Cabinet Regulation No. 631 of 2014 on Construction Regulations for Structures in the Internal Waters, Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Latvia

The Regulation applies to structures in internal waters, territorial waters and exclusive economic zone of the Republic of Latvia, except hydrotechnical, environmental protection, communication, transport, border guard, State protection and military structures of ports in the sea. It prescribes (1) the procedures for determining a licence area in the sea; (2) the procedures for organising a tender regarding the right to use a licence area in the sea; (3) the procedures for use, suspension or cancellation of the licence for use of area in the sea; (4) the requirements in respect of exploitation of structures, and also demolition thereof after complete termination of operation thereof; (5) the construction process procedures, the institutions involved in the construction process and the responsible building specialists; (6) the documents necessary for the construction process and their content; (7) the conditions to be included in the construction permit; (8) the procedures for co-ordinating deviations; (9) the scope of expert-examination of a building design; (10) the institution responsible for the control and rule of law of the construction process; (11) the procedures for the preservation of a structure; (12) the procedures for conducting a survey of the layout of a structure and the procedures for accepting a structure for service; and (13) the time periods of guarantees for construction work after a structure has been accepted for service.