A natural person who is authorised to represent the merchant in activities related to the branch shall be entered in the commercial Register. An unlimited number of authorised persons may be entered in the commercial Register. The amount of authorisation of each authorised person, which shall be determined and applied for by the merchant, shall be entered in the commercial Register. When appointing, revoking or changing an authorised person, information regarding the beneficial owner (hereinafter - PLG) shall also be provided at the same time. If the information on the registered PLG has not changed, this shall be confirmed in the application.

If the trustee resigns himself, the application for information on the beneficial owner need not be provided.

^{* The statutory time limit for examining documents may be extended on the basis of Section 64, Paragraph two of the Administrative Procedure Law.}

In the cases specified in the Law, an application for registration of changes may be sent for inspection to the State Revenue Service. Read more about the assessment of applications received in the Enterprise Register at the State Revenue Service.

Documents to be submitted:

• application form KR18;
• a document certifying the authorisation of a person to represent a foreign merchant in all activities related to the branch, and the scope of such authorisation;
• a questionnaire for inclusion of information in the Register of natural persons (to be signed by the foreigner himself or herself with a secure electronic signature in order to submit electronically; if there is no secure electronic signature, this document shall not be submitted) of a foreigner (foreigner) who has a legal link with Latvia on the basis of which mutual rights and obligations in the field of commercial activities and taxes are formed or have developed, but no personal identity number of the Republic of Latvia has been granted;
• if the particular type of service is not available on the e-services portal registrs.ur.gov.lv or the application is submitted via postal services, information regarding payment of the State fee shall be appended (receipt or a copy thereof, or printout of an Internet bank payment or free text information). Important! To make sure that the specific application is submitted electronically to the e-service registrs.ur.gov.lv, please search your service in the detailed list of services.

Deadline for submission of documents in the Enterprise Register: 14 days from the decision.

View information on how to become an official and administrative Member of the merchant, as well as duties and authorisation thereof.