Latvia

Find details about Latvia's commitments to and implementation of beneficial ownership transparency reforms

Records last updated: 04 April 2024

Contact person: Karabo Rajuili

Current ongoing work

Latvia is a member of the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group and we have worked with the Register of Enterprises team to publish their beneficial ownership data in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard.

Committed to one or more

  • Live register
    Following 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
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