Text consolidated by Valsts valodas centrs (State
Language Centre) with amending laws of:
6 May 2004 [shall come into
force from 27 May 2004];
28 October 2004 [shall come into force from 24 November
2004];
22 June 2006 [shall come into force from 21 July
2006];
24 May 2007 [shall come into force from 26 June
2007];
24 September 2009 [shall come into force from 22 October
2009];
5 March 2015 [shall come into force from 2 April
2015];
11 May 2017 [shall come into force from 22 May
2017];
7 June 2018 [shall come into force from 30 June
2018];
5 December 2019 [shall come into force from 31 December
2019].
If a whole or part of a section has been amended, the
date of the amending law appears in square brackets at
the end of the section. If a whole section, paragraph or
clause has been deleted, the date of the deletion appears
in square brackets beside the deleted section, paragraph
or clause.
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The Saeima1 has adopted and
the President has proclaimed the following Law:
Electronic
Documents Law
Chapter I
General Provisions
Section 1. Terms Used in this
Law
The following terms are used in this Law:
1) [11 May 2017];
2) secure electronic signature - a qualified electronic
signature within the meaning of Article 3(12) of Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23
July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for
electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing
Directive 1999/93/EC (hereinafter - Regulation No
910/2014/EU);
3) electronic document - an electronic document
within the meaning of Article 3(35) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
4) electronic signature - an electronic
signature within the meaning of Article 3(10) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
5) electronic signature verification data - validation
data within the meaning of Article 3(40) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
6) electronic signature creation data - electronic
signature creation data within the meaning of Article 3(13) of
Regulation No 910/2014/EU;
7) qualified certificate - a qualified certificate for
electronic signature within the meaning of Article 3(15) of
Regulation No 910/2014/EU;
8) time stamp - a qualified electronic time
stamp within the meaning of Article 3(34) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
9) signatory - a signatory within the meaning of
Article 3(9) of Regulation No 910/2014/EU;
10) certification services - a trust service
within the meaning of Article 3(16) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
11) certificate - a certificate for electronic
signature within the meaning of Article 3(14) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
12) certification service provider - a trust service
provider within the meaning of Article 3(19) of Regulation No
910/2014/EU;
13) trusted certification service provider - a
qualified trust service provider within the meaning of Article
3(20) of Regulation No 910/2014/EU.
[24 May 2007; 11 May 2017]
Section 2. Application of this
Law
(1) This Law determines the legal status of an electronic
document and an electronic signature and it applies to the
provision of certification services in accordance with the
requirements laid down in Regulation No 910/2014/EU.
(2) The provisions of this Law for the circulation of
electronic documents among State and local government
institutions shall be applicable also to other public persons and
their institutions, courts, persons and institutions belonging to
the judicial system, and also public service providers within the
meaning of the law On Regulators of Public Utilities.
[11 May 2017]
Chapter
II
Electronic Documents and the Derivation thereof
Section 3. Electronic Documents
(1) The requirement for a document in written form in relation
to an electronic document shall be fulfilled if the electronic
document has an electronic signature and the electronic document
conforms to the requirements of other laws and regulations.
(2) An electronic document shall be considered to have been
signed by hand if it has a secure electronic signature. An
electronic document shall be considered to have been signed by
hand also in such cases where it has an electronic signature and
the parties have agreed in writing regarding the signing of
electronic documents with an electronic signature. In such case,
the written agreement shall be drawn up and signed on paper or
electronically with a secure electronic signature.
(3) If laws and regulations provide that, in addition to other
requisites for a document to acquire legal effect, it also
requires the imprint of a seal, then this requirement in relation
to an electronic document shall be fulfilled if the electronic
document has a secure electronic signature and a time stamp or
electronic signature if the parties in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Paragraph two of this Section have agreed
in writing regarding the signing of electronic documents with an
electronic signature.
(4) [11 May 2017]
(5) In the circulation of electronic documents between State
and local government institutions or between these institutions
and natural persons and legal persons, the electronic document
shall be considered to be signed if it has a secure electronic
signature and time stamp or electronic signature if the parties
in accordance with the procedures laid down in Paragraph two of
this Section have agreed in writing regarding the signing of
electronic documents with an electronic signature.
(6) This Law shall apply insofar as other procedures and
conditions for the drawing up of documents have not been
determined in other laws and regulations.
[28 October 2004; 5 March 2015; 11 May 2017]
Section 4. Original of Electronic
Documents
(1) If laws and regulations require the storage or
presentation of the original of a document, this requirement in
relation to electronic documents shall be fulfilled if it
conforms to the requirements of Section 3, Paragraphs two and
three of this Law.
(2) Paragraph one of this Section applies to a requirement
expressed in the form of a duty or in a case, where the laws and
regulations provide for a legal effect regarding the non-storage
of documents or the non-presentation of document originals.
Section 5. Derivation of Electronic
Documents
(1) A copy, true copy or extract in paper form of an
electronic document shall have the same legal effect as the
original if the correctness of the copy, true copy or extract is
certified in accordance with the requirements of laws and
regulations and if the issuer of the copies, true copies or
extracts in paper form can, on the basis of a request, present
the document original in electronic form, and it conforms to the
requirements laid down in this Law.
(2) A copy, true copy or extract in electronic form of a paper
document shall have the same legal effect as the original if the
person who, in accordance with the requirements of laws and
regulations, has the right to certify document original copies,
true copies or extracts has certified its correctness with a
secure electronic signature and time stamp or electronic
signature if the parties in accordance with the procedures laid
down in Section 3, Paragraph two of this Law have agreed in
writing regarding the signing of electronic documents with an
electronic signature, and it conforms to the requirements of laws
and regulations.
(3) A duplicate of a paper document in electronic form shall
have the same legal effect as the original if the duplicate has
been issued and drawn up in conformity with the requirements of
this Law and other laws and regulations.
(4) The making of derivations of electronic documents in paper
form shall be only from such electronic documents as is possible
to present in a readable or graphic form.
[28 October 2004]
Chapter
III
Provisions for the Circulation and Storage of Electronic
Documents
Section 6. General Provisions for
the Circulation and Storage of Electronic Documents
(1) If laws and regulations determine requirements for the
preparation, drawing up and storage of a paper document in a
separate way, these same provisions shall be applicable also to
electronic documents.
(2) The procedures for the preparation, drawing up, storage
and circulation of electronic documents in State and local
government institutions, and the circulation procedures between
State and local government institutions, or between these
institutions and natural persons and legal persons shall be
governed by Cabinet regulations.
(3) The National Archives of Latvia shall be responsible for
the evaluation and selection of electronic documents for
long-term and permanent storage, and it shall also monitor that
the archives of State and local government institutions ensure
the storage and accessibility of electronic documents.
(4) State and local government institutions shall develop
internal circulation instructions for electronic documents which
comply with this Law and the regulations of the Cabinet referred
to in Paragraph two of this Section, as well as the work
specifics of the institution, and shall ensure the possibility of
natural persons and legal persons to submit and receive State and
local government institution documents, their copies, true
copies, extracts and duplicates electronically or in another form
according to the choice of the person.
(5) The type of evaluation of electronic documents, procedures
for storage, and time limits for the transfer of such documents
to the National Archives of Latvia for storage shall be regulated
by Cabinet regulations.
[6 May 2004; 5 December 2019]
Section 7. Special Provisions for
the Storage of Electronic Documents
(1) If laws and regulations provide for the storage of
specific documents, records or data, this requirement in relation
to electronic documents is fulfilled if:
1) the data contained therein is accessible for use;
2) the electronic document is preserved in such a form as it
was initially created, sent or received, or in such a form as the
initially created, sent or received data can be shown;
3) the preserved data allows the origin or final destination
of the electronic document to be specified, and the time of
sending or receipt.
(2) The provisions of Paragraph one, Clause 3 of this Section
shall not apply to data that is automatically created in the
process of receiving or sending an electronic document.
(3) A person may fulfil the provisions of Paragraph one of
this Section by using the services of another person if the
provisions of this Law are complied with.
Chapter
IV
Certification Service Providers and Trusted Certification Service
Providers
Section 8. Certification Service
Providers
(1) A certification service provider is a natural or legal
person, who provides certification services without the receipt
of a special permit.
(2) The approval of a certification service provider is
voluntary.
(3) In addition to the requirements of this Law laid down for
a certified service provider, the provisions of Regulation No
910/2014/EU shall be applicable in respect of a trusted
certification service provider.
[11 May 2017]
Section 9. Trusted Certification
Service Providers
[11 May 2017]
Section 10. Approval of the
Activities of Trusted Certification Service Providers
(1) [5 December 2019]
(2) A State fee shall be paid for the approval of the
activities of a trusted certification service provider and the
amount and the procedures for the payment thereof shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
[11 May 2017; 5 December 2019]
Section 11. Certification Service
Provision Regulations
[11 May 2017]
Section 12. Description of the
Certification Service Provision Information System, Equipment and
Procedure Security
[11 May 2017]
Section 13. Examination of the
Certification Service Provision Information System, Equipment and
Procedure Security
[11 May 2017]
Section 14. Third Party Liability
Insurance
(1) It is mandatory to insure against the possible risk of
losses associated with the activities of a trusted certification
service provider.
(2) The insurance of the risk of the activities of a trusted
certification service provider shall secure claims, which may
arise in relation to his or her activities.
(3) The trusted certification service provider shall enter
into an insurance contract prior to receipt of the approval of
the activities, and the insurance contract shall be maintained in
effect throughout the entire period of the provision of
certification services.
(4) If as a result of the actions or inaction of the trusted
certification service provider, losses are incurred, the
insurance company on the basis of the insurance contract shall
cover such losses from the insurance compensation of the trusted
certification service provider.
(5) The Cabinet shall determine the minimum amount of
insurance.
[28 October 2004; 11 May 2017; 5 December 2019]
Section 14.1 Technical
and Organisational Requirements
[11 May 2017]
Section 15. Personal Data
Protection
(1) A certification service provider may only acquire personal
data directly from the natural person or from a third person if
the natural person has consented in writing that his or her data
shall be acquired by the concrete certification service provider
from the third person.
(2) A certification service provider may process the personal
data only for the provision of certification services.
(3) A certification service provider may not process the
personal data, which are acquired for provision of certification
services, for other purposes.
[24 May 2007]
Chapter V
Qualified Certificates
Section 16. Information to be
included in Qualified Certificates
(1) Information in accordance with Annex I to Regulation No
910/2014/EU shall be included in a qualified certificate.
(2) In addition to the information referred to in Paragraph
one of this Section, also the following information may be
included in a qualified certificate upon written request of the
signatory:
1) restrictions on the scope of operation of the certificate
or other certificate operation restrictions;
2) specific legal facts in relation to the signatory (if such
is necessary) depending upon the purpose for which the
certificate is intended;
3) [24 May 2007];
4) [05 March 2015];
5) limitations of transaction amounts which may be performed
using the qualified certificate.
(3) [11 May 2017]
(4) [11 May 2017]
[22 June 2006; 24 May 2007; 5 March 2015; 11 May
2017]
Section 17. Issuance of Qualified
Certificates
(1) In order to receive a qualified certificate, the signatory
shall submit a personally signed written application.
(2) Prior to the issue of a qualified certificate for
electronic signature, a trusted certification service provider
shall ascertain the identity of the signatory in person on the
basis of a personal identification document presented by the
signatory or electronically on the basis of the application of
the signatory that has been signed with a qualified electronic
signature of the signatory, or in accordance with the Law on
Electronic Identification of Natural Persons.
(3) A trusted certification service provider shall, on the
basis of a written application of the signatory, include in the
qualified certificate information regarding the powers of the
signatory or other important information, which is referred to in
Section 16, Paragraph two of this Law.
(4) A trusted certification service provider on the basis of a
written application of the signatory in place of the given name
and surname of the signatory in the qualified certificate may
record a pseudonym, in respect of which making a relevant
indication in the certificate.
(5) The trusted certification service provider shall issue the
qualified certificate to the signatory.
(6) A signatory may be issued several qualified
certificates.
(7) The trusted certification service provider, preserving the
liability laid down in this Law, on the basis of a contract may
entrust another person to perform the activities laid down in
Paragraphs two, three, four and five of this Section if the
supervisory institution has given written consent for this.
[24 May 2007; 5 March 2015; 11 May 2017]
Section 18. Revocation, Suspension
of Operation, and Renewal of a Qualified Certificate
(1) [11 May 2017]
(2) A trusted certification service provider shall, without
delay, revoke a qualified certificate in the following cases:
1) the signatory requests the revocation of the
certificate;
2) the trusted certification service provider receives
official information regarding the death of the signatory or
other information included in the certificate changes;
3) the signatory has provided the trusted certification
service provider with false or misleading information in order to
receive a qualified certificate;
4) when fulfilling a court ruling on the revocation of the
certificate;
5) in the cases stipulated in the contract regarding provision
of certification services.
(3) The suspension of operation of a qualified certificate is
recognition of the certificate as invalid for a time. The
operation of a suspended qualified certificate may be
renewed.
(4) The renewal of the operation of a qualified certificate is
the recognition of the qualified certificate as valid, the
operation of which was suspended.
(5) A trusted certification service provider shall suspend and
renew the operation of a qualified certificate in the following
cases:
1) when fulfilling a court ruling;
2) on the basis of a written request of the signatory;
3) in the cases stipulated in the contract regarding provision
of certification services.
(6) A qualified certificate may not be revoked, and its
operation suspended or renewed with a retroactive date.
(7) A secure electronic signature, which has been created
after the revocation of a qualified certificate or in the period
when the operation of the qualified certificate has been
suspended, shall not be valid.
(8) A secure electronic signature, which has been created
after the death of the signatory, shall not be valid.
(9) If a trusted certification service provider revokes a
qualified certificate, suspends or renews the operation thereof
without a legal basis, on wrongful purpose or due to negligence,
the trusted certification service provider shall compensate
losses caused to persons that have arisen due to the unfounded
revocation of the qualified certificate, and the suspension or
renewal of the operation thereof.
[22 June 2006; 24 May 2007; 11 May 2017]
Chapter
VI
Supervision of Trusted Certification Service Providers
Section 19. Trusted Certification
Service Provider Supervisory Institution
(1) The supervisory institution shall perform the supervision
of trusted certification service providers and services provided
thereby, the approval of the activities and revocation of the
approval of the activities in accordance with the requirements
laid down in Regulation No 910/2014/EU, this Law, and other laws
and regulations.
(2) The supervisory institution shall regularly supervise the
conformity of the activities of trusted certification service
providers with the requirements laid down in Regulation No
910/2014/EU, this Law, and other laws and regulations.
(3) The supervisory institution and the procedures for the
organisation of the activities thereof shall be determined by the
Cabinet.
[11 May 2017; 5 December 2019]
Section 20. Duties of the
Supervisory Institution
(1) [5 December 2019]
(2) The supervisory institution shall develop, maintain and
publish on its website trusted lists, including information on
trusted certification service providers whereof it is responsible
for, and also information on trusted certification services
provided by such service providers and shall provide information
to the European Commission in accordance with Regulation No
910/2014/EU.
(3) In accordance with Regulation No 910/2014/EU, the
supervisory institution shall publish on its website the numbers
of standards which are specified in the referred to Regulation
and which have been introduced, and also technical
specifications, formats, and procedures which are specified
therein and which have been introduced.
[11 May 2017; 5 December 2019]
Section 21. Supervisory Measures
[11 May 2017]
Section 22. Termination of the
Activities of a Trusted Certification Service Provider and
Operation of the Provided Services, Declaration of Insolvency
Thereof and Revocation of the Approval of the Activities
(1) A trusted certification service provider shall, without
delay, inform in writing the supervisory institution and on its
website shall ensure that signatories, with whom a certification
service provision contract has been entered into or to whom an
identity card which contains information required for creating a
secure electronic signature has been issued, have publicly
accessible information that the activities thereof have been
terminated, it has been declared insolvent or the approval of the
activities of a certification service provider or operation of
provided services has been revoked.
(11) If the approval of a trusted certification
service provider or operation of provided services is revoked,
but the operation thereof is not terminated or it has not been
declared insolvent, it shall retain all information on the
provided and received data, and shall ensure accessibility of
such information.
(12) If the activities of a trusted certification
provider are terminated or it has been declared insolvent, the
Cabinet shall immediately decide on the transfer of all
information thereof containing the data provided and received by
a trusted certification service provider to a third person.
(2) [5 December 2019]
(3) [5 December 2019]
(4) [5 December 2019]
(5) [5 December 2019]
(6) The supervisory institution shall, without delay, revoke
the approval of the activities of a trusted certification service
provider who has terminated the activities thereof or has been
declared insolvent, including such information in the trusted
certification service provider register.
[24 May 2007; 5 March 2015; 11 May 2017; 5 December
2019]
Chapter
VII
Duties and Liability of Trusted Certification Service Providers
and Signatories
Section 23. Duties of Trusted
Certification Service Providers
(1) A trusted certification service provider has the following
duties:
1) to use secure certification service provision information
systems, equipment and procedures that appropriately guarantee
the security of certification services;
2) to take necessary measures in order to guarantee the
secrecy of secure electronic signature creation data and
protection against illegal processing and use of electronic
signature creation data, protection against forgery of qualified
certificates and accessibility to such certificates only with the
consent of the signatory;
3) to ensure that the certification service provision
information system, equipment and procedures conforms to this Law
and other laws and regulations;
4) to ensure that personal identification information of the
signatory is included in the qualified certificate on the basis
of a personal identification document presented in the presence
of the signatory or, according to Section 17, Paragraph two of
this Law, on the basis of the application of the signatory which
has been signed with a secure electronic signature of the
signatory;
5) to ensure that the qualified certificate is issued upon
entering into a contract with the signatory for the provision of
certification services or upon issuing an identity card with
information required for creating a secure electronic
signature;
6) prior to entering into a contract or prior to issuing an
identity card with information required for creating a secure
electronic signature, to ensure on its website publicly
accessible information on the provisions and conditions which
apply to the use of a qualified certificate, including any
restrictions on the use of the certificate, the procedures for
reviewing complaints and disputes, civil liability of a trusted
certification service provider, and also the cases of the
suspension, revocation and renewal of the operation of a
qualified certificate provided for in the contract or the laws
and regulations which apply to personal identification
documents;
7) prior to entering into a contract or prior to issuing an
identity card with information required for creating a secure
electronic signature, to ensure on its website publicly
accessible information on the provisions for the provision of
certification services and security measures performed by a
trusted certification service provider in order to prevent the
illegal use of the issued qualified certificates;
8) upon issuing a qualified certificate, to ensure publicly
accessible information on its website or to inform the signatory
in writing regarding the conditions included in the certificate
and the restrictions on use of the certificate;
9) [11 May 2017];
10) [11 May 2017];
11) to ensure, without delay, the revocation of a qualified
certificate, the suspension or renewal of the operation thereof
in the cases laid down in this Law;
12) [24 May 2007];
13) to inform the signatory, his or her authorised persons or
heirs, without delay, regarding the revocation of the qualified
certificate or suspension of the operation thereof;
14) to maintain continually in free of charge and freely
accessible online regime the registers of full electronic
signature-verification data, and issued, revoked, suspended and
renewed qualified certificates;
15) [11 May 2017];
16) to preserve information associated with qualified
certificates and time stamps for a specified time in accordance
with the procedures laid down in this Law and other laws and
regulations;
17) to regularly perform the security inspection of
information systems, equipment and procedures related to the
provision of certification services and to keep inspection
records. All measures related to the issue, revocation of a
qualified certificate, suspension and renewal of the operation
thereof, measures related to marking electronic documents with a
time stamp and also any other data changes shall be included in
inspection records. The inspection records shall be kept
continuously. The audit notes shall be secured by the physical
and logical protection laid down in laws and regulations;
18) to perform measures against the possible forgery of
qualified certificates and time stamps, and to guarantee the
confidentiality of electronic signature creation data during the
time period of its creation;
19) not to store and copy secure electronic signature creation
data;
20) to ensure that the time stamp indicates an internationally
co-ordinated precise time;
21) in accordance with the procedures laid down in laws and
regulations, to provide information to a court, the Office of the
Prosecutor and inquiry institutions regarding the issued,
revoked, suspended and renewed certificates and time stamps;
22) to conform to the Personal Data Protection Law and laws
and regulations that govern the security of information
systems;
23) to transfer the register of qualified certificates that
have been revoked and the operation of which has been terminated
to the National Archives of Latvia in accordance with the Cabinet
regulations that regulate the procedures by which and time limits
in which electronic documents shall be evaluated, collected and
transferred to the National Archives of Latvia;
24) to insure for its own civil liability.
(2) If a qualified certificate is included in an identity
card, a trusted certification service provider shall enter into a
contract with the signatory for the provision of certification
services.
(3) A qualified certificate shall be included in an identity
card in accordance with the laws and regulations applying to
personal identification documents.
[22 June 2006; 24 May 2007; 5 March 2015; 11 May 2017; 5
December 2019]
Section 24. Liability of Trusted
Certification Service Providers
[11 May 2017]
Section 25. Duties and Liability of
Signatories
(1) A signatory has the following duties:
1) to provide the trusted certification service provider with
truthful information;
2) prior to entering into a contract for the provision of
certification services or prior to issuing an identity card with
information required for creating a secure electronic signature,
to confirm in writing that he or she has become acquainted with
the security description of the information system for the
provision of certification services, equipment and procedures,
provisions for the provision of certification services included
in the trusted certification service provider register and other
security measures performed by a trusted certification service
provider to prevent the illegal use of the qualified
certificate;
3) after receipt of the qualified certificate to confirm in
writing that he or she has become acquainted with the conditions
and restriction included in the qualified certificate;
4) to ensure that the electronic signature creation data is
not used without the knowledge of the signatory;
5) to request, without delay, that the trusted certification
service provider revokes the qualified certificate or suspends
the operation thereof if there is a basis to believe that the
electronic signature creation data have been used without the
knowledge of the signatory;
6) to request, without delay, that the trusted certification
service provider revokes the qualified certificate if there are
changes to the information indicated therein.
(2) A signatory is liable for losses that are caused to a
person who reasonably relied upon the qualified certificate
if:
1) the signatory provided the trusted certification service
provider with false information;
2) the signatory has not appropriately taken care regarding
the protection of the electronic signature creation data against
unauthorised use;
3) there has been a basis to believe that the electronic
signature creation data have been used without the knowledge of
the signatory, but the signatory has not requested the trusted
certification service provider to revoke the qualified
certificate or to suspend its operation.
[24 May 2007; 5 March 2015; 11 May 2017; 5 December
2019]
Chapter
VIII
Recognition of Qualified Certificates Issued in a Foreign
Country
Section 26. Recognition of Qualified
Certificates Issued in a Foreign Country
A certificate issued in a foreign country shall have the legal
status and legal effects of a qualified certificate determined in
this Law if it conforms to at least one of the following
conditions:
1) it has been issued by a trusted certification service
provider registered in the supervisory institution of a Member
State of the European Union;
2) it has been issued by a trusted certification service
provider performing entrepreneurship in a third country in
accordance with Article 14 of Regulation No 910/2014/EU.
[5 December 2019]
Transitional
Provisions
1. State and local government institutions have a duty to
accept electronic documents from natural persons and legal
persons no later than 1 January 2004.
2. The Cabinet shall by 1 January 2005 issue the regulations
provided for in Section 14.1 of this Law.
[28 October 2004]
3. [11 May 2017]
4. A trusted certification service provider, who has been
certified in the supervisory institution in accordance with the
requirements referred to in this Law, shall, by 1 July 2017,
submit a conformity assessment report to the supervisory
institution in accordance with the requirements laid down in
Regulation No 910/2014/EU. Until the day when the supervisory
institution has examined the abovementioned conformity assessment
report, a certification service provider shall be considered as a
trusted certification service provider in accordance with this
Law.
[11 May 2017]
5. The security inspection of the information systems,
equipment and procedures for the provision of certification
services that has been performed by a trusted certification
service provider in the period from 1 January 2016 until 21 May
2017 shall be effective by 31 December 2017.
[11 May 2017]
6. The electronic document which has been signed with a
qualified certificate for electronic signature issued to the
signatory by a trusted certification service provider certified
in Latvia in the period from 1 July 2016 until 30 June 2020 shall
be considered to have been signed by hand within the meaning of
this Law.
[11 May 2017; 7 June 2018]
7. The Cabinet shall, by 30 September 2017, issue regulations
regarding the State fee for the approval of the activities of a
trusted certification service provider and renewal thereof. Until
the day of coming into force of new Cabinet regulations, Cabinet
Regulation No. 371 of 20 April 2010, Regulations Regarding the
State Fee for Accreditation and Renewal of Accreditation of a
Certification Service Provider, shall be applicable insofar they
are not in contradiction with this Law.
[11 May 2017]
Informative
Reference to the Directives of the European Union
[11 May 2017]
This Law shall come into force on 1 January 2003.
The Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 31 October
2002.
Acting for the President, Chairperson of
the Saeima I. Ūdre
Rīga, 20 November 2002
1 The Parliament of the Republic of
Latvia
Translation © 2020 Valsts valodas centrs (State
Language Centre)
