AS Stora Enso Latvija wins the case in the dispute with the State Revenue Service


2011 - 02 - 09

At the end of 2010 AS Stora Enso Latvija, one of the biggest forestry companies in Latvia, won the case in the dispute with the State Revenue Service. The Administrative Department of the Supreme Court Senate rejected the appeal of the State Revenue Service regarding the judgment of the Regional Administrative Court by which the judgment of the District Administrative Court was upheld. The District Administrative Court revoked decision of the State Revenue Service.

The dispute with the State Revenue Service concerned the opinion of the State Revenue Service according to which payments made by AS Stora Enso Latvija to its related company located in Latvia for its undertaking not to organize its own timber acquisition procedure but to acquire the timber materials from AS Stora Enso Latvija are not related to economic activities of AS Stora Enso Latvija.

COBALT represented AS Stora Enso Latvija in all court instances.