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The World Bank, an international financial institution, asked for our assistance for the 11th time with its Doing Business report, one of the flagship publications of the World Bank Group that benchmarks business regulations in 191 economies worldwide. Valuable insight for many We provide yearly information on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus in different fields […]
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While Latvia already introduced video-conferencing mode for notary services back in 2018, it is now during times of pandemic and social distancing that remote access to notary services is very useful. Remote access to notary services is available at DigiNotārs (www.latvijasnotars.lv) through the “Latvija.lv” portal, with all the tools available there. However, certifying a document […]
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Publication / Eva Berlaus, Ērika Bužinska
Responsible authority: The Ministry of Health State-declared emergency period: 13 March – 12 May 2020 State and local government institutions will assess and, as far as possible, ensure remote provision of on-site services. Employers must take steps to ensure that those with symptoms of acute respiratory infection are not employed in work involving potential risks to […]
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Since announcing a state of emergency on 12 March 2020 due to COVID-19, the Latvian Government has been working on measures to support affected companies. The following support is already available: Payment of salaries to employees from the state budget: where employees are not working as a direct consequence of limitations imposed by the Government (an order on […]
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Starting from 01.07.2020 all branches and representative offices of foreign companies must file information on their beneficial owner with the Latvian Commercial Register. If a foreign company has not registered a branch or a representative office at the Latvian Commercial Register but has registered as a taxpayer with the State Revenue Service (SRS) for carrying […]
