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Union Blue Card than provided in the very Directive. 179 Saeima adopted draft law
"Amendment to the Immigration Law" in the 1st reading on 25 November 2010.
The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs has also prepared a draft law
“Amendment to the Law “On Status of Permanent Resident of the European Community in the
Republic of Latvia”” 180 , the purpose of which is the transposition of the provisions of the
above-mentioned Direction, aligning of terminology with the Lisbon Agreement, an
opportunity for non-citizens of Latvia to obtain a status, as well as other technical
amendments. 181
‣ Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councils of 18 June
2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers
of illegally staying third-country nationals. 182
Currently, Paragraph eight of Section 37 of the Labour Law transposes Clause 1 of
Article 3 of Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councils of 18 June
2009. In order to fully transpose the requirements of Directive 2009/52/EC, draft law
"Amendment to the Labour Law", draft law "Amendment to the Criminal Law" and draft law
"Amendment to the Associations and Foundations Law" have been developed. The abovementioned
draft laws were submitted and announced at the meeting of the State Secretaries on
28 October 2010. In compliance with protocol decision No. 42 of the meeting of the State
Secretaries of 28 October 2010, the Ministry of Welfare has been assigned the task of
coordination of the draft laws and their executive summaries and of submission of coordinated
drafts to the State Chancellery. 183
‣ Regulation 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009
establishing a Community Code on Visas. 184
179 Bērziņa K., Īstermiņa un cirkulārā migrācija Latvijā: empīriskās liecības, pašreizējā politiskā prakse un
nākotnes iespējas (Short-term and Circular Migrations in Latvia: Empirical Evidence, Current Political Practice
and Future Opportunities).// European migrations network, Riga, October 2010. – Available on:
http://emn.lv/lv/pdf/2010/Circular_Migration_2010.LV.pdf - [see: 16.11.2010]
180 Draft law “Amendments to the Law “On Status of Permanent Resident of the European Community in the
Republic of Latvia””.//
http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/news/normativie_projects.htmlnews_id=583-[see: 05.10.2010]
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Executive summary to draft law “Amendments to the Law “On Status of Permanent Resident of the European
Community in the Republic of Latvia””.//
http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/news/normativie_projects.htmlnews_id=583-[see: 05.10.2010]
182 Published: The Official Journal, L 168, 30.06.2009.
183 Information provided by officials of the Ministry of Welfare.
184 Regulation (EC) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a
Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).// Official Journal, L 243 , 15.09.2009.