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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