A commercial company of national security importance is a commercial company registered in the Republic of Latvia, if it owns or possesses critical infrastructure or it meets at least one of the following conditions, as defined in Article 37 of the National Security Law:

1. is an electronic communications merchant with significant market power, for which tariff regulation and cost calculation obligations have been established in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Electronic Communications Law;

2. is an audio electronic mass medium, the program coverage area of which, using terrestrial broadcasting technical means, in accordance with the broadcasting permit issued by the National Electronic Mass Media Council, is Latvia or at least 60 percent of its territory, or is an audiovisual electronic mass medium, the program coverage area of which, using terrestrial broadcasting technical means, in accordance with the broadcasting permit issued by the National Electronic Mass Media Council, is Latvia or at least 95 percent of its territory;

3. has received a license in the Republic of Latvia for the transmission, distribution, storage of natural gas or owns a liquefied natural gas facility connected to a transmission or distribution system;

4. is a producer of electricity or heat energy with an installed effective capacity exceeding 50 megawatts;

5. is a heat energy transmission and distribution operator who owns heating networks with a length of at least 100 kilometers;

6. has received a license in the Republic of Latvia for the transmission of electricity;

7. is the owner of forest land in the Republic of Latvia with an area of at least 10,000 hectares;

8. is the owner of agricultural land in the Republic of Latvia with an area of at least 4,000 hectares;

9. has received a special permit (license) issued by the Ministry of Defence for commercial activities with goods of strategic importance or a military manufacturer's certificate, and has a valid strategic partnership agreement with the Ministry of Defence;

10. has been a manufacturer and developer of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items, within the last two years, and exports such dual-use items to foreign countries, except for the Member States of the European Union, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Liechtenstein;

11. has access to the personal data of voters, as well as the personal data of parliamentary candidates, which are not subject to publication in accordance with the law;

12. processes data sets included in the state's critical infrastructure systems, except in cases where this is done by financial market participants;

13. is a commercial company that manufactures or develops goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transport of dual-use items or manufactures or develops technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, smart and autonomous mobility, cybersecurity, energy storage, quantum technology, nuclear technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and which the Cabinet of Ministers, based on the opinion of the national security authority, has determined to be a commercial company of national security importance.

Deadline for submitting documents to the Register of Enterprises: within 5 working days from the day on which the commercial company meets any of the conditions referred to in Article 37 of the National Security Law.

SIA statement on a commercial company important to national security