Creation of the national administrative and administrative procedure law system and compliance with the European law

Abstract

The establishment of a new legal system which would correspond to the interests of the Latvian State was started on May 4,1990. The government has started the coordination of the norms of Administrative Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Code, Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Cods and Administrative Offence Code and undertakes the alignment of legal system adjusting the legal acts to European standards. The Draft Administrative Procedure Code is still being discussed by society. The following principles are taken into consideration: the principle of equality before the law means that administrative authorities should carefully and fairly consider each Individual case. It is important that besides the personal information, referring only to the interests of an individual person, the administrative authorities inform the public if a decision of the administrative authorities is important for them. (The principle of trust or confidence.) The principles of administrative procedure are very important in defining legal regulations and their implementation. It testifies the great role of principles in administrative procedure law. The state administration is not only the Interrelations between the administrative authorities but also relations between each administrative authority and a person concerned with the administrative act. Summing up, it must be mentioned that the Draft Adminis¬trative Procedure Law is prepared as the body of procedural regulations for all administrative cases. It is the draft law providing the work of state administrative authorities for the Interests of persons, considering the proportion between private and public interests.