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4) private individuals or legal entities from the countries, which have concluded an agreement with the Republic of Latvia for the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment after 31 December 1996, and the respective concluded agreement prescribes the rights of the private individuals and legal entities from Latvia to acquire land in the respective country ( countries, which have concluded agreements for the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment after 31 December 1996 are - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Egypt, Georgia, Croatia, India, Iceland, Canada, Kazakhstan, China, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Moldova, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, but regarding these countries the exact provisions of the agreements should be reviewed );
prohibited for such private individuals and companies to acquire the following types of land: - land in the border zone; - land in the protection zone of coastal dunes of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga and land in the protection zones of public bodies of water and water courses, except if the build-up is allowed on the land in accordance with the spatial plan of the city;
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agricultural and forest land in accordance with the spatial plan of the city.
In rural areas land may be acquired by: a
the citizens of Latvia, citizens of the EU member states or European Economic Area (EEA) states or citizens of Member States of the Swiss Confederation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; b the Republic of Latvia or derived public persons (such as municipal or other public person established based on law); c a capital company (a limited liability company or a joint stock company) registered in Latvia, EU, EEA country or in the Swiss Confederation or in a Member State of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, if the respective company has been registered in Latvia as a taxpayer and if all the shareholders of the company are:
d a public joint stock company registered in Latvia or any EU member state, if its shares are quoted in stock exchange; e religious organizations, which were registered in Latvia before 21 July 1940; f the state or municipal institutions of higher education. Other private individuals and companies that do not correspond to the aforementioned conditions may acquire the land in Latvia with the permission from the local government; however, it is also
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