Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 496 Riga, June 1, 2010 (pr. 28. § 18) critical infrastructure, including European critical infrastructure, awareness and security measures for the implementation of programming and issued under the national security law, article 22.2 sixth part i. General questions 1. determine critical infrastructure, including European critical infrastructure, awareness and security planning and implementation procedures.
2. These provisions do not apply to critical infrastructure, which determine the functioning of 1961, the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on consular relations.
II. The National Security Commission of the inter-institutional 3. To evaluate and improve critical infrastructure, including the European critical infrastructures, systems and security measures, the cabinet created an Interinstitutional Commission national security (hereinafter referred to as the Commission). The Commission shall act in accordance with these rules.
4. The Commission shall have the following tasks: 4.1 to examine industry Ministry responsible, or the members of the Commission proposals on critical infrastructure;
4.2. the Ministry responsible for the sector or the members of the Commission proposal for a review to prepare for submission to the Cabinet of Ministers, the draft legislation on critical infrastructure and national security authorities, the distribution of critical infrastructure, including European critical infrastructure, security planning and implementation;
4.3. at least once a year to prepare for submission to the Cabinet of Ministers information report on critical infrastructure security situation;
4.4. preparing for submission to the Cabinet of Ministers on the draft legislation and European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure;
4.5. the Ministry responsible for the sector or the members of the Commission proposal before preparing proposals to the Ministry of the Interior: 4.5.1 for separate determination of the critical infrastructure of the European critical infrastructure;
4.5.2. the need to inform the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union, which may be significantly affected by a potential European critical infrastructure in the European critical infrastructure and the reasons why it set about a possible European critical infrastructures;
4.5.3. the need to ensure the bilateral or multilateral discussions with other European Union Member States which may be significantly affected by the potential European critical infrastructure;
4.6 once a year to prepare the European Commission information per sector defined number of European critical infrastructures, and of how the Member States of the European Union is dependent on each designated European critical infrastructures, and to submit it to Cabinet for approval;
4.7 on the basis of the security police, the constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service report, every two years, prepare information to the European Commission about the risk, threat and vulnerability types in each European critical infrastructure sector and to submit it to Cabinet for approval;
4.8. to examine the industry's responsible ministries prepare proposals for each of the possible European critical infrastructures for the exact determination of the thresholds applicable to the cross-cutting criteria.
5. the Commission shall have the following rights: 5.1. to request and receive, free of charge from national and municipal authorities, as well as individuals for the work of the Commission necessary information on critical infrastructure, including European critical infrastructure;
5.2. invite to the meetings of the Commission other institutions officials and specialists, as well as critical infrastructures, including the European critical infrastructures, the owner or legal possessor;
5.3. in accordance with the competency to implement the necessary communication with the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union.
6. the Commission shall consist of the following authorized officials of institutions: 6.1. Ministry of defence;
6.2. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
6.3. The Ministry of the economy;
6.4. The Ministry of finance;
6.5. The Ministry of the Interior;
6.6. The Ministry of transport;
6.7. The Ministry of Justice;
6.8. The Ministry of health;
6.9. The Ministry of environment;
6.10. The regional development and local government ministries;
6.11. the security police;
6.12. The Bank of Latvia;
6.13. the military intelligence and security service;
6.14. The national armed forces;
6.15. The constitutional protection Office;
6.16. the State fire and rescue service;
6.17. The national police.
7. Members of the Commission need at least category 2 special permit for access to State secrets.
8. the President of the Commission has notified the Ministry of the Interior official.
9. the Vice-President of the Commission is notified of the security police officer.
10. the President of the Commission: 10.1. work of the Commission and Planning Commission meetings;
10.2. the Commission approved the agenda of the meeting;
10.3. convene meetings of the Commission;
10.4. the signature decisions of the Commission, minutes of meetings and other documents of the Commission;
10.5. provide information, according to the Commission's competence.
11. in the absence of the President in his duties to the Vice-President of the Commission.
12. extraordinary meeting of the Commission may be convened by the President of the Commission or at least five members of the Commission.
13. the Secretary of the Commission has notified the Ministry of the Interior official. The Secretary of the Commission performs the following functions: 13.1. recorded in the Commission's sessions;
13.2. preparing for consideration by the Commission at the hearing for the documentation;
13.3. prepares to sign the documents of the Commission.
14. the Commission's sitting held not less than four times per year.
15. the Commission shall be valid if they are sitting on more than half of the members of the Commission. Commission decisions shall be taken by majority vote. If the vote splits on the casting vote of the Chairman of the Commission.
16. the session of the Commission entered in the minutes in the agenda and in the decisions of the Commission shall specify the persons who participated in the meeting, as well as individual members of the Commission opinions on the matter. The minutes shall be signed by the Chairman of the Commission and the Secretary of the Commission. Copies of the Protocol to all members of the Commission.
17. the Commission's work and facilities providing institutional Interior Ministry under its national budget.
III. Critical infrastructure and identifying European critical infrastructure industry 18 ministries, responsible for the security police, the constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service: 18.1. identify potential critical infrastructure and shall submit to the Commission proposals for the inclusion of the critical infrastructure as a whole;
18.2. identify potential European critical infrastructure and the proposals they submitted to the Commission for the detection of European critical infrastructure.
19. Critical infrastructure can be approved as a European critical infrastructure, if the relevant critical infrastructure failure or destruction would have a serious impact on at least two Member States and the European Union agreed with the concerned Member States of the European Union. The significance of such effects is assessed in terms of the cross-cutting criteria, including the effects of a number of sectors depending on other critical infrastructures.
20. This provision 19. the cross-cutting criteria referred to in paragraph 1 are to: 20.1. injury criteria (determined by the potential number of fatalities or wounded);
20.2. economic criteria (determined by the economic damage or quality of the goods or services, including substantial loss of service, service delivery alternatives and service interruptions and restore duration);
20.3. the public impact criterion (determined by the impact on public confidence, physical suffering and disruption of daily life, including the loss of essential services, service delivery alternatives and service interruptions and restore duration).
21. The cross-cutting criteria thresholds are based on specific critical infrastructures the disruption or destruction of the severity of the consequences.
22. the Ministry shall draw up and submit to the Commission proposals for each of the critical infrastructure of the exact limits, applicable to the cross-cutting criteria.
23. the Ministry of the Interior, on the basis of the Commission proposals: 23.1. inform the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union, which may be significantly affected by a potential European critical infrastructure in the European critical infrastructure and the reasons why it set about a possible European critical infrastructures;
23.2. coordinate the bilateral or multilateral discussions with other European Union Member States which may be significantly affected by the potential European critical infrastructure.
IV. Critical infrastructure and European critical infrastructure security planning 24. Security Police, constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service, according to critical infrastructure in General, specific competence inform critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor: 24.1. for inclusion of critical infrastructure critical infrastructure in General;
24.2. for critical infrastructure identification of European critical infrastructure.

25. The European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor shall designate the officials responsible for the safety of infrastructure and its mission.
26. the European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security officer may be a person who: is a citizen of Latvia 26.1.;
26.2. is not penalized for intentional criminal offence;
26.3. the convicted for an intentional criminal offence, freeing from punishment;
26.4. is not called a criminally liable for intentional criminal offence, except when the person is called to criminal liability, but the criminal proceedings against them terminated on a reabilitējoš basis;
26.5. not recognized as incapacitated in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law;
16.5. no or not had the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign State security service or non-employee, agent, or conspiratorial apartment resident holder;
16.6. no or not played with the laws of the Republic of Latvia, the Supreme Council decisions or rulings of the court banned organization member (member) after the banning of such organizations;
26.8. has received narkolog and psychiatrists opinion on the fact that it does not have a diagnosed mental disorders or alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or toxic substance dependence;
26.9. in accordance with the security police, the constitutional protection Bureau, the military intelligence and security service or the national police information does not belong to the organised crime groups, the unarmed or armed formations, as well as to non-governmental organisations or associations of non-governmental organisations that launched action (legal) prior to the registration or continue to function after it has been suspended or terminated by the Court ruling.
27. the security police, the constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service can check or European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure workers have access to critical infrastructure or European critical infrastructure function important information or technological equipment, and evaluate information regarding a person's criminal record for an intentional criminal offence and the facts that give a basis to doubt its ability to save the limited availability and the classified information. Based on the results of its examination, the national safety authority shall make recommendations, or European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor.
28. the security police, the constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service said the national security authorities shall examine and confirm the competence of European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security officers nomination.
29. the European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security officer: 29.1. planning a European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security measures;
29.2. develop and coordinate critical infrastructure protection plan according to the laws on civil protection plan.
30. The European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security measures included in the documents governing the provision of the information referred to in the annex.
31. The European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security measures regulatory documents into line with security police, constitutional protection office or military intelligence and the security services that the public security authorities.
32. the security police, the constitutional protection office and the military intelligence and security service, according to competency controlled critical infrastructures or European critical infrastructure security measures laid down in the documents of the regulatory requirements and provide recommendations identified in tests.
33. the security police shall make recommendations, or European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure security measures in accordance with the established terrorist threat levels.
34. Civil aviation facilities, nuclear facilities, ports and port facilities, information and communication technologies, if they are out for European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure, security or protection plans and the relevant industry harmonized regulatory legislation.
V. critical infrastructure and European critical infrastructure security measures 35.  Category a critical infrastructure physical security measures for the implementation of the provision is determined by a separate cabinet order.
36. (B) and (C) the category of critical infrastructure physical security measures to ensure critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor.
37. The Cabinet of Ministers may establish that the national police or the national armed forces units provide a separate category B or European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure physical security measures.
38. The energy crisis, high and extra high level of terrorist threat, in cases of emergency and the promulgation of the State of exception in the case of the Cabinet of Ministers may decide that the national armed forces or the national police will take over the separate categories (B) and (C) or the European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure in whole or in part, the provision of physical security measures.
39. High and particularly high level of terrorist threat, terrorism and public disorder-related emergencies and exceptional condition or State in the case of notification of critical infrastructure or European critical infrastructure owner or legal possessor shall coordinate their actions with the national police, the armed forces and the national police, the Office for the protection of the Constitution or the military intelligence and security service, according to the laws and established national security authorities have competence in the light of relevant critical infrastructure location and other specific factors.
Informative reference to European Union Directive provisions included in the law arising from the European Council of 8 December 2008, Directive 2008/114/EC on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection.
Prime Minister v. Minister of Interior dombrovsky l. Mūrniec of the attachment Cabinet 1 June 2010 Regulation No. 496 of critical infrastructure or European critical infrastructure security measures to be included in the documents governing mandatory information 1 General information on critical infrastructure or European critical infrastructure – the name of the owner or legal possessor, or European critical infrastructure critical infrastructure location (address), the purpose of the document.
2. the institution of (Department) that supports the implementation of security measures.
3. external perimeter protection (such as fences and their placement, lighting, and its placement, video surveillance, alarm).
4. entry control of critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure or of Europe in its territory (such as entry points, their positions, working time, permit mode specified employees, visitors, vehicles and cargo, person identification documents).
5. Restricted areas (such as location, access points, access control for employees, visitors and vehicles).
6. Security staff functions (for example, position, responsibilities, rights, patrol mode, action at risk situations).
7. European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure security systems and video surveillance systems.
8. European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure physical security alarm systems.
9. The European critical infrastructure or critical infrastructure design.
Home Affairs Minister l.-Mūrniec