Cabinet Regulation No. 50 of 2012 on Geographical Names Information Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Latvijas Vēstnesis, 20, 03.02.2012. Subject Land & soil Keyword Survey/mapping Cadastre/land registration Land-use planning Institution Zoning International relations/cooperation Access-to-information Cultural heritage Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Regulation prescribes the procedures for the creation, assigning, approval, accumulation, publication, use, preservation and protection of geographical names (geographical names or toponyms). The special procedures for the creation and assigning of names for objects of addressing, as well as the procedures for registration and circulation of the relevant information shall be determined by the provisions of the system of addressing. Information on geographical names shall be accumulated by the State Land Service - for accounting of the objects of addressing in the Information System of the State Address Register; and the Latvian Geospatial Information Agency - in the Geographical name Database for the performance of geodetic and cartographic activities and studies in the field of applied toponymy. Full text English/Latvian Website likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Geospatial Information Law (2009) Legislation | Latvia | 2009 Keyword: Survey/mapping, Cadastre/land registration, Land-use planning, Institution, Zoning, International relations/cooperation, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX