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On Amendments To The Law "on State Technical Supervision"

Original Language Title: Par grozījumiem likumā "Par valsts tehnisko uzraudzību"

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The Republic of LATVIA Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 137 (pr. No 38 3) Issued by the constitutional article 81. established 364 on amendments to the law «on State technical supervision» to make the law «on State technical supervision» (Rapporteur, 1993, 14/15) by the following: «for technical SUPERVISION of dangerous equipment Act terms used: dangerous equipment — equipment complexes, which can endanger human life and health, the environment and material values and exposed in this statutory special surveillance and testing.
Possessor of dangerous equipment — natural or legal persons whose property is in a dangerous or controlled equipment.
Dangerous machine stockers, possessor of dangerous equipment designated trained persons whose actions affect the operation of dangerous or technological progress.
Inspection of dangerous equipment — accredited business, determining dangerous equipment and technological process in compliance with the technical supervision of the laws and requirements.
Check mark — on the equipment in a fixed reference, which confirms that the machine has passed the test, and the next check date.
Accreditation: the recognition of the company entitled to carry out checks of dangerous equipment.
Dangerous equipment technical supervision laws, Cabinet of Ministers regulations, national standards, Ministry regulations, instructions and provisions that apply to dangerous equipment and work with them.
Chapter 1 General provisions article 1. This law defines the legal and organizational basis for work with dangerous machinery, equipment and general principles of service and State control and supervisory functions of the institution.
2. article. This law refers to the operation of dangerous equipment, dangerous equipment, dangerous equipment means of assisting personnel, companies dealing with hazardous equipment design, manufacture, repair, maintenance, upgrading and testing, as well as national institutions carrying out State control and supervision in this area. The list of hazardous installations covered by this law, the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers at the recommendation of the Ministry of welfare.
3. article. The order in which the identification of dangerous equipment technical supervision regulations, established by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Dangerous equipment technical supervision laws and regulations approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
2. Department of technical supervision of dangerous EQUIPMENT in the General principles of the organisation article 4. Dangerous equipment must be recorded, monitored and verified by this law and the technical equipment. supervisory legislation.
5. article. State registration of dangerous equipment, supervision and control of the national labour inspectorate in accordance with the law «on State labour inspection», this law and other laws, and technical supervision of dangerous equipment in the legislation.
6. article. Inspection of dangerous equipment shall be registered in the business register, and in accordance with the procedure laid down in this law, accredited and authorized companies.
Companies that carry out dangerous equipment design, manufacture, repair, maintenance, upgrading or possessor of dangerous equipment is not entitled to carry out this statutory inspection of dangerous equipment.
Chapter 3 General requirements HAZARDOUS installations article 7. Dangerous equipment must meet the following requirements: 1) must meet the applicable technical supervision of dangerous equipment legislation, they must be in compliance with the supporting documents;
2) must be recorded in the national labour inspectorate in the Cabinet in the order;
3) must be operational documents and warning inscriptions in the national language;
4) must be tested for hazardous equipment in the technical supervision of the regulations to the extent provided for in josakto and limits;
5) must be provided with the test marks issued by the company that did the check. Examination of the marks used confirms the Ministry of welfare.
Chapter 4 business accreditation and authorization procedures the General article 8. Accreditation of the company carried out the Cabinet approved accreditation body, which includes employers and public institutions and professional associations representatives, acting in accordance with the regulations approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
9. article. Business accreditation is carried out in accordance with the requirements of national standards.
10. article. The accreditation institution accredited businesses issues accreditation certificate which specifies the dangerous equipment that they have the right to verify, and the period to which you want to repeat the accreditation.
11. article. The accreditation body under the Cabinet of Ministers approved the accreditation rules control the accredited business and when it violates hazardous equipment technical supervision legislation, shall be entitled to withdraw the accreditation certificate.
12. article. The company can accredit again after you have removed the relevant hazardous equipment technical surveillance law violations.
13. article. The Cabinet determines its dangerous equipment tests shall be made only by authorized companies.
Company authorization procedure is determined by the Ministry of welfare.
section 5 inspection of dangerous equipment General order article 14. The periodicity of checks of dangerous equipment and amount of which shall be determined by the technical supervision of dangerous equipment in the laws.
15. article. Fee for the inspection shall be laid down in the contracts concluded by the company and the test dangerous equipment holder, by agreement between the parties.
16. article. The test results should be presented in the form of a Protocol, and one copy of the minutes within one day after the completion of inspection, the possessor of the equipment to be transferred to dangerous.
Article 17. If the test found that endanger human life and health, the environment and material values, it must immediately notify the possessor of dangerous equipment. This case tests the Protocol one copy one day should be sent to the national labour inspection, but if the threatened environment — environmental State Inspectorate.
18. article. Accredited businesses Ministry of welfare in order to provide the national labour inspectorate to report on the checks carried out.
Chapter 6 General order in which LICENSED companies who design equipment and PERFORM dangerous jobs with THEM article 19. Only after the State labour inspection issued the special licence companies are entitled to engage in the following businesses: 1) dangerous equipment design, manufacture, Assembly, repair, maintenance and upgrading;
2) blasting operations.
Before the blasting work must receive special permission of the national labour inspectorate.
20. article. The National Labour Inspectorate controls and monitors the laws specified in article 19 of the licensed undertakings and, where it finds dangerous equipment technical supervision or the laws and regulations specified in the licence, shall be entitled to revoke the business license. A license may be requested repeatedly by reason of cancellation of the licence.
Chapter 7: possessor of dangerous equipment and article 21 of the LAW. Possessor of dangerous equipment responsibilities: 1) register of dangerous equipment in the national labour inspectorates and to receive permission to operate them;
2) to maintain and operate dangerous machinery under the technical supervision of dangerous equipment requirements of the regulations;
3 hazardous installations) provide staff training and attestation under the technical supervision of dangerous equipment requirements of the regulations;
4 hazardous equipment) to ensure technical supervision legislation of dangerous equipment tests, concluding contracts with accredited businesses, as well as to notify the Labour Inspectorate of the State enterprises, with a contracted for on dangerous equipment;
5) stop the dangerous equipment, if it is established that they pose a threat to human life, health or the environment; 6) to report to the State Labour Inspectorate, and in cases where the threatened environment, the environmental State Inspectorate on dangerous equipment accidents and, at their request, provide emergency investigation necessary documents and explanations.
22. article. Possessor of dangerous equipment: 1) with the employer of public organizations to participate in the technical monitoring of the legislation;
2) to inform the national labour inspection and accreditation bodies for their licensed and accredited business serving dangerous installations, technical supervision of dangerous equipment legislation inappropriate action and to request legislation established the company as a result of the activities of the damages;
3) choose accredited company with which to conclude a Treaty on hazardous equipment inspection;
4) make their holding of dangerous equipment maintenance and repairs, if technical supervision regulations this equipment is not intended for special maintenance and repair procedures.
23. article. Possession of dangerous equipment changes, 21 and 22 of this Act referred to in article dangerous equipment by the owner of the rights and obligations of the holder of dangerous equipment over the actual possession at the time of acquisition.
8. The General Chapter of the order in which trained and CERTIFIED by the PERSON carrying out work with dangerous

24. article. Dangerous equipment operating personnel training and attestation procedures determined by the Ministry of welfare.
25. article. Accredited business professionals who manage hazardous equipment inspection, accreditation body attesting.
26. article. The procedure and time limits for the licensed company atestējam specialists who manage hazardous equipment design, fabrication, Assembly, repair, maintenance and modernization work, the national labour inspectorate.
9. the DEPARTMENT responsible for the technical supervision of the non-compliance with the laws and article 27. Legal and natural persons in accordance with this law and other laws make actions with dangerous, legislation established for the damage caused.
28. article. The degree of responsibility and the extent of the damages determined by the Court in accordance with the law.
29. article. Possessor of dangerous equipment or persons carrying out work with dangerous equipment, the procedure laid down in the legislation, it is the responsibility of the. dangerous equipment technical supervision regulations non-compliance, and the legitimate institutions of the non-compliance that are controlled and monitored by the dangerous equipment.
Chapter 10 transnational contracts and the provisions of the international conventions, the application of article 30. If the Republic of Latvia concluded contract of trans-national or International Convention, which is a Member State, the Republic of Latvia concerning dangerous equipment is the norm in contradiction with this law, applicable international agreement or International Convention.
Transitional provisions 1 to national accreditation system for creating this Act, 8, 10 and 11 in the article does the Ministry of welfare created an accreditation by the Commission in accordance with the regulations approved by the Ministry of Welfare.
2. by 1 June 1995, the laws referred to in article 2 of the hazardous equipment should not be included in the list: 1) ionizing radiation — in accordance with the draft law on radiation and nuclear safety;
2) electrical equipment, in accordance with the Council of Ministers of 16 June 1993, decision No. 312 «on hazardous types of electrical equipment, which is in the national technical supervision» (Rapporteur, 1993, 28).
3. by 1 June 1995, State control and supervision functions of electro technical areas supervisory a/s latvenergo subsidiaries the «Energokontrol», «energoinspekcij» in accordance with the regulations approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.
4. dangerous equipment To State control and monitoring functions provided for in this law for the national labour inspectorate does the main technical supervision administration.
5. The Ministry of welfare to 1994 September 1, eliminates the main technical supervision administration and transferred its functions to the State Labour Inspectorate, in accordance with the existing legislation.
6. by 1 June 1996 for the maximum tariffs for pay checks on dangerous equipment tests are entitled to impose Welfare Ministry. "
Prime Minister v. Birkavs Welfare Minister j. wheel 1994 in Riga on July 26.