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Latvian State Language Centre
Valsts valodas centrs
Offices of the State Language Center
Abbreviation
VVC
Formation
1992
Location
Eksporta iela 6, Riga, Latvia
Director
Māris Baltiņš
Deputy director
Inese Bursevica
Website
vvc.gov.lv
Latvian State Language Centre (VVC; Latvian: Valsts valodas centrs) is a direct administration institution subordinated to the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Latvia. The purpose of the State Language Centre is to implement the national policy on the use of the official language - Latvian.
The Centre supervises and controls the conformity with laws and regulations on the use of official language, provides the State administration institutions and the public with official translations of laws and regulations and other documents issued by the State or international organisations while concurrently ensuring use of consistent terminology. The State Language Centre protects rights and interests of the official language users, promotes the regularisation of the cultural environment of language and promotes comprehensive functioning of the Latvian language.
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