1. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 1 Latvia’ s presidency in ECRF Ina Panasova Deputy Chief State Notary

2. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 2 Content 1.Presiding over the ECRF 2.ECRF conference 2007 in Riga

3. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 3 1. Presiding over the ECRF

4. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 4 1. The Register of Enterprises Founded in the year 1990; 9 regional agencies (in Riga and other towns); Chief – Mr. Janis Endzins; Staff – 146; Car – red VW Sharan; www.ur.gov.lv

5. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 5 1. The Register of Enterprises Registers: 1) merchants (companies with limited liability, joint stock companies, partnerships, EEIG, SE, SCE); 2) associations, foundations, political organizations, trade unions; 3) commercial pledges, matrimony agreements

6. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 6 1. The Register of Enterprises Issues information: 1) in general we in paper form (except public authorities e.g. State Revenue Service); 2) in electronic form for each customer – private company Lursoft Ltd. (legal base – agreement between Ministry of Justice and Lursoft Ltd.)

7. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 7 1. The Register of Enterprises Projects in the nearest future 1) certifying of persons signature; 2) implementation of e-government, implementation of amendments in EU First Directive; 3) registering of all legal persons (state institutions, religious organizations too); 4) leading the work of ECRF in the year 2006/2007

8. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 8 2. Leading the work of ECRF Administrative jobs ECRF work according to the Agreement

9. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 9 2. Leading of ECRF work Jobs by subject 1) pursuing and leading of started projects (e.g. merging of ECRF and EBR; BRITE, Branch project); 2) focus on the development of e- government in work of registries

10. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 10 2. ECRF conference 2007 in Riga

11. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 11 1. Focus on e-government Motto of conference “Registers work electronically”

12. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 12 1. Focus on e-government Receiving of e-documents; Issuing of e-documents implementation of amendments in EU First Directive; Publicity of register data; Efficiency of e-document system 1) e-document system is used; 2) faster and better work of register

13. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 13 2. Current situation in Latvia Legal base – done Electronic Documents Law and Regulations of Cabinet of Ministers; Infrastructure – partly done + Supervisory authority – Data State Inspection - there is no Trusted Certification Service Provider

14. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 14 3. Current achievements Technical ready to receive e- documents; Scanning of paper documents; Experience in receiving of e-registration applications in commercial pledge area (since 2002)

15. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 15 4. Conference in Riga Conference will take place in Riga, the capital city of Latvia; Provisory time – the end of June; Riga is founded in the year 1201; Population in Riga – ~800 000 in Latvia - ~2,5 000 000

16. The Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia Amsterdam, 30.06.2006. 16 Welcome to Riga in 2007