writing to the relevant local authority.
18. Construction on State and local resources are governed by laws and regulations, as well as on the construction of the Cabinet of Ministers of March 1, 1994, the provisions of no. 60 "for works and supplies the State needs" (Latvian journal, 1994, no. 36).
19. State Construction inspection is mandatory if the construction to be wholly or partly on State or local funds, as well as in other cases provided for in the legislation.
Rules for the inspection of national construction plan approved by the environmental protection and regional development Minister.
20. participants may call up the construction būvekspert construction proposal, construction, materials and quality evaluation of construction works, as well as giving the opinion on other matters relating to construction.
 
Vi. Et seq, standards and certification of construction products 21. All construction participants must follow Latvian et seq, which determines the levels of technical specifications, criteria and restrictions. The Latvian et seq of the approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
22. All participants must observe the construction of the Latvian National standards, in so far as the requirements set out in the relevant laws and Cabinet regulations.
Latvian National standards in the field of construction approved by the Latvian National standardisation and Metrology Center (hereafter referred to as ' standardization Centre ').
Latvian National standards in the field of construction should not be in contradiction with the European Committee for standardization and the European Committee for Electrotechnical standards requirements of the standards.
23. Building materials producers have the right to determine its products the company's standards. They lay down minimum quality requirements for raw materials and their allowable fluctuations, as well as product manufacturing, storage, transport and incorporation of the technical regulations and the manufacturer's warranties for products.
Building materials manufacturer in the Organization's development standards and record them in the center of standardization, in accordance with the laws and regulations in the field of standardization.
The company's standards must not be contrary to the national standards and regulations.
24. certification of construction products is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers issued regulations.
Construction products manufacturer (supplier) is obliged to sell at a batch of construction products to add to the certificate, which must include the manufacture and sale of construction products (delivery) date and the relevant laws guarantee the specific technical and physical characteristics.
On the marketing of the construction products without certificate or with an invalid certificate of construction products manufacturer (supplier) is called to the administrative or other liability in accordance with applicable law.
 
VII. Construction monitoring 25. Building owner has the right to invite construction during construction of the author (authors) to follow the construction progress of the marketing-make autoruzraudzīb.
It is the duty of the owner of the building during construction, as well as other legislation the cases match the construction plan of the author (authors), all the necessary changes to the construction plan.
The project of the author (authors) are obliged to accept the invitation to take the autoruzraudzīb or to appoint their authorised representative autoruzraudzīb. Project author (authors) written confirmation of conformity of construction works and the project or consent to changes in the construction plan.
Regulations for the construction of the autoruzraudzīb confirms the protection of the environment and regional development Minister.

26. If the construction is carried out on the State or local government funds, the Subscriber must call būvuzraug works and the monitoring of construction quality.
Other building owners and contractors have the right to call upon the construction of the būvuzraug enforcement and monitoring of the quality of construction.
Būvuzraug does not have the right to make changes to the construction plan. You can also perform a construction Superintendence of the author or his authorised representative who has the right to make changes and clarifications in the construction plan, if they do not conflict with the provisions of the construction and the Latvian et seq.
Building construction can perform licensed banks kreditējoš or a representative of the insurance company, if required by the construction contract between the parties.
Statement on approving the building of environmental protection and regional development Minister.
27. Special civil engineering, which in accordance with the relevant laws are subject to special technical monitoring, is projected, mounted, operated, controlled and verifiable in accordance with the procedure laid down in these laws.
 
VIII. Construction control 28. performing State control on construction of environmental protection and regional development, the Ministry of national būvinspekcij.
The State is obliged to check the būvinspekcij, as members of the construction (if construction is carried out on the State or local government, the national institution or local) follow that rule and the construction of the regulatory laws and requirements for the construction and manufacture of construction quality.
29. The municipality with the municipal building or other authorized officials through out the entire construction site control in their own territory.
30. Building have the right to view and inspect premises, enter them, tracing them, require explanations, as well as ask for construction owner Bill to release the rooms availability and reveal parts of the structure built for the design, if it does not have the security features.
Each inspection report shall be drawn up of the building and, if necessary, give instructions for the prevention of irregularities.
Building has the right to suspend construction until the conclusion given in the guidelines are met.
If construction takes place without the construction of the building or accepted, it is the responsibility of the building ask immediately stop work until the decision on the construction or demolition of all or part of the continuation of the construction options for the adoption of the relevant local authority or court.
If the decision has been taken on illegally built structures or portions of the demolition, but the owner of the building until a certain time has not fulfilled the municipality or a court decision, the municipality organised the demolition of all or part of the building. With the demolition of the associated costs shall be borne by the building owner.
 
IX. Ruined structures and cultural monuments list structure in putting them in order or demolition 31. Premises in whole or in part is broken or is in such condition that it is dangerous or damaging the landscape, their owners in accordance with the decision of the municipality must bring order or demolished, subject to the civil law, the provisions of article 1084.
Municipal decision can be appealed against in court within one month from the date of its notification.
If the owner of the building until a certain time has not fulfilled a municipal decision, the municipality organised the demolition of all or part of the building. With the demolition of the associated costs shall be borne by the building owner.
The decision on housing demolition should be brought into line with the regional environmental protection Committee and a national cultural monument protection Inspectorate.
32. The architectural, cultural and historical monuments in the list structure in order to fix owners or users must be carried out jointly with the national cultural monument protection Inspectorate and, in accordance with the law "On the protection of cultural monuments".
 
X. liability and insurance in the construction of Each participant of the construction of 33. is obliged to conclude a liability insurance contract, to ensure the damages that occur to third parties during the construction of an act or omission of the participants (or their consequences) resulted in the design, construction or construction operation. Customer's civil liability of the insured, provided that it damages that arise, unable to finish the construction due to lack of funds.
Local authorities do not have the right to issue a building permit until the building contractor has not carried out the compulsory insurance.
The General provisions define their structure types in respect of which the provisions of this paragraph do not apply.
34. If the customer has entered into a contract for the performance of construction work with the construction of the participants who have not made their liability insurance, the customer shall be jointly and severally liable to third parties for damage resulting from the construction of the participant's acts or omissions (or consequence) resulted in the design, construction or construction operation.
35. it is the responsibility of the participants of construction to pay it damages the Subscriber and third parties, which he did with his action or inaction.
If any of the participants of construction has entered into an agreement with other members of the construction, which does not have a license, and the last has caused injury, first accept liability to pay damages if loss recovery from the guilty is not possible.
Each Member of the construction and building materials manufacturer used its participation limits under civil law is liable for damages incurred by the General būvnoteikumo within the warranty period, if the mutual contracts concluded otherwise.
36. the liability of the members of the construction, if the loss occurs due to force majeure.
 
XI. Special issues 37. If the Republic of Latvia in international agreements in force, in particular the construction of different requirements than the laws of the Republic of Latvia, the force is an international agreement, except where more stringent requirements determined by the legislation of the Republic of Latvia.
Licences for the construction of foreign legal persons governed by international treaty provisions.
 
XI. Transitional provisions 38. These questions, except 8 and 33, shall enter into force on March 1, 1995. 8. These provisions and paragraph 33 shall enter into force on March 1, 1996.

39. the licences that the Latvian Union of Architects, civil engineers of Latvia and the Latvian Union of heat, gas and water technology engineers Union has so far issued in accordance with the law "on business" article 32, the equivalent of this provision in section 7 licences with validity dates specified therein.
40. Until the new force is the approval of et seq existing et seq.
Prime Minister m. cock environmental protection and regional development Minister j. Iesalniek in