Registration of a branch of a foreign company in the Commercial Register
1. Summary
The branch of a foreign merchant must be registered in the Enterprise Register in order to enter into business.
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1-3 working days (not including the day of submission)Review
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from 30,00 EURCosts
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Can be done electronicallySubmit documents
Documents to be submitted:
- application form KR7;
- a document attesting the registration of the merchant in the relevant foreign state or a notarially certified copy of such document, if the State Law of the location of the merchant provides for the entering of the merchant in the register;
- permit the opening of a branch, if provided for by the law of the foreign state concerned;
- a notarially certified copy of the articles of association, the contract of incorporation or the document equivalent thereto of the merchant;
- a document attesting the authorisation of a person to represent a foreign merchant in all activities related to the branch, and the amount of such authorisation;
- a third-country national (alien) who has a legal relationship with Latvia on the basis of which mutual rights and duties in the field of commercial activity and taxes are formed or have been established, but has not been granted the personal identity code of the Republic of Latvia, a questionnaire for the inclusion of information in the Register of Natural Persons (to be signed by the third-country national with a secure electronic signature in order to submit electronically;, this document shall not be submitted);
- if it is not possible to submit to the service portal, a receipt or a copy thereof, or a printout of an online bank payment, or information on the payment of the State fee, must be attached.
Deadline for the submission of documents in the Enterprise Register: not specified.
For each document issued or signed by a foreign public authority (the document regarding the registration of a foreign merchant in a foreign state, the authorisation to open a branch, a copy of the articles of association or the contract of incorporation), it is necessary to add a notarially certified translation in Latvian.