Records last updated: 10 November 2023
Contact person: Karabo Rajuili
Committed to one or more
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Live registerFollowing the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
Implemented one or more
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Implementation details
Register of Enterprises
- Name
- Register of Enterprises
- Central register implemented
- Yes
- Public access
- Yes
- Scope
- Full-economy
- Register launched
- 2017
- Structured data publicly available
- Yes
- Published as BODS
- Planned
- Available via API
- Yes
Commitment details
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- Latvia has made a commitment to beneficial ownership transparency as part of the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group. [28 November 2019] link to commitment
- Latvia has included a commitment in an Open Government Partnership National Action Plan to beneficial ownership transparency link to commitment
- As a European Union member, Latvia was obliged to create a central, public register of beneficial ownership as part of the EU’s fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. Following the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 22 November 2022, member states are no longer required to provide public access, and are instead required to, at a minimum, provide access to those that can demonstrate a legitimate interest. [19 April 2018] link to commitment
- Latvia made a commitment to beneficial ownership transparency and effectively implementing FATF’s revised Recommendation 24 during the second Summit for Democracy [29 March 2023] link to commitment
