REGULATIONS OF THE CONTROL COMMITTEE OF STRATEGIC GOODS Issued in accordance with Article 14 Chapter 3 of the law On the
Structure of the Cabinet of Ministers.
I. General provisions 1. The Control Committee of Strategic Goods (hereinafter, "The Committee")
is an Interministerial Committee created by the Cabinet of Ministers.
2. The underlying task of the Committee shall be to manage and to develop
Latvian control system of production, stockpiling, use, export, import
and transit of strategic goods and to implement licencing and control of
strategic goods.
II. Obligations and functions of the Committee 3. To perform the tasks specified in the Article 2 of these regulations
the Committee has the functions as follows:
3.1. to issue lists of controlled goods;
3.2. to issue the blank forms of export, import
and transit control documents (licences, certificates, notices etc.);
3.3. to issue licences for export, import and transit
of strategic goods and import certificates;
3.4. in accordance with the law On Convention
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use
of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction to carry out obligations
stated in Article VII par. 4 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on
Their Destruction (hereinafter, "CWC");
3.5. to demand from physical or legal persons any
information necessary for implementation of requirements of CWC connected
with activities of said persons in chemical industry or export and import
of chemical substances;
3.6. To delegate functions mentioned in 3.4. and
3.5. to the Latvian Development Agency (Latvian Export and Import Control
Department).
4. The Committee has obligations as follows:
4.1. to prepare the drafts of normative acts necessary
to ensure control of production, stockpiling, use, export, import and transit
of strategic goods;
4.2. to co-ordinate foreign assistance for the control
system of strategic goods;
4.3. to represent the Republic of Latvia in international
export control regime organizations and international negotiations on problems
related to the control of strategic goods;
4.4. to prepare draft agreements with international
organizations on prohibition and control of chemical, biological and other
weapons of mass destruction, international export control regimes and export
control authorities of other countries;
4.5. to prepare and to submit to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs proposals on joining of the Republic of Latvia to international
conventions and agreements on Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
and on joining corresponding international organizations;
4.6. to ensure confidentiality of information concerning
production, stockpiling, use, export, import and transit of strategic goods;
III. Committee members and procedure 5. The Committee shall be composed of authorized representatives of
the ministries nominated by the Cabinet of Ministers, as well as the Director
of Export and Import Control Department of the Latvian Development Agency
and his deputies. The draft decision on the Committee Members shaIl be
submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
after consultations with concerned ministries.
6. The Committee is run by the Chairman of the Committee nominated by
the Cabinet of Ministers. The Chairman nominates two deputies and the Secretary
of the Committee from the members of the Committee and specifies duties
of the members of the Committee.
7. The regular meetings of the Committee shall be held once in a quarter
of year. The extraordinary meetings of the Committee shall be called by
the Chairman of the Committee or by at least three members of the Committee.
8. The form of the Committee meetings shall be closed sittings. Only
the members of the Committee and invited persons shall take part in the
meetings. The Committee members are invited in written form enclosing the
agenda of the meeting.
9. To pass a decision of the Committee the presence of half of its members
shall be mandatory. The member of the Committee representing a ministry
or an institution under supervision of the ministry has veto rights on
the vote if the decision concerns the competence of this ministry or institution
and its motivated objections are not taken into account.
10. The decisions to issue, annul or to deny export, import or transit
licences or import certificates to forward the case to the technical experts
or to prolong the term of validity of licences or import certificates shall
be made by the Person authorized by the Committee.
11. The decisions of the Committee shall be passed by an open vote.
The decision shall be passed by majority of votes if the veto rights are
not used. In the case of even vote the decisive vote belongs to the Chairman
of the Committee. In case when the veto rights have been used the Committee
hand over the case to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to solve.
12. The rights to sign documents has the Chairman of the Committee,
his deputies and the Secretary of the Committee.
13. Between the sittings of the Committee the functions of the control
system of strategic goods shall be carried out by the Secretary of Committee.
IV. Final provisions 13. To consider invalid:
13.1. Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers No.
167, Regulation of the Control Committee of Strategic Export and Import,
27 June 1995 (Latvijas Vestnesis, 1995, No 101; 1996, No 164);
13.3. Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No.
362, Amendments to regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 167 "Regulations
of the Control Committee of Strategic Export and Import," 27 June 1995,
24 September 1996, (Latvijas Vestnesis, 1996, No. 164).
Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia
Guntars Krasts
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