RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
13 April 2000
(00-1484)
Working Party on the
Accession of LithuaniaOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF LITHUANIA
Communication from Lithuania
Revision
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania has submit ted the following synoptic table showing the
progress in adoption of legislation.
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Page 2Agreements; other
sectors related toLegislation related to the regulation of the in dicated sector Status of  indicated legislation
General 1.  Law on Procedure of Publication and Coming into force of Republic of
Lithuania Laws and Other Legal Acts of 6 April 1993 with amendments (version
of 18 May 1999);
2. Law on Administrative Proceedings of 14 January 1999;1. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in August 1999;
Customs Duties and
Tariff Quotas1. The Customs Code of Lithuania of 18 April 1996;
2. Law on Customs Tariffs of 19 February 1998 (which replaced the Law  of 27
April 1993);
3. Government Resolution No.1367 of 30 December 1994 On the Establishment of
the Structure of Customs Tariffs;
4. Government Resolution No.635 of 8 May 1995 On the General Order of the
Administration of Tariff Quotas for Implementation and Exportation of Goods;
5. Government Resolution No.806 of 24 July 1997 On the Tariff and Non-Tariff
Regulation of Export and Import of Goods and Improvement of Establishment ofCustoms Tariffs and Procedure of Change;
6. Government Resolution No.268 of 24 March 1997 On the Procedure of Export
and Import Regulation in the Republic of Lithuania;
7. Government Resolution No.1245 of 20 October 1998 Amending Govern
*ment
Resolution No.268 of 24 March 1997 On the Procedure of Export and ImportRegulation in the Republic of Lithuania;
8. Government Resolution No.641 of 24 May 1999 Amending Government
Resolution No.268 of 24 March 1997 On the Procedure of Export and Import
Regulation in the Republic of Lithuania;1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1997;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secret ariat in January 1995 and
December 1998;
3. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in April 1998;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in September 1995;
5. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in April 1998;
6. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1998;
7. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in May 1999;
8. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
National Treatment;
Internal Taxation andTrading Rights1. Law on Taxes and Profits of Legal Persons of 31 July 1990;
2. Law on Taxes on State Natural Resources of 21 March 1991;
3. Law on Value-Added-Tax of 22 December 1993 with amendments;
4. Law on Excise Duties of 12 April 1994  (with amendments);
 
 
5. Law on Amendment of Law on Excise Duties of 23 December 1999
(extension of tax privilege to foreign small beer producers: a partial exemption
of excise tax [i.e. a 50 per cent reduction] was granted for the first 100,000dekalitres of beer produced by small producers [local and foreign] with annual
production of less than 8,000,000 dekalitres [from  1 January 2000]);
6. Law on Amendment of Law on Excise Duties of 17 February 2000  (changed
system   of the application of excise duty exemption on jet fuel - under new orderthe tax exemption shall be imposed to all enterprises (domestic or foreign)1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secret ariat in January 1995 and
March 1998;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995,
March 1998, February 1999, May 1999 and October
1999;
5. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 2000 ;
6. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in March 2000 ;
                                                     
* "bold" type marking for recently approved legal acts;
  "italic" type marking for draft legal acts;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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possessing a licence to engage in trade (i ncl. import and export) in oil products
together with the right in the filling of aircraft)
7. Law on Stamp Duty of 23 June 1994;
8. Government Resolution No.1296 of 4 November 1998 On the Procedure for
Withholding and Refund of Excise Tax and Approval of the List of Productswhich Contains Sugar;
9. Government Resolutions No.774 of 23 June 1998, No.1169 of 29 September
1998 and No.601 of 18 May 1999 On the Amendment to Government
Resolution No.1123 of 11 November 1994 On the Approval of Stamp DutyRates and the Procedure for Payment and Refund of Stamp Duty (with theamendments for equalizing the stamp tax for the activity licencing in importationof tobacco products and importation/whol esale and wholesale of alcohol and
alcoholic beverages);
10. Government Resolution No.366 of 31 March 2000 On the Amendment to
Government Resolution No.1123 of 11 November 1994 On the Approval ofStamp Duty Rates and the Procedure for Payment and Refund of Stamp
Duty  (on the equalization of stamp tax for the activity licencing in
importation/wholesale and wholesale of alcoholic beverages and oil products -
from 1 May 2000)
11. Information on consular fees levied in accordance with the Government
Resolution No.1135 of 16 November 1994;7. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1997;
8. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1999;
9. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May and August
1999;
10. In the process of translation; expected time for
submission May 2000 ;
11. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1998.
Agreement on Import
Licensing Procedures;Trading Rights1. Law on Enterprises of 8 May 1990 (including provisions on activity licensing)
with the appropriate amendments;
2. Law on Investments of 7 July 1999 (which replaced the Law on Foreign Capital
Investment in the Republic of Lithuania of 13 June 1995);
3. Law on Stock Corporations of 30 July 1990;
4. The Customs Code of Lithuania of 18 April 1996;
5. Law on Tobacco Control of 20 December 1995;
6.  Law on Alcohol Control of 18 April 1995 as amended on 10 December 1998 to
remove the import prohibition of alcoholic beverages with alcohol content of
more than 50 per cent (inter alia “mead”);
7. Law concerning Control of Import, Transit and Export of Strategic Goods and
Technologies of 5 July 1995;
8. Government Resolution No.718 of 19 May 1995 On the Restriction of Import of
Certain Things (Goods) to the Republic of Lithuania;
9. Government Resolution No.1221 of 14 September 1995 On Licensing Wholesale
and Retail Trade in Import and Export of Oil Products and Retail Trade in Liquid
Gas;
10. Government Resolution No.559 of 5 June 1997 On Licensing Import, Wholesale1. Submitted to the WTO Secret ariat in January 1995 and
March 1998;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 2000;
(replaced law was submitted to the WTO Secretariat inSeptember 1995);
3. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1997;
5. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1996;
6. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in September 1995,
March 1998 and May 1999;
7. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in November 1995;
8. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in September 1995;
9. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in March 1996;
10. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in March 1996 andWT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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and Retail Sale in Alcoholic Products which replaced  Government Resolution
No.1459 of 17 November 1995;
11. Government Resolution No.1622 of 27 December 1995 On Licensing the
Production of Tobacco and its Products and their Import into the Republic ofLithuania;
12. Government Resolution No.1122 of 17 September 1998 On Temporary
Economic Measures to Facilitate the Export of Lithuanian Goods, Protect the
Internal Market and Strengthen Lithuania’s Position Therein;
For more comprehensive informatio n on licensing activities see
WT/ACC/LTU/19April 1998;
11. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in March 1996;
12. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in August 1999;
Agreement on
Implementation ofArticle VII of the
GATT 1994 (customs
valuation)1. The Customs Code of Lithuania of 18 April 1996;
2. Government Resolution No.449 of 16 June 1993 On the Approval of the Order
of Customs Valuation of Goods (invalid, replaced by the Government Resolution
No.897 of 11 August 1997 - valid until 31 March 2000);
3. Government Resolution No.751 of 25 June 1996 On the Customs Assessment of
Prices for Imported Goods with the appropriate amendments (valid until
31 March 2000) ;
4. Government Resolution No.748 of 9 June 1999 On the Approval of Order of
Customs Valuation of Goods (new order fully conforming with WTO
requirements - coming into force from 1 April 2000) ;1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1997;
2. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1996;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secretar iat in February 1997, June
1998 and July 1999;
4. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
Agreement on
Agriculture1. Law on State Regulation of Economic Relations in Agriculture of 22 December
1994 with amendments;
2. Law on Sugar of 27 April 1995;
3. Law on the Amendment of the Law on Sugar of 8 July 1999 (including the
elimination of appropriate provisions inconsistent with WTO rules);
4. Government Resolution No.788 of 30 June 1998 On the Approval of the
Programme for the Regulation of Agricultural and Food Products Market and
Export Promotion;
5. Order of Minister of Agriculture No.240 of 9 November 1998 On the Procedure
for Automatic Issuing of Import Permits (Licences) for Agricultural and FoodProducts;1. Submitted to the WTO Secret ariat in September 1995 and
March 1998;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in September 1995;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in October 1999;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in December 1998;
5. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in October 1999;
Agreement on the
Application of Sanitary
and Phytosanitary
Measures (SPS)1. Law on Tobacco Control of 20 December 1995;
2. Law on Food of 4 April 2000 ;
 
3. Law on Veterinary Activities of 17 December 1991 (with amendments of 7
October 1999 regarding the activi ties’ compliance with the WTO
requirements) ;
4. Law on Products Safety of 1 June 1999;
5. Law on Plant Protection  of 19 October 1995;1. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1996;
2. In the process of translation; draft law submitted to
the WTO Secretariat in October 1999 ;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999 and
March 2000 ;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in August 1999;
5. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1996;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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6. Law on Phytosanitary of 16 December 1999 ;
7. Law on Health System of 19 July 1994;
8. Law on Health Care Institutions of 6 June 1996 as amended by the Law of 24
June 1997;
9. Government Resolution No.1106 of 9 October 1997 On Approval of the
Procedure of the Importation of Foodstuffs into the Republic of Lithuania andControl of their Quality and Non-Hazardness to Health;
10. Government Resolution No.284 of 27 April 1993 On Veterinary and Sanitary
Requirements on Livestock, their Products, Raw Materials and Fodder Importedto the Republic of Lithuania and Transported as Transit through its Territory;
11. Government Resolution No.599 of 3 August 1993 On the Approval of Vegetable
Quarantine Regulations for Import and Export of Goods of Vegetable Origin toand from the Republic of Lithuania and their Transit through the Territory of the
Republic of Lithuania;
12. Government Resolution No. 384 of 25 March 1996 On the Approval of
Quarantine Regulations for the Production, Transportation, Conservation Saleand Utilization of Plants and Plant Products on the Territory of the Republic ofLithuania;
13. Veterinary requirements of the Republic of Lithuania for import, export and
transit of livestock, poultry, animal products, raw materials, feedstuffs;
Participation in international organizations:
Membership of the OIE (Office International des Epizooties) from 1992;
Membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission from 1992;
Membership of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Commission at the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) from 1993;Membership of the EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant ProtectionOrganization) from 1998;
Membership of the IPPC (Internatio nal Plant Protection Convention) from
1999 .
For more comprehensive information see WT/ACC/LTU/22 Add.1 of 17 March
19996. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in March 2000 ;
7. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
8. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
9. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in April 1998;
10. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
11. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
12. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1997;
13. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1998;
Agreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade (TBT)1. Draft Law on Standardization;
  2. Law on Products Safety of 1 June 1999;
3. Law on Metrology of 9 July 1996;
4. Law on Conformity Assessment of 6 October 1998;
5. Government Resolution No.617 of 20 May 1999 On Information Exchange in1. Draft law under consideration by the Parliament; expected
time for adoption - Ma/June 2000; draft law submitted tothe WTO Secretariat in August 1999;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in August 1999;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1997;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1999;
5. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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the Field of Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment
Procedures (including functioning of Enquiry Point and notification
requirements);
6. Lithuanian Standards Board Order No.13 of 22 February 1999 On Drafting of
Lithuanian Standards (including provisions of Code of Good Practice);
 
Participation in international organizations:
an affiliate membership of the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (CENELEC) from 1997;an affiliate membership of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) from1994;
Membership in the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) from
1996;Correspondent membership in the International Organization for Standardization(ISO) from 1992;an associated membership in the Intern ational Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
from 1996;
Correspondent membership in the Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) from1994.6. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
Agreement on Rules of
Origin1. The Customs Code of Lithuania of 18 April 1996;
2. Government Resolution No.1077 of 1 October 1997 On the Order of
Determination of Non-Preferential Origin of Goods;1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1997;
2. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
Agreement on
Implementation ofArticle VI of the
GATT 94 (on
antidumping measures)
Agreement on
Safeguards;
Agreement on
Subsidies andCountervailingMeasures1. Law on Anti-dumping of 23 June 1998;
2. Draft Law on Safeguards;
3. Draft Law on Countervailing Measures;1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in December 1998;
2. Draft law under consideration by the  Parliament;
expected time for adoption -  April/May 2000; draft law
submitted to the WTO Secretariat in October 1999;
3. Draft law under consideration by the  Parliament;
expected time for adoption - April/May 2000; draft lawsubmitted to the WTO Secretariat in October 1999;
Agreement onGovernmentProcurement1. Law on Public Procurement of 3 June 1999 (which replaced the Law of 13
August 1996);1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 2000;
(replaced law was submitted to the WTO Secretariat inFebruary 1997);WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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sectors related toLegislation related to the regulation of the in dicated sector Status of  indicated legislation
General Agreement on
Trade in Services
(GATS)1. Law on Investments of 7 July 1999 (which replaced the Law on Foreign Capital
Investment in the Republic of Lithuania of 13 June 1995);
2. Law on Stock Corporations of 30 July 1990;
3. Law on the Legal Status of Aliens of 17 December 1998;
4. Law on Insurance of 10 July 1996 which replaced the Law of 20 September
1990;
5. Law on the Amendment and Supplement to the Law on Insurance of 23
March 2000 (eliminates reciprocity requirement for WTO members)(Articles 2, 7, 11, 17, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 60, 63 and
66);
6. Law on Telecommunications of 9 June 1998;
7. Law on Public Trading of Securities of 16 January 1996;
8. Law on Commercial Banks of 21 December 1994;
9. Law on Audit of 15 June 1999;
10. Law on Health System of 19 July 1994;
11. Law on Health Care Institutions of 6 June 1996; as amended by the Law of 24
June 1997;
12. Law on Tourism of 19 March 1998;
13. Law on Public Procurement of 3 June 1999 (which replaced the Law of 13
August 1996);1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 2000;
(replaced law was submitted to the WTO Secretariat in
September 1995);
2. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
3. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
4. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in July 1996 and
February 1997;
5. In the process of translation; draft law submitted to
the WTO Secretariat in August 1999 ;
6. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in December 1998;
7. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
8. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in September 1995;
9. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in March 2000;
10. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
11. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
12. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1999;
13. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 2000;
(replaced law was submitted to the WTO Secretariat inFebruary 1997);
Agreement on TRIPS 1.  Law on Competition of 23 March 1999 (which replaced the Law of 12
September 1992);
2. Law on Copyright and Related Rights of 18 May 1999;
3. Law on Trademarks and Service Marks of 3 June 1993;
4. Draft Law Amending the Law on TradeMarks and Service Marks (amendments
include measures which are prohibited to use in connection with geographicalindications (terms as “kind”, “type”, “style”, “imitation”, etc.) ;
5. Law on Industrial Design of 4 July 1995;
6. Draft Law Amending and Supplementing Article 5 of the Law on Industrial
Design (amendment is not essential: the term “accumulate for market”, which
was used in the Law should be changed in to term “selling” used in the TRIPS
Agreement) ;
7. Patent Law of 18 January 1994;
8. Draft Law on the Amendment and Supplement to the Patent Law (amendment to
allow patent owner to prohibit the sale of a patented products; amendment to
provide specific occasions when a non-exclusive compulsory license may begranted; amendment to allow invalidation of a compulsory license) ;1. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999 (replaced
Law was submitted in January 1995);
2. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in July 1999;
3. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
4. Draft law is submitted to the Government for the
approval, expected time for adoption in the Parliament -May/June 2000; draft law is submitted to the WTOSecretariat in February 2000 ;
5. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1996;
6. Draft law under consideration by the Parliament;
expected time for adoption - April/May 2000; draft law is
submitted  to the WTO Secretariat in February 2000 ;
7. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
8. Draft law is submitted to the Government for the
approval; expected time for adoption in the Parliament -
in May/June 2000; draft law is submitted to the WTOSecretariat in February 2000 ;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
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9. Law on Protection of Plant Varieties and Seed Cultivation of 17 September
1996;
10.  Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies and Semiconductor Products of 16
June 1998;
11. Law on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs and Databases  of 30
January 1996 (already invalid, because recently adopted Law on Copyright andRelated Rights contains special provisions on computer programs and
databases);
12.  Draft Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property in the Field of  Import and
Export of Goods ;
 13.  Civil Code of Lithuania of 7 July 1964 as amended by 17 May 1994;
14.  Code of Civil Process of Lithuania of 7 July 1964;
 
15.  Code of Administrative Infringements of 13 December 1984;
16.  Criminal Code of Lithuania 26 June 1961;
17.  Draft Law Amending and Supplementing the Criminal Code (amendments of
Articles 35, 142, 143, 308 and 321 ) ;
 
18. Code of Criminal Process of Lithuania of 26 June 1961;
 19. Draft Law Amending  the Code of Criminal Process (amendments of Articles 37,
126 and 143) ;
 
Participation in international fora:
Membership in the Berne Convention from 1994;
Membership in the Patent Cooperation Treaty from 1994;Membership in the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Depositof Micro-organism for the Purposes of the Patent Procedure from 1998;Membership in the Trademark Law Treaty from 1998;
Membership in the Rome Convention from 1998;
Membership in the Paris Convention from 1994Membership in the Geneva Convention from 1999;Membership in the Nice Agreement 1996;Membership in the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration of Marks from 1997.
For more comprehensive information see WT/ACC/SPEC/LTU/8/Rev.49. Submitted to the WTO S ecretariat in June 1997;
10. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in February 1999;
11. Submitted to the WTO in  February 1997;
12. Draft is submitted to the Government for the approval;
expected time for adoption -  May/July 2000; draft law issubmitted to the WTO Secretariat in October 1999 ;
13. General provisions on legal matters affected;
14. Covers the courts subject to the jurisdiction of related
cases;
15. Covers the liability executed illegal actions;
16. Covers the liability executed illegal actions;
17. Draft under consideration by the Parliament, expected
time for adoption - May/June 2000; draft is submitted to
the WTO Secretariat in March 2000 ;
18. Covers the courts subject to the jurisdiction of related
cases;
19. Draft under consideration by the Parliament, expected
time for adoption - May/June 2000; draft is submitted tothe WTO Secretariat in March 2000 ;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.3
Page 9Competition Policy 1.  Law on Price of 26 July 1990;
2. Law on Competition of 23 March 1999 (which replaced the Law of
12 September 1992);1. Submitted to the WTO Secr etariat in January 1995;
2. Submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999 (replaced
Law was submitted in January 1995);
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