Law on European Cooperative Societies (2006) Country/Territory Latvia Document type Legislation Date 2006 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Latvijas Vēstnesis, 180, 09.11.2006.; Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs, 24, 28.12.2006. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Fisheries, Land & soil, Cultivated plants, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Registration Basic legislation Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Law regulates European cooperative societies. Its purpose is to regulate the procedures for formation of European Cooperative Societies and provisions for operation thereof, if it is intended to register a European Cooperative Society in Latvia or a cooperative society, commercial company registered in Latvia or a natural person permanently living in Latvia is directly participating in the formation of a European Cooperative Society. Regulatory enactments applicable to the formation and operation of cooperative societies and merger and conversion of public limited-liability companies, as well as conducting of the Enterprise Register Journal in so far as it is not otherwise provided for in the Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) and this Law. Involvement of employees in decision making of European cooperative societies shall be regulated by the Law On the Involvement of Employees in Decision Making in a European Commercial Company, a European Cooperative Society and in the Case of Cross-Border Merger of Capital Companies. Full text English/Latvian Website likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EC) No. 1435/2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE). Legislation | European Union | 2003 Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Business/industry/corporations Source: FAO, FAOLEX