IP/N/1/LVA/15  
IP/N/1/LVA/O/2  
 
15 December 2022  
(22-9330)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
LATVIA : CABINET REGULATION NO. 468 - ADOPTED 8 AUGUST 2017 -  
RULES ON CERTAIN TYPES OF CUSTOMS CONTROL  
Notifying Member  LATVIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Cabinet Regulation No. 468 - Adopted 8 August 2017 - Rules on certain types 
of customs control  
Subject matter  Other  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/LVA/22_8410_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Cabinet Regulation No. 468 includes procedure described in Section 14.5 of the Customs Law.  
 
Taking into account the initiative of the industry associations and the call to evaluate the possibility 
of determining in the normative regulation that disputes regarding the violation of intellectual 
property rights are resolved in a ci vil procedure, the Ministry of Finance, in cooperation with the 
Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport, developed a Conceptual Report. The Cabinet of 
Ministers supported the solution included in the report to provide the normative regulation tha t the 
State Revenue Service (hereinafter - SRS) initiates an administrative proceeding with respect to 
goods subject to customs control, which are suspected of infringing intellectual property rights. While 
in other cases, the dispute regarding the violati on of intellectual property rights is resolved in a civil 
procedure.  
 
Taking the above -mentioned into account, amendments were made to the Customs Law, 
determining the competence of the SRS in the settlement of disputes on intellectual property rights 
in accordance with that which was mentioned in the Conceptual Report, as well as regulating customs 
control measures for the protection of intellectual property rights and actions of persons in cases 
when a statement of claim has been submitted to the court r egarding the initiation of a court 
proceeding on counterfeit goods or an application regarding the determination of a provisional 
measure of protection before bringing a claim to the court for said goods.  
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal text Latvian  
Entry into force  8 August 2017  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  8 December 2022  
Other information  https://likumi.lv/ta/id/292867 -noteikumi -par-atseviskiem -muitas -
kontroles -veidiem  
 
IP/N/1/LVA/O/1  
(Customs  Law) 
 
See also IP/N/ 1/LVA/E/2  
(Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers Nº 43 regarding "Customs Control 
Measures to Ensure Protection of Intellectual Property")  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Customs  
Ministry of Finance  
 
Telephone:  0037122013024  
Email:  marika.vibane@fm.gov.lv  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.