Consult the detailed scoring methodology.
| Question | Answer | Note |
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame? | No | |
| Are these plans available to general public? | No | |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Where is the draft text or summary published? |
On a unified website where all proposed regulations are published; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; directly distributed to inter...
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On a unified website where all proposed regulations are published; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; directly distributed to interested stakeholders. |
http://tap.mk.gov.lv/mk/tap/
http://www.fm.gov.lv/lv/sabiedribas_lidzdaliba/ For specific topics, such as EU Funds, the website is http://www.esfondi.lv and e-mail is eslietas@fm.gov.lv, where NGOs and any other interested parties can express their opinion in particularly indicated terms. Consultations with NGOs |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment? | Yes, throughout government |
Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers No.300 adopted on April 7, 2009 named "Rules of Order of Cabinet of Ministers" available at: http://likumi.lv/ta/id/190612-ministru-kabineta-kartibas-rullis.
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| Is the entire text of the proposed draft published? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available? | Yes |
Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers No.300 adopted on 7 April 2009 called "Rules of Order of Cabinet of Ministers". (http://likumi.lv/ta/id/190612-ministru-kabineta-kartibas-rullis)
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies solicit comments on proposed (not yet adopted) regulations from the general public? | Yes, throughout government | |
| How are the comments received? |
On a unified website for all proposed regulations; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, su...
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On a unified website for all proposed regulations; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups. |
http://www.esfondi.lv
http://www.fm.gov.lv/lv/sabiedribas_lidzdaliba/ For specific topics, such as EU Funds, the website is http://www.esfondi.lv and e-mail is eslietas@fm.gov.lv, where NGOs and any other interested parties can express their opinion in particularly indicated terms. Consultations with NGOs After a draft act is announced in the Sitting of State Secretaries, all involved institutions submit their opinions to the Ministry (electronically signed letter, paper form letter or even e-mail). Telephone calls are not accepted as every opinion is required to be documented. |
| Are received comments publicly accessible? | No | |
| Is the rulemaking body required by law to solicit these comments on proposed regulations? | Yes |
Regulation of Cabinet of Ministers no. 970, adopted on August 25, 2009 titled "Procedures for the Public Participation in the Development Planning Process" and Regulation of CoM No. 300, adopted on April 7, 2009 titled "Rules of Order of Cabinet of Ministers."
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| Is there a specialized government body or department tasked with soliciting and receiving these comments? | No | |
| Do ministries or regulatory agencies report on the results of the consultation on proposed regulations? | Yes, throughout government | |
| How does the government report on the results of the consultation? | Prepares one consolidated response. |
Every draft law or regulation must be annexed by a report on the initial impact assessment of the legal act (annotation). This annotation includes chapters about results of public participation and consultation during the drafting stage of the act, and during the harmonization stage.
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| Where does the government report on the results of the consultation? | Directly distributed to interested stakeholders. |
In addition to annotation, the responsible Ministry must consolidate all received opinions, and provide its own on what is agreed or not and why. If there are non-agreed issues, responsible Ministry calls a meeting to find a consensus, and if the consensus is not reached, the problematic questions are debated at Cabinet of Ministers, where participation involved NGOs and social partners. This documentation with opinions and argumentation is distributed to all parties that participated in the harmonization process, and the final version of it is attached to the draft legislation when it is submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers.
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| Is reporting on the results of the consultation required by law? | Yes |
Regulation of Cabinet of Ministers No. 970, adopted on August 25, 2009 titled "Procedures for the Public Participation in the Development Planning Process" and Regulation of CoM No. 300, adopted on April 7, 2009 titled "Rules of Order of Cabinet of Ministers."
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| Question | Answer | Note |
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct an impact assessment of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Are there criteria used for determining which proposed regulations are subjected to an impact assessment? | No | |
| Are there any specific regulatory impact assessment guidelines? | Yes |
Law No. 88 titled "On Initial Impact Assessment Procedures" of December 15, 2009 (http://likumi.lv/ta/id/203061-tiesibu-akta-projekta-sakotnejas-ietekmes-izvertesanas-kartiba).
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| Are impact assessments required by law? | Yes |
Regulation of Cabinet of Ministers no. 300 of April 7, 2009 titled "Rules of Order of Cabinet of Ministers" and Law no. 88, titled "On Initial Impact Assessment Procedures," of December 15, 2009.
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| Are impact assessment made publicly available? | Yes | |
| How is this assessment distributed? | Through a unified website for all proposed regulations. |
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| When is this assessment distributed? | Together with the draft proposed legislation and after the consultation period for the proposed legislation. |
Annotation is prepared together with draft legal act and is attached to it, being continuously updated according to the decisions taken during the harmonization process.
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| Is there an obligation for regulators to consider alternatives to proposed regulation? | Yes, throughout government | |
| Is there a specialized government body tasked with reviewing and monitoring regulatory impact assessments conducted by other individual agencies or government bodies? | No | |
| Please provide the name of this government body, and explain its functions. | n/a |
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| Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct ex-post reviews? | No | |
| Are there any criteria for which regulations are subject to ex-post reviews? | No | |
| What specific approaches are used by your government? | n/a | |
| Are ex-post reviews required by law? | No |