Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State
Language Centre) with amending laws of:
11 December 2008 [shall
come into force on 6 January 2009];
11 February 2010 [shall come into force on 16 March
2010];
9 August 2010 [shall come into force on 9 September
2010];
9 June 2011 [shall come into force on 13 July
2011];
20 February 2014 [shall come into force on 27 February
2014].
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The Saeima 1 has adopted
and
the President has proclaimed the following law:
Law on Management of European
Union Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. Terms Used in the Law
The following terms are used in the Law:
1) responsible institution - a sectoral ministry and
the State Chancellery that perform all or part of the functions
of an intermediary body in accordance with the procedures laid
down by the Cabinet;
2) operational programme complement - a planning
document of the European Union Structural Funds and the Cohesion
Fund (hereinafter - the European Union funds) of a national level
which is subordinate to the relevant operational programme and
determines implementation of the measures and activities
indicated therein. The operational programme complement shall be
approved by the Cabinet;
3) activity of the European Union funds - an aggregate
of activities carried out in order to achieve the objectives and
indicators specified in planning documents;
4) applicant of a European Union fund project - a State
institution of direct or indirect administration, derived public
person, another State institution, and also a natural person, a
legal person registered in the Republic of Latvia or an
association of such persons;
5) European Union fund project application - an
application (a completed form and annexes thereof) submitted by
the applicant of a European Union fund project in order to
receive the funding necessary for the project from the European
Union fund;
6) criteria for the evaluation of European Union fund
project applications - the decisive indicators according to
which applications of European Union fund projects are evaluated
and a decision is taken to approve, approve conditionally, or
reject them;
7) European Union fund project - a European Union fund
project application which complies with the evaluation criteria
of project applications and which has been approved by the
authority involved in the management of the European Union
fund;
8) planning documents - a national strategic reference
framework, an operational programme or an operational programme
complement;
9) cooperation institution - a State institution of
direct administration or the Society Integration Fund that
performs part of the functions of an intermediary body in
accordance with the procedures laid down by the Cabinet.
[11 December 2008; 11 February 2010]
Section 2. Purpose of the Law
The purpose of the Law is to determine the management of the
European Union funds in order to promote the efficient and
transparent implementation of the European Union funds in Latvia
which complies with the principles of financial management.
Section 3. Scope of Application of
the Law
(1) The Law determines the rights and obligations of the
authorities involved in the management of the European Union
funds and the final beneficiary of the funding of the European
Union fund, and also the procedures for taking, contesting, and
appeal of decisions taken by the authorities involved in the
management of the European Union funds.
(2) The Law shall apply to the management of the European
Union funds in the planning period 2007-2013. The Law shall be
applicable in the planning period 2014-2020 in so far as it is
necessary in the period determined by the Cabinet to implement
the specific objective, namely the objective which corresponds to
the activity rate of the European Union funds specified in
Section 1, Clause 3 of this Law.
(3) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures for ensuring
implementation of the specific objective referred to in Paragraph
two of this Section, including the criteria for the evaluation of
project applications, the requirements for a project applicant,
the responsible institution, and the cooperation institution, the
division of competence between these institutions, and the
cooperation procedures, and also the form of functional
subordination of the responsible institution and the cooperation
institution.
[20 February 2014]
Section 4. Management of the
European Union Funds
Management of the European Union funds shall be the
preparation, harmonisation, and approval of the necessary
planning documents, establishment of a management system of the
European Union funds, development of the criteria for evaluation
of European Union fund project applications, selection and
approval of European Union fund project applications,
implementation, control, auditing, monitoring, and evaluation of
European Union fund projects.
Section 5. Allocation of Funding of
the European Union Funds
Submitting of a European Union fund project application in
accordance with this Law shall not create an obligation for the
authority involved in the management of the European Union funds
to grant funding to the applicant of a European Union fund
project.
Section 6. Selection of Applications
of European Union Fund Projects
Selection of applications of European Union fund projects may
be:
1) open - if an equal competition among applicants of European
Union fund project applications takes place for the approval of
the project application and granting of the funding of the
European Union fund;
2) restricted - if the range of applicants of European Union
fund projects who are invited to submit a project application is
previously known. In such case all applications of European Union
fund projects which comply with the criteria for the evaluation
of European Union fund project applications shall be approved and
financed.
Section 7. Horizontal Policies
The Cabinet shall determine the authorities responsible for
the coordination of horizontal policies.
Chapter II
Provision of Management of the European Union Funds
Section 8. Authorities and Persons
Involved in the Provision of Management of the European Union
Funds
(1) Management of the European Union funds shall be
provided:
1) by the following authorities involved in the management of
the European Union funds:
a) the managing authority;
b) paying authority;
c) audit authority;
d) certifying authority;
e) responsible institution;
f) cooperation institution;
g) monitoring committee;
h) the Procurement Monitoring Bureau;
2) by the final beneficiary of the funding of the European
Union fund.
(2) In order to achieve the objective of this Law, the
authorities involved in the management of the European Union
funds shall issue internal legal acts and cooperate with other
authorities in accordance with the procedures specified in the
State Administration Structure Law.
Section 9. Managing Authority,
Obligations and Rights Thereof
(1) The managing authority has the following obligations:
1) to ensure the management of the European Union funds and
efficiency of implementation thereof;
2) to ensure the preparation of planning documents;
3) to ensure the implementation of information, publicity, and
communication measures of the management of the European Union
funds;
4) to ensure the management of technical assistance of the
European Union funds and efficiency of implementation
thereof;
5) to prepare a section regarding the investment of the
European Union funds for the annual report on the implementation
of the State reform programme;
6) to coordinate and submit to the European Commission an
application of the major project in accordance with the
provisions included in Council Regulation No 1083/2006 of 11 July
2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional
Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;
7) to ensure measures for the evaluation of the implementation
of the European Union funds;
8) to establish an information system of the management of the
European Union funds for the monitoring of the operational
programme and to ensure therein the accumulation of data related
to the European Union funds.
(2) The managing authority has the following rights:
1) to propose to conduct and to conduct control of the
implementation and auditing of the European Union funds;
2) to request information from the authorities involved in the
management of the European Union funds and the final
beneficiaries of the funding of the European Union fund which is
necessary for the provision of the management of the European
Union funds.
(3) The functions of the managing authority shall be performed
by the Ministry of Finance.
(4) The Ministry of Finance shall ensure that the functions
which it performs as the managing authority in accordance with
this Law are separated from the other functions thereof.
Section 10. Paying Authority,
Obligations and Rights Thereof
(1) The paying authority has the following obligations:
1) to make payments within the framework of the European Union
funds;
2) to perform the financial accounting of payments.
(2) The paying authority has the right to request information
from the authorities involved in the management of the European
Union funds which is necessary for the performance of the
financial accounting of payments.
(3) The functions of the paying authority shall be performed
by the Treasury.
(4) The Treasury shall ensure that the functions which it
performs as the paying authority in accordance with this Law are
separated from the other functions thereof.
Section 11. Audit Authority and
Rights Thereof
(1) The audit authority has the right to request information
from the authorities involved in the management of the European
Union funds and the final beneficiaries of the funding of the
European Union fund which is necessary for the provision of
control and audit of European Union funds.
(2) The functions of the audit authority shall be performed by
the Ministry of Finance.
(3) The Ministry of Finance shall ensure that the functions
which it performs as the audit authority in accordance with this
Law are separated from the other functions thereof.
(4) The audit authority shall, via the Minister for Finance,
inform the Cabinet of the results of the audit of the reporting
year by 1 March of the current year. If the audit authority has
information at its disposal that implementation of the European
Union funds can be significantly affected, the audit authority
shall immediately inform the Cabinet.
[9 June 2011]
Section 12. Certifying Authority and
Rights Thereof
(1) The certifying authority has the following rights:
1) to conduct the control and audit of the implementation of
the European Union funds which are necessary for approval of the
expenditure declaration and payment applications;
2) to request information from the authorities involved in the
management of the European Union funds and the final
beneficiaries of the funding of the European Union fund which is
necessary for the approval of the expenditure declaration and
payment applications.
(2) The functions of the certifying authority shall be
performed by the Treasury.
(3) The Treasury shall ensure that the functions which it
performs as the certifying authority in accordance with this Law
are separated from the other functions thereof.
Section 13. Obligations and Rights
of the Responsible Institution and Cooperation Institution
(1) The responsible institution and the cooperation
institution have the following obligations:
1) to participate in the development of planning
documents;
2) to draw up the criteria for the evaluation of European
Union fund project applications;
3) pursuant to planning documents, to ensure the relevant
activities of the European Union funds and the implementation,
monitoring, and control of the European Union fund projects, to
analyse the problems in the implementation of the activities and
projects of the European Union funds, and to submit proposals to
the managing authority and the monitoring committee for the
improvement of implementation of the activities and projects of
the European Union funds;
4) to ensure the selection and evaluation of European Union
fund project applications;
5) taking into account the legal status of the applicant of a
European Union fund project, to determine the conditions for
implementation of the project of European Union funds to the
final beneficiary of the funding of the European Union fund in
accordance with the requirements of the Cabinet;
6) to examine and to approve the payment request of the final
beneficiary of the funding of the European Union fund and to
prepare the expenditure declaration;
7) to provide information to society and to ensure publicity
in the cases which are related to the European Union fund
projects;
8) to draw up an aid scheme and to submit it for initial
evaluation to the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the
procedures specified in the Law on Control of Aid for Commercial
Activity if the measure included in the operational programme is
intended for aid for commercial activity;
9) in cases and in accordance with the procedures specified in
the Law on Control of Aid for Commercial Activity, to submit a
European Union fund project application to the Ministry of
Finance for initial evaluation if the project is intended for aid
for commercial activity;
10) to use the information system of the management of the
European Union funds for monitoring of the operational programme
and to accumulate data therein regarding the European Union fund
project applications and projects of the European Union
funds.
(2) The responsible institution and the cooperation
institution have the right to request information from the
authorities involved in the management of the European Union
funds and final beneficiaries of the funding of the European
Union fund which is necessary for the provision of the
implementation, monitoring, and control of European Union fund
projects.
Section 14. Determination of the
Responsible Institution and the Cooperation Institution and the
Procedures for Cooperation
(1) The responsible institution and the cooperation
institution, and also the distribution of competence between them
shall be determined by the Cabinet.
(2) Upon fulfilling the obligations referred to in Section 13,
Paragraph one of this Law, the responsible institution may
cooperate with several cooperation institutions.
(3) The obligations referred to in Section 13, Paragraph one,
Clauses 1, 2, and 8 of this Law shall be fulfilled only by the
responsible institution.
(4) Upon fulfilling the obligations referred to in Paragraph
one of this Section, the cooperation institution shall be
functionally subordinate to the member of the Cabinet to which
the institution responsible for the fulfilment of the obligations
referred to in Section 13, Paragraph one of this Law is
subordinate.
(5) In order to fulfil the obligations referred to in Section
13, Paragraph one of this Law efficiently, the responsible
institution, upon coordinating with an institutionally higher
institution of the cooperation institution, may issue internal
legal acts binding on the cooperation institution in relation to
the fulfilment of the tasks assigned thereto. If the
institutionally higher institution is the Cabinet, the internal
legal act shall be issued without coordination with it.
(6) The functions which an institution performs as the
responsible institution or the cooperation institution shall be
separated from the functions which it performs as the final
beneficiary of the funding of the European Union fund.
(7) The head of the responsible institution shall be appointed
by the member of the Cabinet to whom such institution of direct
administration is subordinate within the framework of which the
responsible institution has been established. Upon appointing the
head of the responsible institution, a rule shall be adhered to
that the head of the respective institution of direct
administration may not hold the position of the head of the
responsible institution, and requirements of other laws and
regulations shall be complied with.
[11 December 2008]
Section 15. Final Beneficiary of the
Funding of the European Union Fund and Obligations Thereof
(1) A final beneficiary of the funding of the European Union
fund shall be a State institution of direct or indirect
administration, a derived public person, another State
institution, and also a natural person, a legal person registered
in the Republic of Latvia or an association of such persons, and
the European Union fund project application submitted by them is
approved in accordance with the procedures specified in this
Law.
(2) A final beneficiary of the funding of the European Union
fund has the following obligations:
1) to ensure implementation of the European Union fund project
in accordance with the conditions of the civil legal contract -
if the final beneficiary of the funding of the European Union
fund is a natural person, a legal person registered in the
Republic of Latvia or an association of such persons;
2) to ensure implementation of the European Union fund project
in accordance with an agreement regarding implementation of the
European Union fund project - if the final beneficiary of the
funding of the European Union fund is a State institution of
direct or indirect administration, a derived public person or
another State institution;
3) to ensure separate accounting for each European Union fund
project;
4) to provide information on the implementation of the
European Union fund project and to ensure that the
representatives of the European Commission and authorities
involved in the management of the European Union funds have
access to the originals of all documents related to the
implementation of the European Union fund project, and also to
the place of implementation of the relevant project.
Section 16. Monitoring Committee
(1) The monitoring committee is a collegial authority involved
in the management of the European Union funds which operates
pursuant to the by-laws approved by the Cabinet.
(2) The composition of the monitoring committee shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
(3) The monitoring committee shall take administrative
decisions in accordance with this Law and other laws and
regulations governing the management of the European Union
funds.
Section 17. Procurement Monitoring
Bureau, Obligations and Rights Thereof
(1) The Procurement Monitoring Bureau has an obligation to
ensure selective pre-examination of the procurement documentation
and the process of the procurement procedure of the European
Union fund projects.
(2) The Procurement Monitoring Bureau has the right to request
information from the authorities involved in the management of
the European Union funds and the final beneficiaries of the
funding of the European Union fund which is necessary in order to
ensure the selective pre-examination of the procurement
documentation and the process of the procurement procedure of the
European Union funds.
Chapter III
Competence of the Cabinet
Section 18. Competence of the
Cabinet in the Ensuring of Management of the European Union
Funds
In order to ensure the management of the European Union funds,
the Cabinet shall determine:
1) the procedures by which the authorities involved in the
management of the European Union funds ensure the preparation of
planning documents and implementation of the European Union
funds, including the selective pre-examination of the procurement
documentation and the process of the procurement procedure;
2) the procedures for monitoring and evaluation of the
implementation of the European Union funds;
3) the procedures for notification regarding non-conformities
detected in the implementation of the European Union funds, the
taking of administrative decisions regarding the use of the
funding granted and the recovery of non-conforming
expenditure;
4) the procedures for ensuring functions of the audit
authority in the management of the European Union funds;
5) the procedures by which the managing authority, the
certifying authority, the cooperation institution or the
responsible institution conducts an inspection at the place of
implementation of the project financed by the European Union
fund;
6) the procedures by which resources in the State budget are
intended for the implementation of projects co-financed by the
European Union funds, and also the procedures by which payments
are made and an expenditure declaration is prepared;
7) the procedures for the publication of information on the
European Union fund projects;
8) the procedures by which publicity of the European Union
funds and compliance with the requirements of visual identity are
ensured;
9) the procedures for the establishment and use of the
information system for the management of the European Union
funds;
10) the procedures for implementing the activities of a
European Union fund indicated in an operational programme
complement, for determining the selection criteria of
applications, the requirements to an applicant of a project, the
responsible institution and the cooperation institution,
distribution of the competence between these institutions and the
procedures for cooperation, and also the form of functional
subordination of the responsible institution and the cooperation
institution;
11) the requirements for the establishment of the management
and control system of the European Union funds;
12) the procedures for providing and verifying information on
the application of value added tax within the framework of the
projects co-financed by the European Union Structural Funds and
financed by the EQUAL Community Initiative, and for taking the
decision to include the value added tax in the eligible
costs.
[11 December 2008]
Chapter IV
Decisions of the Responsible Institution and the Cooperation
Institution, Contesting and Appeal Thereof
Section 19. Decisions of the
Responsible Institution and the Cooperation Institution
(1) The head of the responsible institution or the cooperation
institution shall take the decision to approve, approve
conditionally, or reject a European Union fund project
application, and also the decision to recover the funding
granted.
(2) The decision to approve a European Union fund project
application shall be taken if it conforms to the criteria for the
evaluation of European Union fund project applications and
funding is available for the implementation of the project within
the framework of the selection round of applications for European
Union fund activity projects.
(3) The decision to reject a European Union fund project
application shall be taken if it does not conform to the criteria
for the evaluation of European Union fund project applications
and elimination of non-conformity would, in accordance with
Paragraph five of this Section, affect the European Union fund
project application on the merits, and also if the European Union
fund project application conforms to the criteria for the
evaluation of European Union fund project applications but
funding is not available for the implementation of the project
within the framework of the selection round of applications for
European Union fund activity projects.
(4) The decision to recover the funding granted shall be taken
if the funding granted has been disbursed to the final
beneficiary of the funding of the European Union fund but it has
not been used in compliance with the requirements of laws and
regulations or terms and conditions of a contract.
(5) The decision to approve conditionally a European Union
fund project application shall be taken if an applicant of a
European Union fund project must carry out the activities
specified by the responsible institution or the cooperation
institution in order to properly prepare and implement the
European Union fund project. Conditions shall be included in the
decision and fulfilment thereof shall be controlled in accordance
with the Cabinet regulations regarding a relevant activity of the
European Union fund. If any of the conditions laid down in the
decision is not fulfilled, the European Union fund project
application shall be deemed rejected.
[11 December 2008]
Section 20. Types of Decisions of
the Responsible Institution and the Cooperation Institution
(1) The responsible institution or the cooperation institution
shall issue an administrative act or take an administrative
decision according to the legal status of the applicant of a
European Union fund project.
(2) If the applicant of a European Union fund project is a
natural person, a legal person registered in the Republic of
Latvia or an association of such persons, the decision of the
responsible institution and the cooperation institution shall be
the administrative act.
(3) If the applicant of a European Union fund project is a
State institution of direct or indirect administration, a derived
public person or another State institution, the decision of the
responsible institution and the cooperation institution shall be
an administrative decision; it may be contested in accordance
with the procedures specified in Law but it may not be appealed
to a court.
(4) The administrative decision referred to in Paragraph three
of this Section shall be issued in writing and it shall contain
the following parts:
1) the name and address of the responsible institution or the
cooperation institution;
2) the addressee - the applicant of a European Union fund
project;
3) the finding of facts;
4) the justification of the administrative decision;
5) a separate list of the legal norms applied (indicating also
the Section, Paragraph, Clause or Sub-clause of the law or
regulation);
6) the rights assigned to the addressee and the rights
rejected;
7) the procedures for contesting a decision.
Section 21. Time Period for Taking a
Decision
The responsible institution or the cooperation institution
shall take the decision to approve, approve conditionally, or
reject a European Union fund project application not later than
within three months after the end date for the submission of a
European Union fund project application.
[11 December 2008]
Section 22. Contesting and Appeal of
the Decision of the Responsible Institution and the Cooperation
Institution
(1) The applicant of a European Union fund project may contest
and appeal the decisions referred to in Section 19, Paragraph one
of this Law in conformity with the provisions of Section 20,
Paragraph three of this Law.
(2) A decision of the cooperation institution may be contested
to the institution responsible for the management of the activity
of the European Union fund. A decision of the responsible
institution on the contested decision of the cooperation
institution may be appealed to an administrative court.
(3) A decision of the responsible institution may be contested
to the head of such institution of direct administration within
the framework of which the responsible institution is
established. The decision may not be contested to a member of the
Cabinet. A decision of the head of the institution of direct
administration on the contested decision of the responsible
institution may be appealed to an administrative court if the
extrajudicial examination procedures specified in this Law have
been complied with.
(31) An opinion on the fulfilment of the condition
included in the decision shall be contested and appealed in
accordance with the same procedures and within the same time
periods as the decision in respect of which the opinion has been
prepared on the fulfilment of the condition included therein. The
opinion on the fulfilment of the condition included in the
decision may be contested and appealed separately from the
decision in which the condition is included.
(4) Contesting or appeal of a decision shall not suspend
operation thereof.
[11 December 2008]
Chapter V
Procedures for Settling Disputes regarding the Funding Granted by
a European Union Fund
Section 23. Procedures for the
Settlement of Disputes
A dispute regarding the funding granted by a European Union
fund shall be settled in accordance with the procedures specified
in the Administrative Procedure Law, the Civil Procedure Law, and
other laws and regulations.
Section 24. Decision on the Recovery
of the Granted Funding
A decision on the recovery of the granted funding shall be
taken in the cases specified in Section 19, Paragraph four of
this Law and in accordance with the procedures specified in the
Administrative Procedure Law if a final beneficiary of the
funding of the European Union fund may be the addressee of the
administrative act pursuant to Section 20, Paragraph two of this
Law and compulsory execution may be directed towards him or
her.
Section 25. Settlement of Disputes
in Accordance with the Civil Legal Procedures
(1) If application of the procedures for the recovery of the
funding specified in Section 24 of this Law is not useful, and
also in cases when the provisions of Section 19, Paragraph four
and Section 24 of this Law are not applicable to the recovery of
the granted funding, the granted funding shall be recovered or a
dispute regarding disbursement or continuation of disbursement of
financial resources shall be settled according to civil legal
procedures.
(2) If a final beneficiary of the funding of the European
Union fund is a State institution of direct or indirect
administration, a derived public person or another State
institution, a dispute regarding disbursement or continuation of
disbursement of the granted financial resources shall be settled
according to civil legal procedures, except for the possibility
to settle the dispute by judicial process.
Chapter VI
Final Provisions
Section 26. Updating of a European
Union Fund Project Application
A European Union fund project application may not be updated
after submission thereof and until taking of the decision to
approve, approve conditionally, or reject it.
[11 December 2008]
Section 27. Restrictions on the
Persons Involved in the Management of the European Union
Funds
Restrictions on commercial activity, earning of income, and
combination of offices, and also other restrictions and
obligations of persons involved in the management of the European
Union funds shall be specified in the law On Prevention of
Conflict of Interest in Activities of Public Officials.
Section 28. Right of Access to a
File
(1) The applicant of a European Union fund project has the
right to get acquainted with the file of the European Union fund
project application submitted thereby at any stage of the
process.
(2) The applicant of a European Union fund project is entitled
to have access to the evaluation materials of the European Union
fund project application submitted thereby only after the
decision to approve, approve conditionally, or reject the
European Union fund project application has come into effect.
(3) Information on the persons who evaluate or have evaluated
the European Union fund project application, except for the
members of the evaluation commission, shall not be disclosed to
the applicant of a European Union fund project while he or she
has access to his or her file of the European Union fund project
application. Information on the members of the evaluation
commission shall be available to the extent and in accordance
with the procedures laid down in this Law and other laws and
regulations.
[11 December 2008]
Section 29. Freedom of
Information
(1) A file of the European Union fund project application
shall be restricted access information, except for the case
referred to in Paragraph 3.1 of this Section.
(2) At least the following information shall be deemed
generally accessible:
1) the final beneficiary of the funding of the European Union
fund (the given name and surname of a natural person or the name
and legal address of a legal person);
2) the title of the European Union fund project;
3) the amount of funding of the European Union fund
granted;
4) the activity intended in the planning document within the
framework of which the European Union funding has been
granted;
5) the place of implementation of the European Union fund
project;
6) a summary of the activities to be carried out within the
framework of the European Union fund project.
(3) The information referred to in Paragraphs one and two of
this Section shall be available to the extent and in accordance
with the procedures laid down in the Freedom of Information Law
after the decision to approve, approve conditionally, or reject
the project application has come into effect.
(31) If a European Union fund project application
is submitted by a State institution of direct administration or
the Society Integration Fund, the file of project application
shall be generally accessible information, except for a summary
of the project budget, including an indicative plan for project
costs. Information on the abovementioned European Union fund
project shall be available to the extent and in accordance with
the procedures laid down in the Freedom of Information Law after
the end date for the submission of the European Union fund
project application.
(4) Information on the persons who evaluate or have evaluated
the European Union fund project application shall not be
disclosed, except for the information on the members of the
evaluation commission. Information on the members of the
evaluation commission shall be available to the extent and in
accordance with the procedures laid down in this Law and other
laws and regulations.
[11 December 2008; 9 August 2010]
Section 30. State Fee for Referring
to the Court
The managing authority, the paying authority, the audit
authority, the certifying authority, the responsible institution
and the cooperation institution shall not pay a State fee for
referring to a court of general jurisdiction regarding a
contractual dispute.
Transitional Provisions
1. The Cabinet shall, by 1 May 2007, issue the regulations
referred to in Section 18, Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and
11 of this Law.
2. The Cabinet shall, by 31 December 2010, issue the
regulations referred to in Section 18, Clause 10 of this Law.
2.1 The Cabinet shall, by 1 June 2010, issue the
regulations referred to in Section 18, Clause 12 of this Law.
[11 December 2008]
3. The authorities involved in the management of the European
Union funds and the final beneficiary of the funding of the
European Union fund shall store the originals of all the
documents related to implementation of the European Union fund
projects until 31 December 2021.
The Law shall come into force on 1 March 2007.
The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 15 February
2007.
President V. Vīķe-Freiberga
Rīga, 23 February 2007
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
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