Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 322 in 2016 (24 May. No 25 17) operational programmes for the "growth and employment" priority axis "of environmental protection and the efficient use of resources" 5.5.1. specific aid target "to preserve, protect and develop the important cultural and natural heritage, as well as develop related services ' implementing provisions Issued under the European Union's structural funds and the cohesion fund the 2014 – 2020 programming period management law of 6 and article 20 paragraph 13 i. General questions 1. determines the : 1.1 the procedures for implementing the action programme "growth and employment" priority axis "of environmental protection and the efficient use of resources" 5.5.1. specific objectives of aid "to preserve, protect and develop the important cultural and natural heritage, as well as develop related services" (hereinafter referred to as the specific support); 1.2. specific aid objectives; 1.3. specific support available funding; 1.4. the requirements of the European regional development fund project application (hereinafter the project) to the applicant and project partners (hereinafter referred to as partners), including the agreement on the implementation of the project in terms of unilateral notice; 1.5. the eligible cost of the operation and the conditions of the question; 1.6. the simplified conditions of application costs and order; 1.7. in the receipt of State aid to business conditions. 2. Specific aid to implement limited project application form the following selection round: 2.1 the first selection round "contributions to cultural and natural heritage for development throughout the territory of Latvia (including), except for the rest of the Baltic Sea coastal municipalities" (hereinafter referred to as the first selection round); 2.2. second selection round "contributions to cultural and natural heritage for the development of the municipalities whose administrative territory bordering the Sea (except for Riga)" (hereinafter referred to as the second selection round). 3. Specific support for implementation supports the Ministry of culture as the responsible authority (hereinafter referred to as the responsible authority), in cooperation with the environmental protection and the Ministry of regional development and cooperation. 4. in order to ensure the implementation of the specific aid, the Ministry of culture in cooperation with the environmental protection and regional development Ministry before the draft application to the limited selection of initiation ensures a project idea in the pre-selection. 5. The Ministry of culture in cooperation with the environmental protection and regional development ministries creates a project pre-selection evaluation of ideas the Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Evaluation Commission). 6. The project site is the Republic of Latvia.
II. Specific objective 7. Specific objective is to preserve, protect and develop the local development programmes based on important cultural and natural heritage, to develop the existing functions and services newly offer cultural and natural heritage sites, ensuring the sustainability of investment and the impact on important cultural and natural heritage sites in the socio-economic development and the potential for integration into the local economic structure. 8. the Specific objectives of the aid group's cultural and natural heritage site, the owner of the legal possessor and holders, with the cultural and natural heritage site related service providers, citizens, local and foreign tourists. 9. The specific aid is achieved the following monitoring indicators: outcome indicators-9.1 to 2023 December 31:9.1.1. supported the cultural and natural heritage sites and tourist attractions of the expected increase in the number of visits, compared to 2015 – no less than 140 000 visits; 9.1.2. support the natural and cultural heritage objects – not less than 15 objects; 9.1.3. the made-for-television services in support of cultural and natural heritage sites – no less than 15 new jobs created in the service; 9.2. the result of the index – up to 2023 31 December nights spent in accommodation in the territory of Latvia during the year – no less than 3 978 152 a night; 9.3. financial performance – up to 2018 December 31 certified expenditure of no less than eur 8 325 212.
III. Specific support available funding 10. Specific aid planned total attributable funds is not less than € 41 400 654, including the European regional development fund will grant funding – not more than 35 190 555 euro and national funding (Government funding, local funding and private funding): not less than 6 210 099 €.
11. Specific support is implemented in two selection rounds with the following breakdown of the planned funding round: 11.1. first round planned within the framework of the total attributable funds is no less than 23 753 595 euro, including the European regional development fund – no more than 20 190 555 euro and national funds – € 3 563 040; 11.2. within the framework of the second round of planned total attributable funds is not less than eur 17 647 059, including the European regional development fund – no more than 15 000 000 euro and national funds – € 2 647 059. 12. Specific aid until 2018 31 December total eligible funding available is not less than € 38 875 411, including the European regional development fund – not more than 33 044 098 euro and national funding – not less than 5 831 313 euro. 13. The specific aid until 2018 31 December the total available funding by subject selection is the following: 13.1. within the framework of the first round is not less than eur 22 304 739, including the European regional development fund – not more than 18 959 027 euro and national funds-eur 3 345 712; 13.2. within the framework of the second round is not less than 16 570 672 euros, including the European regional development fund – maximum of 14 085 071 euro and national funds – € 2 485 601. 14. Until 2018 31 December the outcome indicators project plan according to the rules referred to in point 12 of the total applicable funding around. From January 1, 2019, a responsible authority following the decision of the European Commission for the implementation of performance frameworks may propose to increase the available funding to apply this provision in paragraph 10 above and to propose a funding recipient project amendments, subject to the conditions of State aid, or propose to submit a new project request, respectively, increasing 9.1. these provisions referred to in the table of results to be achieved in proportion to the value of this provision in paragraph 10 the total financing for the planned deal. 15. If the applicant plans to the European Commission decision on the execution of performance framework performance available reserve funding to redirect the ongoing project, when the project qualifies as commercial support, the project applicant project until 2018. December 31, in addition to the disposal of the European regional development fund co-financing can attract other public funds performance reserve amounts (e.g. local government borrowing, the Treasury up to the implementation of the project requires public funding and State aid framework). The project required public funding is determined by the agreement on the implementation of the project. After the performance the performance framework under the provisions referred to in point 14 of the liaison body can increase project funding under the Cohesion Fund, adding to the original project implementation requires public funding. If the project does not qualify as commercial support, the project applicant project until 2018. December 31, in addition to the disposal of the European regional development fund co-financing can be attached to the private or public resources to priekšfinansēt performance. After the performance the performance framework under this provision in paragraph 10 that the liaison body can increase project funding under the Cohesion Fund. 16. The European regional development fund, the maximum rate of funding does not exceed 85 percent of the project total eligible costs of the project, the applicant does not perform an economic activity and support a specific aid not qualifying as State aid to business. 17. the applicant and the project partner carrying on economic activities and having the support of the specific objective of the aid qualifies as State aid, the aid business, which include the European regional development fund and other public funding, according to the Commission of 17 June 2014 to Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, by which certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market, the application of the Treaty and article 107.108 (hereinafter referred to as Commission Regulation No 651/2014) Article 53, paragraph 6, shall not exceed the difference between this rule 42, 45 and 46, paragraph below. direct eligible costs and operating profit from the investment. 18. the applicant and the project partner may receive investment aid from public funds, subject to the following conditions: 18.1. national authority, municipality, local authority or municipal corporation, if implemented in the project infrastructure shall not carry out an economic activity, which qualifies as State aid for the purpose of commercial, public funds shall not exceed 100 percent; 18.2. the national authority, municipality, local authority or municipal corporation, if implemented in the project infrastructure economic activities that qualify as State aid for the purpose of commercial, public funds shall not exceed the provisions mentioned in paragraph 17, to calculate the financial shortfall. 19. the applicant and the project partner supports the project co-financing amounting to: 19.1. If the applicant and the project partners do not carry out economic activity and support a specific aid not qualifying as State aid commercial, applicant and project co-financing partners of not less than 15 percent of the total eligible project costs, including State budget allocation according to the legislation on the State budget grant local authorities the European Union structural funds and the cohesion fund the 2014 – 2020 programming period for the implementation of projects co-financed; 19.2. where the applicant and the project partner carries out economic activity and support a specific it support qualifies as State aid commercial, applicant and project partners private co-financing shall be determined, taking into account that public funding does not exceed the estimated financial shortfall. The applicant shall provide the project co-financing from commercial or own funds of which do not receive any public support. 20. The specific aid projects, the applicant may submit one project application and with partners in the cooperation agreements concluded for the implementation of a project one collaborative project. With the project applicant, which submitted the application in specific support of the project, at the same time can not conclude cooperation agreements with other partners in the project application.
IV. Claim of the applicant and project partners and the specific conditions for implementing the support Project 21 applicant-specific support within a municipality or a municipal authority which included Cabinet approved the project in the list of applicants drawn up by ideas project pre-selection. 22. the applicant and the project partner shall satisfy the following conditions: 22.1. it does not meet the ailing merchant status, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 18 definition; 22.2. the Municipal Council has not taken a decision on the application of financial stabilisation (attributed to local government); 22.3. the Finance Minister is not appointed by the authorities to monitor the financial stabilisation process in the municipality (attributable to the authorities). 23. in order to ensure the effective socio-economic development of the territory, the project is intended for cooperation between several municipalities. Project applicant project implementation attracted to one or more of the partners, a joint cooperation project in support of the strategy the project planned investment synergies.
24. the applicant in the Project as partners can be linked to local governments, local authorities, municipal corporation, the planning region, associations, foundations, religious organizations, legal or natural person registered in the commercial register, merchant or public administration, where property held or owned, located in the cultural or natural heritage site, which planned investments. 25. the funding recipient with each partner to the cooperation agreement concluded in writing of their duties, rights and responsibilities of the project objectives and the attainment of indicators according to the regulations on the procedures for European Union structural and cohesion funds in the participating institutions provide the planning document preparation and implementation of these funds in 2014 – 2020 programming period. 26. the partner involved in the project to its possession, held or owned real estate. 27. The municipality in whose territory the project, the project application is approved at the date of the municipal development program and the planned investment in the project is based on the municipal development programme, achieved the outcome indicators pointing in the investment plan. The municipal development programme contains links to other public and private investments in the territory, taking into account local conditions and potential by providing a balanced sustainable development of the territory as a whole. 28. the project for the applicant and each partner project application is approved at the date of the operation's strategy or infrastructure development description of all objects that have planned investments: 28.1. object operations strategy in the request object provided services, as well as provide for maintenance of the object in the long run, no additional financial burden for the municipality and the State; 28.2. infrastructure development provides service descriptions, if justified, socio-economic benefits and impacts on this specific support within reach. 29. the project shall be implemented in accordance with the agreement for the implementation of the project, but no longer than until 2022 31 December. 30. the applicant carried out the project cost-benefit analysis under the guidelines laid down by the responsible authority instructions, noting that the project's economic rate of return is greater than the social discount rate and project economic net present value greater than zero. 31. in implementing the project, the beneficiary and the partners: 19.3. information and publicity measures, the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 laying down common provisions on the European regional development fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European agricultural fund for rural development and the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and fisheries and general provisions on the European regional development fund , The European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and fisheries, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, and the law on the procedures of the European Union's structural and cohesion funds in 2014 introduction – 2020 programming period provide a communications and visual identity requirements; 31.2. the sustainability of the project results at least five years after completion of the project. 32. The beneficiary of State aid to business related design documentation be maintained for 10 years from the date on which the last individual was granted State aid to business in accordance with these rules. 33. The beneficiary accumulates data: 33.1. impact of the project on this rule 9.1. outcome indicators referred to; 33.2. the impact of the project on this rule 9.2. the results referred to in the table of contents; 33.3. the number of objects, in which the European regional development fund is a result of the investment environment and access to information; 33.4. as the number of items that, when implementing the project, the public procurement green procurement principles used; 33.5. for power after the project implementation (megavatstund). The beneficiary of the project application indicates the construction energy consumption before the implementation of the project. 34. after the agreement for the implementation of a project, the cooperation body based on the beneficiary's written request the advance under the legislative act on the State budget planning the European Union's structural and cohesion funds for the implementation of the project and execution of payments in 2014 – 2020 programming period, provides funding for the requested advance payments, the total amount of which does not exceed 40 percent of the project to the European regional development fund and the State budget co-funding totals. The advance may be paid in several instalments. 35. where an economic activity is not related to the project in the course of its implementation or monitoring period after its completion, becomes a project that is related to the economic activities and qualify as State aid, the beneficiaries of the business from private funding cooperation Authority released all received public funding. If a project associated with economic activities and qualify as State aid, is not suitable for commercial activities, an appropriate amount of State aid, but the other conditions are met for State aid in the commercial, the beneficiary of the reimbursement of private financing of cooperation the public financing authority, the difference between the original amount of the aid applied for and the amount of the aid to be applied following the actual situation according to this rule 19.2. 36. cooperation authority have the right to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement in any of the following cases: 36.1. the beneficiary does not comply with the agreement for the implementation of the project, including non-compliance with the time limits set out in the draft or joined other factors that adversely affects or may affect the specific aid objectives or specific aid target monitoring indicator; 36.2. in other cases provided for in the agreement on the implementation of the project.
V. action to be supported and the incidence of cost conditions 37. eligible actions included Projects that facilitate these provisions referred to in chapter II, the specific objectives of the aid and the rules laid down in paragraph 9 of the monitoring indicator and is included in the development agenda municipal investment plan: 37.1. public interest in architecture, archaeology, history, and urban renewal, preservation of monuments, rebuilding or restoration; 37.2. the cultural and natural heritage-related infrastructure construction, preservation, conversion, restoration or construction of new infrastructure facilities and development of public outdoor space around the object to be supported, which is focused on the cultural and natural heritage, the preservation, protection and development; 37.3. the creation of new services, extend the cultural and natural heritage of the textual quotation. 37.4. project management; 37.5. publicity activities for the implementation of a project. 38. The project has supported the integration of environmental goods, services and works procurement (green procurement) to ensure compliance with the principle of horizontal "sustainable development" project submission evaluation criteria. 39. the object that the planned investment in projects or partners of the applicant's property, held or owned. 40. expenditure is attributable to the implementation of the agreement on the conclusion of the day, except that rule 42.2. the costs referred to in point, which should be considered eligible for funding from the European regional development fund and the State budget financing if they are incurred no earlier than 1 January 2014. 41. the project's indirect eligible costs scheduled as one cost position by applying indirect costs a flat rate of 15 per cent of the amount of the provision referred to in section 42.1.1. costs calculated: 25.5. only those costs that are incurred on a contract basis; 41.2. the cooperation without submitting to the authority the cost of supporting documents for the indirect use of the eligible cost; 41.3. indirect cost flat rate applying to projects not qualifying as State aid to business. 42. the project direct eligible costs are: 42.1. the direct personnel costs: 42.1.1. project management staff remuneration costs directly related to project implementation and the achievement of the objective and you have a contract of employment or Enterprise Agreement (service contract) basis, including State social security payments from taxable eligible costs, taking into account that: 42.1.1.1. not exceeding 56 580 euro per year if the direct eligible costs are equal to the five million or more; 42.1.1.2. they will not exceed 24 426 euros per year plus 0.64 percent of direct eligible costs, excluding the direct project management staff costs, if the direct eligible costs are less than the five million euro; 42.1.2. project implementation staff remuneration costs, noting that the subject is not less than 30 percent of capacity for a specified period of time (at least one month), if personnel involved in the project in accordance with the principle of relevance of part-time (apply, if the costs incurred on the basis of the contract of employment); 26.2. the preparation of the documentation supporting the project costs, except for the project submission form fill: 42.2.1. construction, construction plans, construction of the minimum documentation, receipt card or the development of a memorandum to all actions provided for in the project; 42.2.2. heritage and archaeological heritage research and inventory costs; 42.2.3. Permanent exposure and technical project development costs for accredited public or municipal museum. If State or local museum project for the establishment of a new, costs attributable to the condition that the conclusion of the agreement for the implementation of a project, it is determined that the national or municipal museum accreditation under the laws and regulations in the field of accreditation of museums is expected no later than 31 December 2020; 42.2.4. audit, inspection and research costs, if it is a prerequisite for construction, construction intentions or projects the minimum of documentation composition; 42.2.5. cost-benefit analysis; 42.2.6. legislation on environmental impact assessment for a specific document preparation; 26.3. building, autoruzraudzīb, archaeological monitoring costs; 26.3. the cost of the works: 42.4.1. existing structures, including the infrastructure that supports the cultural and natural heritage sites in reach and accessibility (Street, pedestrian path, pedestrian bridges, landscaped area with cover, footbridges, staircases), restoration, preservation, conversion or restoration and related public outdoor space development; 42.4.2. new structures, including infrastructure, which supports cultural and natural heritage object reach and accessibility (Street, pedestrian path, pedestrian bridges, landscaped area with cover, veloceļ, cognitive path, footbridges, staircases), construction and development of public outdoor space; 42.4.3. the specific objective of aid to restore the preserved, rebuilt, renovated or built structures functionality required an external tap, municipal sewage, rainwater drainage, electricity, vājstrāv, siltumtras of the connection to the renewal and rebuilding or building; 26.4.-fitting and adjustment of historical objects for storage, restoration and provision of services, including tourist information centre on the costs and the costs of necessary facilities for adoption of all or part of the service, not to exceed seven percent of project total eligible costs; 26.5. exposure equipment acquisition costs and installation costs: 42.6.1. cultural monument standing exhibit costs, not to exceed seven percent of project total eligible costs; 42.6.2. accredited public or municipal museum or church and thematic exhibitions of works of art, installations and art heritage and restoration costs, which are located in the heritage site restore and which have historic, scientific, artistic or other cultural heritage-related cultural value. If State or local museum project for the establishment of a new, costs attributable to the condition that the conclusion of the agreement for the implementation of a project, it is determined that the national or municipal museum accreditation under the laws and regulations in the field of accreditation of museums is expected no later than 31 December 2020; 26.5. the costs associated with building commissioning; 26.6. the project activities directly related to the cost of the publicity measures carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations on the procedures for European Union structural funds and the Cohesion Fund in the implementation of the 2014-2020 programming period provide a communications and visual identity requirements, provided they do not exceed three percent of the total eligible direct project costs. If the application of the project planned activities qualify as State aid, publicity costs do not apply. 43. This rule 26.2 and 26.3.. the costs referred to in subparagraph together must not exceed 10 percent of the project's total eligible costs. 44. This rule 26.4 and 26.5. the costs referred to in subparagraph together must not exceed 15 percent of the project's total eligible costs. 45. the unexpected expenditure does not exceed five percent of the total direct eligible project costs, and it put the beneficiaries with the cooperation of the authority, subject to the agreement. 46. The value added tax payments that are directly related to the project, are eligible costs, if the beneficiary cannot recover in the laws on value added tax. 47. These rules 42, 45 and 46, paragraph, such costs are eligible if they are investments in tangible assets, as laid down in Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 29, paragraph 2, and (or) intangible assets, as laid down in Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 30, paragraph 2, and is associated with the value of the fixed asset. 48. non-eligible costs of the project: 29.9. is the cost that exceeds the rule in paragraph 41, 42.1, 42.2.26.4.,.,., 42.6.1. and 26.6 26.5.43, 44, 45, paragraph and the amount of the eligible costs and are required under this provision in paragraph 26.2; 48.2. is the cost of which is not specified in these regulations 41, 42, 45 and 46, paragraph; 48.3. the project shall be borne by the applicant; 30.1. not financed by public resources provided for State support for business. 49. Where the application for a new local or national museums, the planned investment complies with the condition that the socio-economic benefits of the new Museum is larger than the object's maintenance costs. 50. in the application of project cost estimates do not cover the costs that for the programme of the "growth and employment" other specific objectives of aid or other foreign financial assistance activity. 51. If the project costs have increased, the funding recipient and the partner shall be borne by the private financing of the incidence. If the applicant and the project partner carries out economic activity and support a specific it support qualifies as State aid commercial, applicant and project partner provides private financing from a commercial or own funds of which do not receive any public support.
Vi. the receipt of State aid to business conditions 52. State aid under these rules for the business in accordance with the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 53. 53. the project associated with the pursuit of an economic activity, not qualifying as a commercial support, and it is not appropriate to Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 53 conditions when infrastructure depreciation period of all the beneficiaries of the services provided in the year, at least 85 percent of the recipient is a resident. 54. Government support for the project and business partner grant in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014, if all the conditions mentioned in this paragraph: 54.1. eligible activities corresponding to one or more of the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 53 paragraph 2 "a" or "b" section contains the objectives and activities and compliance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 1, paragraph 2, "c" and "d" in subparagraph 1. in paragraph 3 of article and article 1 paragraph 4 a of the conditions referred to in (a); 54.2. one project the aid granted does not exceed 100 million euros according to Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 4 "z" to the notification prescribed in paragraph limit of investment aid to culture; 54.3. as regards state aid to business, which is delivered in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 53 for one or more of the article 53 paragraph 2 of the "a" and "b" referred to in objectives or activities, in addition to all the conditions in this subparagraph: 54.3.1. support is not provided to Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 53 paragraph 10 in these sectors; 54.3.2. compliance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 1 point 5; 54.3.3. condition is satisfied that at least 80 percent of the infrastructure of power of the year in terms of time or space used for cultural purposes. 55. State aid in the framework of these rules may be combined with other State aid, including de minimis aid for the same eligible costs, shall not exceed the provision referred to in paragraph 17, the difference between the direct eligible costs and operating profit on investment, as well as other State aid program, project or individual support in the decision of the European Commission, the maximum amount of aid and the aid intensity. 56. the decision on the granting of aid in accordance with Commission Regulation No 651/2014 can accept up to Commission Regulation No 651/2014 expiration or until June 30, 2021. 57. the authority shall ensure the cooperation Commission Regulation No 651/2014 article 9(1) and (4) under certain publicity measures. 58. cooperation authority provides the Commission Regulation No 651/2014 12. compliance with the conditions laid down in article 29. Prime Minister Māris kučinskis cultural Minister Carol-Melbārd