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IP/N/1/LVA/C/5  
 
25 January 2024  
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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 : REPUBLIC OF LATVIA - CABINET REGULATION NO. 321 - ADOPTED 10 MAY 2005 -
REGULATIONS REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF THE BLANK TAPE LEVY AND THE LEVY  
OF EQUIPMENT USED FOR REPRODUCTION AND THE PROCEDURES FOR THE  
COLLECTION,  REPAYMENT, DISTRIBUTION AND DISBURSEMENT THEREOF  
Notifying Member  LATVIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text 
 
Title Republic of Latvia Cabinet - Regulation No. 321 - Adopted 10 May 2005 -
Regulations Regarding the Amount of the Blank Tape Levy and the Levy of 
Equipment Used for Reproduction and the Procedures for the Collection, 
Repayment, Distribution and Disbursement Thereof  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/LVA/23_14675_00_e.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  
 
The respective Cabinet Regulation concerns blank tape levy which is imposed on the sale of blank 
recording media and devices, such as USB drives and smartphones, which can be used to make 
personal copies of copyrighted content.  
 
The Regulation states the amount of the levy, the procedures for its collection as well as the 
procedures by which the levy has to be proportionally distributed among authors, performers and 
phonogram and film producers.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  10 May 2005  
Other date    IP/N/1/LVA/17 • IP/N/1/LVA/C/5  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  15 December 2023  
Other information  https://likumi.l v/ta/en/en/id/108026 -regulations -regarding -the-amount -of-
the-blank -tape-levy-and-the-levy-of-equipment -used-for-reproduction -and-
the-procedures -for-the-collection -repayment -distribution -and-
disbursement -thereof   
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ilona Petersone  
Head of the Copyright Unit  
Ministry of Culture  
Latvia  
 
E-mail:  ilona.petersone@km.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.  