The SE may be set up by a merger between public limited liability companies of the Member States; promoting the setting up of a holding company by public limited companies or limited liability companies of a Member State; transforming a public limited liability company of a Member State; as a dependent public limited liability company within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation No 2157/2001.

^{* 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 SE1 (signatures to be certified);
• the Treaty of incorporation;
• statutes;
• the first division of the Register of stockholders, if the European commercial company is registered shares (signatures must be certified - or notarially or with a secure e-signature in order to submit electronically);
• a certificate issued by the Central Securities Depository regarding the entry of dematerialised shares, if the European commercial company is dematerialised shares;
• the consent of each Member of the Council to hold office;
• the consent of each Member of the Management Board to hold office (if the consent is not already included in the application form SE1) (signatures must be certified);
• 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;
• a receipt or a copy thereof, or a printout of an Internet bank payment, or information regarding payment of the State fee.

Documents must be completed/drawn up in Latvian.

Deadline for submission of documents in the Enterprise Register: not specified.

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