Latvia: Amendments to Labour Law
On October 3, 2013 Saeima in the first reading reviewed and accepted amendments to Latvian Labour Law, what anticipate to establish new liabilities, responsibilities and rights for...
Even if national legislation regulates the mergers in the major cases, the EU legislation has its own laws regulating the mergers done in EU-region. One...
On October 31, 2013 Latvian Saeima passed amendments to the Immigration Law.
The law provides that a third-country citizen may apply for Latvia's temporary residence...
Recently European Court of Justice clarified some legislation connected to trademarks.[1]
First as the court has concluded that one of conditions - ‘genuine use’, may be fulfilled where a...
Snoras creditors attempt to raise their chances on retrieving bigger portion of their assets held in Snoras brought bitter results. After appealing the confirmed Snoras creditors listing, creditors issued...
On 1st of July Lithuania introduced court e-services portal <https://e.teismas.lt/ > and joined other European countries in development of the online governmental services. Here citizens...
1 Framework in Latvia
1.1 When did Latvia first liberalise telecommunications networks and/or services?
The liberalisation of Latvia's telecommunications networks services started in 2003,...
The vessel might be registered under the Latvian flag if the owner of the vessel is the company registered in Latvia,(or the individual with Latvian citizenship or permanent residenceship). Therefore at...
The most common form of a business presence in Latvia is a limited liability company [SIA].
The minimum share capital required to establish a limited liability company is 2000 LVL (~2857 EUR) or, if a micro...
European Union citizens
EU citizens have the right to stay in Latvia on the basis of a valid travel document for the period of up to 3 months within half a year counting from...