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Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre) with amending regulations of:

17 September 2013 [shall come into force from 21 September 2013].

If a whole or part of a paragraph has been amended, the date of the amending regulation appears in square brackets at the end of the paragraph. If a whole paragraph or sub-paragraph has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears in square brackets beside the deleted paragraph or sub-paragraph.

Republic of Latvia

Cabinet
Regulation No. 65
Adopted 29 January 2013

Regulations Regarding Official Publications

Issued pursuant to
Section 13, Paragraph one and Section 18,
Paragraph one
of the Law on Official Publications
and Legal Information,
Section 11, Paragraph three
of the Commercial Law,
Section 18, Paragraph two
of the Law on Political Parties,
and Section 6, Paragraph two
of the European Economic Interest Grouping Law

I. General Provisions

1. The Regulation prescribes:

1.1. the fee for an official publication (hereinafter - the fee for an official publication), procedures for the collection of the fee and exemptions therefrom;

1.2. the fee for the transfer of an official publication and the legal acts systematised on the website www.likumi.lv for re-use (hereinafter - the fee for the re-use of information);

1.3. the procedures for publishing the entries of the Register of Political Parties.

2. At least once in every three years, the Ministry of Justice shall, in cooperation with the publisher of the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis (hereinafter - the official gazette), review the amount of the fee for an official publication and re-use of information and the applicable exemptions, and shall submit proposals to the Cabinet for the need to update them.

II. Amount of the Fee for an Official Publication and Re-Use of Information and Exemptions from the Fee for an Official Publication

3. The amount of the fee for an official publication and re-use of information is laid down in this Regulation and Annexes 1 and 2 to this Regulation.

[17 September 2013]

4. A fee need not be paid for publishing the entries of the Enterprise Register Journal and Commercial Register if:

4.1. the entry is related to modification of administrative territories, change of its borders or name, and also change of street name or building number;

4.2. the entry has been made based on a court ruling, and the court itself sends it to the register office;

4.3. the entry is related to the liquidation of a subject entered in the Enterprise Register Journal or merchant, or its exclusion from the register.

5. A fee need not be paid for publishing the entries of the Register of European Economic Interest Groupings if:

5.1. the entry is related to modification of administrative territories, change of its borders or name, and also change of street name or building number;

5.2. the entry has been made based on a court ruling, and the court itself sends it to the register office;

5.3. the entry is related to the liquidation of a European Economic Interest Grouping or its exclusion from the register.

6. A fee need not be paid for publishing the entries of the Register of Political Parties if:

6.1. the entry has been made based on a court ruling, and the court itself sends it to the register office;

6.2. the entry is related to the appointment of a liquidator for a political party or the fact that the political party is being liquidated.

7. The fee for the official publication of an entry on the establishment of a new subject which needs to be entered in the Enterprise Register Journal, merchant, European Economic Interest Grouping or political party shall respectively include costs of the following official publications:

7.1. the official publications referred to in Sub-paragraphs 4.3, 5.3, and 6.2 of the Regulation;

7.2. notices of the Enterprise Register in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the availability of annual statements;

7.3. information or entries of the registers kept by the Enterprise Register which have been made:

7.3.1. based on the decisions of State administration institutions within the framework of criminal proceedings, administrative proceedings (except for the corrections of mistakes in the Enterprise Register) or administrative offence proceedings;

7.3.2. when updating data in accordance with Section 4.⁴, Paragraph two of the law On the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia.

[17 September 2013]

8. [17 September 2013]

9. Reduction of the fee for an official publication in the amount of 50 per cent shall be granted to persons up to 18 years of age with a disability, persons with Group I or Group II disability, persons receiving the old-age pension, politically repressed persons, members of a low-income or needy family, and low-income or needy persons who are the creators of information. The abovementioned reductions shall not be applicable to the official publications of the entries of the Enterprise Register Journal, Commercial Register, Register of Political Parties, Spousal Property Relations Register, and Register of European Economic Interest Groupings.

10. Reduction of the fee for an official publication in the amount of 90 per cent shall be applied to an official publication related to notices of judicial authorities if their official publication is provided for by external legal acts and the State has undertaken to bear the court expenses.

11. Reduction of the fee for an official publication in the amount of 90 per cent shall be applied to an official publication related to recovery in enforcement cases where the creditor has been exempted from the settlement of the expenses for the enforcement of a judgment.

12. If the submitter of the information wishes for the information to be published in a specific date of the publication of the official gazette or in the next issue of the official gazette by submitting the information until 12.00 in the previous day, the coefficient 1.5 shall be applied to the fee for an official publication.

III. Procedures for Paying for an Official Publication

13. Payment for an official publication shall be made before its publication unless other external legal acts or agreements with the publisher of the official gazette provide for different payment procedures.

14. Payment for the announcement of the entries of the Enterprise Register Journal, Commercial Register, Register of European Economic Interest Groupings, Register of Political Parties, and Spousal Property Relations Register shall be made before submitting the relevant registration application to a register office. The applicant shall submit information to a register office regarding the payment, indicating the payment date, payment document number, in case of a legal person - name, but in case of a natural person - given name and surname, and shall also present the document certifying the payment. Register office shall record the abovementioned information and shall inform the publisher of the official gazette thereof by submitting the relevant information for publication.

IV. Publishing the Entries of the Register of Political Parties

15. Entries of the Register of Political Parties shall be submitted for publication in the official gazette by a register office within one working day after the relevant entry has been made.

16. The publisher of the official gazette shall ensure the publication of the entries of the Register of Political Parties in the official gazette within four working days after receipt of the relevant information from the register office.

V. Closing Provisions

17. The following Regulations are hereby repealed:

17.1. Cabinet Regulation No. 599 of 27 December 2002, Regulations Regarding the Procedures for the Amount of Costs of the Promulgation of Records in the Commercial Register and Collection Thereof (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2002, No. 190; 2006, No. 74; 2010, No. 76; 2012, No. 106);

17.2. Cabinet Regulation No. 76 of 23 January 2007, Regulations Regarding the Procedures for the Publications of Entries of the Register of Political Parties, Costs Thereof, and Procedures for the Collection of Fee (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2007, No. 19);

17.3. Cabinet Regulation No. 706 of 10 August 2004, Regulations Regarding the Amount of the Costs of the Announcement of Entries of the Register of European Economic Interest Groupings and Procedures for their Collection (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2004, No. 132).

18. The publisher of the official gazette shall, by 31 December 2013, ensure the compliance of the agreements entered into for the provision of official publications with this Regulation.

19. If the information or entries are related to increasing the equity capital of a limited liability company corresponding to the provisions of Section 185.¹, Paragraph one of the Commercial Law, until 31 December 2013 the fee for their announcement shall be four lats.

20. Annex 1 to this Regulation shall be in force until 31 December 2013.

[17 September 2013]

21. Annex 2 to this Regulation shall come into force on 1 January 2014.

[17 September 2013]

22. Cash payments which during the dual circulation period specified in the Law on the Procedure for Introduction of Euro are made in lats shall be subject to Annex 1 to this Regulation.

[17 September 2013]

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Minister for Justice J. Bordāns

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 65
29 January 2013

Amount of the Fee for an Official Publication and Re-Use of Information

[1 January 2014 / See Paragraph 20 of the Regulation]

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 65
29 January 2013

Amount of the Fee for an Official Publication and Re-Use of Information

[17 September 2013 / See Paragraph 21 of the Regulation]

I. Amount of the Fee for an Official Publication

No.	Type of publication	Unit of measurement	Price (EUR)
1.	Information from the Commercial Register
1.1.	new commercial company, including after reorganisation (new registration number)	piece	27.03
1.2.	new limited liability company which corresponds to the provisions of Section 185.¹, Paragraph one of the Commercial Law (new registration number)	piece	14.23
1.3.	new individual merchant or a branch thereof	piece	18.50
1.4.	information in relation to the incorporation documents of a merchant, draft reorganisation agreement and amendments thereto	piece	9.25
1.5.	information if several amendments which have been applied for simultaneously are made to the Commercial Register entries and incorporation documents of one merchant	piece	9.25
1.6.	other entries in the Commercial Register	piece	9.25
1.7.	corrections of mistakes	piece	5.90
2.	Information from the Register of European Economic Interest Groupings
2.1.	information regarding the making or amendment of entries in the Register of European Economic Interest Groupings	piece	9.25
2.2.	information if several amendments which have been applied for simultaneously are made to the register entries of one European economic interest grouping	piece	9.25
2.3.	other entries of the Register of European Economic Interest Groupings	piece	9.25
2.4.	corrections of mistakes	piece	5.90
3.	Information from the Enterprise Register Journal
3.1.	new cooperative society	piece	27.03
3.2.	new farm or fishing undertaking	piece	18.50
3.3.	new individual (family) undertaking	piece	18.50
3.4.	branch	piece	18.50
3.5.	amendments to or changes in the entries of the Enterprise Register Journal	piece	9.25
3.6.	information if several amendments which have been applied for simultaneously are made to the journal entries and incorporation documents of one subject entered in the Enterprise Register Journal	piece	9.25
3.7.	other entries from the Enterprise Register Journal	piece	9.25
3.8.	corrections of mistakes	piece	5.90
4.	Notices to stockholders, shareholders, and members
4.1.	notices up to 500 characters (including)	piece	39.13
4.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
4.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
5.	Operational reports
5.1.	notices up to 500 characters (including)	piece	39.13
5.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
5.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
6.	Notices to creditors or insolvency
6.	notice	piece	17.07
7.	Property relations of spouses
7.	notice	piece	9.25
8.	Information from the Register of Political Parties
8.1.	registration of a political party or their association in the register	piece	27.03
8.2.	other entries of or amendments to the Register of Political Parties	piece	9.25
8.3.	information if several amendments which have been applied for simultaneously are made to the register entries of one political party	piece	9.25
8.4.	corrections of mistakes	piece	5.90
9.	Notices on spatial planning
9.1.	notices up to 500 characters (including)	piece	39.13
9.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
9.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
10.	Auctions
10.1.	notices up to 600 characters (including)	piece	28.46
10.2.	notices from 601 to 900 characters (including)	piece	35.57
10.3.	notices from 901 to 1200 characters (including)	piece	49.80
10.4.	notices from 1201 to 1500 characters (including)	piece	64.03
10.5.	notices from 1501 to 1800 characters (including)	piece	78.26
10.6.	notices from 1801 to 2600 characters (including)	piece	92.49
10.7.	notices from 2601 to 3600 characters (including)	piece	135.17
10.8.	notices from 3601 to 4900 characters (including)	piece	184.97
10.9.	notices from 4901 to 6700 characters (including)	piece	213.43
10.10.	notices from 6701 to 10 000 characters (including)	piece	298.80
10.11.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
11.	Privatisation notices
11.1.	notices up to 500 characters (including)	piece	39.13
11.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
11.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
12.	Supply or work performance orders
12.1.	notices up to 500 characters (including)	piece	39.13
12.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
12.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
13.	Information regarding competitions for vacant positions
13.1.	with official announcement of the results of competitions for vacant positions	piece	18.50
13.2.	without official announcement of the results of competitions for vacant positions	piece	17.07
14.	Information regarding inheritances
14.	notice with a text drawn up by a sworn notary of Latvia	piece	11.38
15.	Summonses to court or invitations to settle liabilities
15.	notice	piece	14.23
16.	Court rulings
16.	notice	piece	9.25
17.	Doctoral theses
17.	notice	piece	9.25
18.	Binding regulations of local governments	character	0.0235
19.	Withdrawals of documents and seals
19.	notice	piece	11.38
20.	Withdrawal of powers of attorney
20.	notice	piece	11.38
21.	Other publications
21.1.	notice up to 500 characters	piece	39.13
21.2.	for each new character within the range from 501 to 10 000 characters	character	0.078
21.3.	for each new character starting from the 10 001^st character	character	0.047
22.	Additional payments
22.	image requiring non-standard processing (for example, logo of a customer)	piece	19.92
23.	Information of the Ministry of Justice regarding transactions with land properties as a result of which the immovable property is acquired by the persons referred to in Section 28, Paragraph one, Clause 3, Sub-clause "b" and Paragraph four of the law On Land Privatisation in Rural Areas and the persons referred to in Section 20, Paragraph one, Clause 3, Sub-clause "b" and Paragraph two of the law On Land Reform in the Cities of the Republic of Latvia	subject	0.14

II. Amount of the Fee for the Re-Use of Information for Documents in Electronic Form, Standardised Amount and Using Special Preparation Methods*

No.	Type of information	Unit of measurement	Price (EUR)
1.	Document	piece	0.57
2.	One group of official publications (per month)	piece	21.34
3.	All groups of official publications (per month)	set	128.06

Note. * Except for information from the Commercial Register, Enterprise Register Journal, Register of Political Parties, Register of European Economic Interest Groupings, and notices on the property relations of spouses. The re-use of the abovementioned information shall be organised by the holder of the Enterprise Register information system in accordance with Section 18, Paragraph two of the Law on Official Publications and Legal Information.

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no longer in force Issuer: Cabinet of Ministers Type: Document number: 65Adoption: 29.01.2013.Entry into force: End of validity: Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 23, 01.02.2013. OP number:

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