Legislation and supervision

Population operations include the documentation of family events that have taken place in Estonia, the functioning of the population register and the maintenance of the family archive. In order to regulate the use of first names and surnames as well as to secure the protection of Estonian name traditions and the national name heritage, personal names are covered.

Supervision and Decisions on Challenge

The Ministry of the Interior exercises supervision of vital statistics procedures, the maintenance of the population register and the processing of population register data to ensure its compliance with legal acts and practicability of operations. 
The Ministry of the Interior also resolves decisions on challenge in cases when individuals find that their rights have been violated in the course of conducting vital statistics procedures, maintenance of the population register or processing of the population register data as well as the assignment or application of a personal name.
The current page includes precepts which were drawn up in the supervision proceedings and have entered into force and decisions taken in challenge proceedings. For the protection of personal data, precepts are not disclosed in full, only the addressee or the authority of the precept whose proceedings or administrative act were contested, description of infringement or the main contents of a decision on challenge and the resolution of a precept or a decision on challenge will be (partly) disclosed.

Last updated: 02.05.2023