The transfer of the registered office of a capital company from a Member State of the European Union to Latvia is understood as a cross-border reorganisation. As a result, the company continues to operate in Latvia. The reorganisation shall be carried out in two stages. The shareholders' meeting of the company shall take a decision regarding the transfer of the registered office, approve the statutes of the newly established company, elect the administrative bodies and perform other activities that are necessary when establishing the company.

All conversion rules apply. The provisions of Article 358 and Article 360 of the Commercial Law shall apply accordingly. If the submitted documents comply with the requirements of Latvian regulatory enactments and there are no other legal barriers to registration of the requested changes, the Enterprise Register shall make an entry in the Commercial Register regarding a new commercial company, while making a note regarding the 'rights predecessor', i.e. the information regarding the legal entity registered in the State of origin of the Company.

We point out that, according to the Commercial Law, members/shareholders have the right to participate and vote at the meeting remotely or to vote before the meeting. Read more in the Explanatory to Remote Participation in Meetings of Members, Shareholders and Members.

Documents to be submitted:

• application form KR4;
• confirmation by the commercial register authority of the home Member State of the condition of the country of origin for the transfer of the registered office to another EU Member State ('pre-clearance certificate');
• a decision on the transfer of the registered office of the company and the approval of the statutes, the board and the council;
• opinion of the expert on property adequacy
• the statutes of the company;
• the agreement of each member of the Management Board to take office (if the consent is not already contained in paragraph 11 of the application form KR4) (the signatures must be certified);
• written consent of each member of the Council for taking office;
• a statement of the registered office of the Management Board and a statement that the company is reachable and has a legal basis to be at the designated legal address;
• a receipt or a copy thereof, or a printout of an online bank payment, or information regarding the payment of the State fee.

Deadline for the submission of documents to the Enterprise Register: 14 days after the completion of all operations, not earlier than 3 months after the date of publication of the notice.