Receipt of a permit for street trading during the event

Process description

1. Information
   The receipt of a permit for the sale of goods in public places organised by the local government or agreed with the local government, including trade from the mobile retail selling point, which takes place during the event. (public place - any place outside a building and a permanent trading venue which, irrespective of the form of property, is available to consumers; Permanent trading place - a place of commerce arranged for permanent and systematic trading, registered in accordance with the procedures specified in the regulatory enactments regulating taxes and charges).

2. Service requests
   The service is intended for street trading during the event. (if, in conformity with the requirements of regulatory enactments, a permit or co-ordination of the Executive Director of Riga City has to be obtained for the organisation of a public event, a permit for street trade during the event shall be issued after the issuance of the referred to consent or a permit for the organisation of a public measure.)
   The service shall be requested electronically using an e-service https://www.eriga.lv. (using an e-service: https://www.eriga.lv/Default.aspx), or on-site, presenting the original documents, in the Riga City Neighborhood Centre, where the customer service department specialist will scan the documents and add them electronically to the submission.
   
   The following information shall be submitted for preparation of the application:
   1) a street trade participant (the given name, surname and personal identity number shall be indicated for a natural person (if a natural person has not registered economic activity) or the registration code of the taxpayer (if a natural person has registered economic activity); the name of the legal person and the registration code of the taxpayer shall be indicated for the legal person);
   2) the measure and the organiser thereof;
   3) the location, date and time of street trade;
   4) groups of goods to be marketed in street trade;
   5) the contact information of the street trading participant (address, telephone number and e-mail address);
   
   and the following documents:
   1) co-ordination with the organizer of the measure, except in cases where the organizer of the measure and the street trade participant are the same person;
   2) colour photofixation (in A4 format) of the actual street trading site (without the equipment of the place of sale);
   3) an up-to-date sketch, photofixation or visualization of the equipment of the street trading site in the context of the environment (A4 format);
   4) the layout of the street trading location in the plot (in A4 format) on an appropriate scale with dimensions and attachments, indicating the free width of the sidewalk and carriageway, which is co-ordinated with the Transport Department of the Riga City Council, if the action is planned on the red lines of the street;
   5) a co-ordination with the owner or legal possessor of real estate - a private person - or the possessor and manager of real estate owned by the State and local government;
   6) a statement of the street trade participant regarding the existence of an electronic device or technical passport for the registration of taxes and other payments registered in the State Revenue Service or receipts registered with the State Revenue Service;
   7) a statement from a street trade participant that the special equipment will be operated in conformity with the requirements of the manufacturer and observing the fire safety regulations, if trade from special equipment with hot snacks or non-alcoholic beverages is intended in the form to be discarded.

3. A service charge
   The service is free of charge.
   The local government fee for trade in public places in accordance with the binding regulations of the Riga City Council of 10 February 2021, No. 19 “Amendments to the binding regulations of the Riga City Council of 18 j anname No 109 “On the Municipal Charge for Trade in Public Places in Riga” for the period from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021 shall not apply..

4. Receipt of services
   An electronically signed permit shall be sent to the e-mail address indicated in the customer's application. If the documents have been submitted in person at the Riga City residents centre, the customer may indicate in which location of the Riga City Neighborhood residents center he or she wants to receive a response.