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(1) The name, abbreviated name or logo of a party shall be unequivocally different from the name, abbreviated name or logo of a party or party alliance previously registered in Latvia (regardless of continued activities), as well as the name of an association or foundation. Use of the name, abbreviated name or logo of a previously registered party shall be allowed in cases when parties upon reorganisation are united or reformed as an association. The name of a party shall be created according to the requirements of the official language.
(2) The name, abbreviated name or logo of a party alliance may include the name, abbreviated name or logo of the forming parties thereof.
(3) If, upon reorganisation, all the parties within a party alliance unite and establish one party, it may take over the name, abbreviated name and logo of the relevant party alliance or use one or several of the referred to elements.
(4) Names, abbreviated names and logos of parties are prohibited, which:
1) are in conflict with regulatory enactments and good morals. The name shall not contain the name of a military body or the name of such organisations or groups that have been recognised as criminal or anti-constitutional, it shall not create a positive attitude towards violence; and
2) coincide with the name, abbreviated name or logo of such organisation whose aim or activities are aimed against the independence, sovereignty or security of Latvia, or that copies the name, abbreviated name or logo of such organisation.
(5) Only letters of the Latvian alphabet shall be used in the name of a party.
(6) Misleading information regarding the purpose of activities, type of activities and legal form of the party shall not be included in the name of a party.
(7) The words "Republic of Latvia", the names of State and local government institutions, as well as the words "State" or "local government" shall not be included in the name of a party. The logo of a party shall not coincide with the logo of the State, local governments or institutions thereof.
(8) A party, the rights of which have been infringed through illegal use of the name, abbreviated name or logo thereof, may demand from the infringer that he or she ceases using the relevant name, abbreviated name or logo and reimburses losses (damages) incurred to the party through the illegal use of the name, abbreviated name or logo thereof.