Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 710 in Riga on august 3, 2010 (pr. No 40 16) rules on the postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia and other postal payment marks and circulation procedures of manufacture and disposal of the consignment, which is invalid or forged postal payment marks Issued in accordance with article 34 of the law on Mail, first subparagraph, and article 35 of the fifth part i. General questions 1. determines the procedure: 1.1., which manufactures put into and withdraw from circulation postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia and other postal payment marks;
1.2. any economic operator acting in the mail with the mail that have invalid or forged postal payment marks.
2. the right to make, put into circulation and withdraw from circulation postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia and other postal payment marks are the postal operator that has an obligation to the territory of the Republic of Latvia to provide a universal postal service within the framework of the Universal Postal Union obligations documents (hereinafter referred to as the universal mail service provider).
3. the Republic of Latvia, the postal payment marks include the name of the country – Latvia – and the nominal value. The Republic of Latvia, the postal payment marks may include Latvian State official symbols and pictures that topics related to important events of Latvia.
4. the universal postal service provider, through the postal payment marks, ensure compliance with the Universal Postal Convention.
II. the Republic of Latvia stamps and other postal payment marks the output scheduling 5. postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia to the issuance of the planning to the universal postal service provider created in the Commission, the issue of postage stamps which include philatelic, cultural, art, history and sports matters, competent experts.
6. Stamp emissions, the Commission shall draw up postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia the thematic plan of issues for the current calendar year (hereinafter referred to as the issuance of postage stamps plan) and postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia approved the design.
7. the issue of Postage Stamps plan of emissions, the Commission shall draw up, on the basis of the proposals submitted on the postage stamps of topics related to Latvia for significant events, history, nature, architecture, culture, science and sports achievements and other country important events and significant people. The proposal shall be submitted not later than six months before the beginning of the current calendar year.
8. Is authorized in exceptional cases for the issuance of postage stamps, which are not included in the postage issue plan, if this postage stamp dedicated to current topics in national events.
9. Envelopes and postcards with the typographic printed postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia pictures are issued based on the universal postal service provider developed plan.
III. the post of Latvia pay making marks, putting into circulation and recall 10. postage stamps, envelopes and postcards with postage stamp image by universal postal service provider order made typography, which certified the international printing and related industries Confederation (International Confederations for the Printing and Allied Industries).
11. the Republic of Latvia stamps, envelopes and postcards with postage stamp images are introduced and removed from circulation, on the basis of the universal postal service provider authorised by executive decision.
12. Information on the postage stamps of the Republic of Latvia, envelopes and postcards with postage stamp image is released for circulation and removed from circulation, the postal operator deploys postal service locations or the public on its website.
13. labelling machines for the use of fingerprints started cliché and terminated in accordance with the labelling machine user and the universal postal service provider contracts for the labelling machine use.
IV. Action by the mailings that have invalid or forged postal payment marks 14. If you suspect that the existing mailing postal payment marks are invalid or forged, postal operator suspends mail sent to this recipient, and passes it the postal payment marks the Evaluation Commission (hereinafter the Commission).
15. the Commission established with the postal operator's separate decision. The composition of the Commission shall include at least three persons: 15.1 for postal payment marks the movement of the responsible person;
15.2. specialist (expert), if you need a specialist (expert) participation in the work of the Commission;
15.3. other postal operators.
16. the Commission will assess whether the suspected counterfeiting of postal payment marks validity is justified or not, and decide over further action by postal mail.
17. the Commission's assessment of the postal payment marks the entry of the valuation Act (annex). Act shall be drawn up in duplicate. The Act specifies the following information: 17.1. post registration number (if any), date, sender, recipient;
17.2. the postal service used to pay postage due list of characters (the quantity of mail pay each sign value);
17.3. the payment of each postal marks General description;
17.4. the signs that mark the postal due is false or invalid;
17.5. the decision on further action by postal mail;
10.9. the members names, posts.
18. Post with invalid postal payment marks by the postal operator, and issue it back to the sender by charging out of his fee for mailing in accordance with tariffs of postal services.
19. If the sender refuses to get back in the mail with invalid postal payment marks or mail sender is not known, the postal operator to act as a mailing with mail issued not in the laws.
20. the counterfeit postal payment marks the meaning of these rules consider the postal payment marks, manufactured and marketed by the person not mentioned in paragraph 2 of this rule.
21. If you are found to be fake or used postage stamps or other postal payment marks or international postal reply coupons to use mail, the postal operator shall inform the State police, accompanied by mailing or used to counterfeit postal payment marks and this provision in the legislation referred to in paragraph 17, the second copy.
Prime Minister v. dombrovsky traffic Minister k. Gerhards attachment Cabinet on august 3, 2010, regulations no 710 traffic Minister k. Gerhard