RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
2 August 1999
(99-3259)
Working Party on the
Accession of LithuaniaOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF LITHUANIA
Communication from Lithuania
Revision
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania has submitted the following up-dated information
showing the progress in the adoption of legislation.
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Page 2
Agreements; 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);- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 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.653 of 8 May 1995 On the General Order of the
Administration of Tariff Quotas for Implementation and Exportation ofGoods;
 
5. Government Resolution No.806 of 24 July 1997 On the Tariff and Non-
Tariff Regulation of Export and Import of Goods and Improvement ofEstablishment of Customs 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
Government Resolution No.268 of 24 March 1997 On the Procedure ofExport and Import Regulation 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 andImport Regulation in the Republic of Lithuania;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995 and
December 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in April 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in April 1998;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1999;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 3National
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 Taxes of 12 April 1994 (as amended on 20 October 1998
and on 21 December 1998 abolishing through transitional period the
preferential excise tax treatment for small breweries);
5. Law on Amendment of Law on Excise Taxes of 8 July 1999 (for setting up
the precise date of abolishing special treatment for small breweries - from 1January 2000);
6. Law on Stamp Duty of 23 June 1994;
7. Government Resolution No.1296 of 4 November 1998 On the Procedure
for Withholding and Refund of Excise Tax and Approval of the List ofProducts which Contains Sugar;
8. Government Resolutions No.774 of 23 June 1998 and No.1169 of 29
September 1998 on the Amendment to Government Resolution No.1123 of11 November 1994 On the Approval of Stamp Duty Rates and theProcedure for Payment and Refund of Stamp Duty (with the amendments
for equalizing the stamp tax for the activity licencing in importation of
tobacco products and importation/wholes ale and wholesale of alcohol and
alcoholic beverages);
9. Government Resolution No.601 of 18 May 1999 On the Amendment to
Government Resolution No.1123 of 11 November 1994 On the Approval of
Stamp Duty Rates and the Procedure for Payment and Refund of Stamp
Duty (for setting up the precise date for equalization of stamp taxes for theactivity licencing - 1 January 2000)
10. Draft amendment of Government Resolution No.1123 of 11 November
1994 regarding equalization of stamp tax for the activity licence in
importation/wholesale and wholesale of oil and products thereof;
11. Information on consular fees levied in accordance with the Government
Resolution No.1135 of 16 November 1994;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995 and
March 1998;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995,
March 1998, February 1999 and May 1999;
- in the process of translation, expected time for
submission -  July-August 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999;
- in the process of translation, expected time for
submission - July-August 1999;
- draft resolution submitted to the Government for the
approval which is expected in July-August 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1998.WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 4Agreement on
Import Licensing
Procedures;Trading Rights1. Law on Enterprises of 8 May 1990 (including provisions on activity
licensing) with the appropriate amendments;
 2. The Customs Code of Lithuania of 18 April 1996;
 3. Law on Tobacco Control of 20 December 1995;
4. Law on Alcohol Control of 18 April 1995 as amended on 10 December 1998
to remove the import prohibition of alcoholic beverages with alcohol contentof more than 50 per cent (inter alia “mead”);
5. Law concerning Control of Import, Transit and Export of Strategic Goods
and Technologies of 5 July 1995;
 
6. Government Resolution No.718 of 19 May 1995 On the Restriction of
Import of Certain Things (Goods) to the Republic of Lithuania;
7. 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;
 8. Government Resolution No.559 of 5 June 1997 On Licensing Import,
Wholesale and Retail Sale in Alcoholic Products which replacedGovernment Resolution No.1459 of 17 November 1995;
 
9. Government Resolution No.1622 of 27 December 1995 On Licensing the
Production of Tobacco and its Products and their Import into the Republic ofLithuania;
for more comprehensive information on licensing activities see
WT/ACC/LTU/19- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995 and
March 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1996;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995,
March 1998 and May 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in November 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in March 1996;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in March 1996 and
April 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in March 1996;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 5Agreement on
Implementation of
Article VII of theGATT 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 GovernmentResolution No.897 of 11 August 1997 - valid until 1 January 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 1 January 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 WTOrequirements - coming into force from 2 January 2000);- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1996;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997, June
1998 and July 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat 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 and Supplement to the Law on Sugar of 8 July
1999 (including the elimination of appropriate provisions inconsistent withWTO 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;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995 and
March 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995;
- in the process of translation; expected time for
submission -  July-August 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in December 1998;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 6Agreement on the
Application of
Sanitary andPhytosanitaryMeasures (SPS)1. Law on Tobacco Control of 20 December 1995;
 
2. Draft Law on Food;
    
 
3. Law on Veterinary Activities of 17 December 1991;
 4. Draft Law on the Amendment and Supplement to the Law on Veterinary
Activities (supplementing provisions on the risk assessment based on SPSAgreement);
 
5. Law on Products Safety of 1 June 1999;
 6. Law on Plant Protection  of 19 October 1995;
 7. Draft Law on Phytosanitary;
 
   8. Law on Health System of 19 July 1994;
 
9. Law on Health Care Institutions of 6 June 1996 as amended by the Law of
24 June 1997;
 10. Government Resolution No.1106 of 9 October 1997 On Approval of the
Procedure of the Importation of Foodstuffs into the Republic of Lithuania
and Control of their Quality and Non-Hazardness to Health;
 11. Government Resolution No.284 of 27 April 1993 On Veterinary and
Sanitary Requirements on Livestock, their Products, Raw Materials andFodder Imported to the Republic of Lithuania and Transported as Transitthrough its Territory;
 - submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1996;
- draft law currently is under the consideration by the
Government, expected time for  adoption in the Parliament- before  October 1999; draft law in the process oftranslation;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- draft law is already approved by the Government and
presented to the Parliament; expected time for adoption -September 1999;
- in the process of translation, expected time for
submission - July-August 1999;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1996;
- draft law is in the final stage of consideration by the
Government, expected time for  adoption in the Parliament
-   September 1999; draft law is in the process oftranslation;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in April 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 712. Government Resolution No.599 of 3 August 1993 On the Approval of
Vegetable Quarantine Regulations for Import and Export of Goods of
Vegetable Origin to and from the Republic of Lithuania and their Transitthrough the Territory of the Republic of Lithuania;
 13. Government Resolution No. 384 of 25 March 1996 On the Approval of
Quarantine Regulations for the Production, Transportation, Conservation
Sale and Utilization of Plants and Plant Products on the Territory of the
Republic of Lithuania;
 14. 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 andAgriculture Organization (FAO) from 1993;
- Membership of the EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection
Organization) from 1998;- Preparation to ratify the IPPC (International Plant Protection Convention);
for more comprehensive information see WT/ACC/LTU/22 Add.1 of 17 March
1999- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1997;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1998;- expected time for ratification - September 1999;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 8Agreement on
Technical Barriers
to Trade (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
in the Field of Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity
Assessment Procedures (including functioning of Enquiry Point andnotification 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) from 1994;
 - Membership in the European Teleco mmunication Standards Institute (ETSI)
from 1996;
 - Correspondent membership in the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) from 1992;
 - an associated membership in the International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC) from 1996;
- Correspondent membership in the Organization of Legal Metrology(OIML) from 1994.- draft law is already approved by the Government and
presented to the Parliament; expected time for adoption -
September-October 1999; draft law is in the process oftranslation;
- in the process of translation; expected time for
submission - July-August 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1999;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat 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 ofDetermination of Non-Preferential Origin of Goods;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1999;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 9Agreement on
Subsidies and
CountervailingMeasures;
Agreement on
Safeguards;
Agreement on
Implementation ofArticle VI of theGATT 94 (onantidumping
measures)1. Law on Anti-dumping of 23 June 1998;
 
2. Draft Law on Safeguards;
   3. Draft Law on Countervailing Measures;
 - submitted to the WTO Secretariat in December 1998;
- submitted to the Government for the approval, expected
time for adoption in the Parliament - September-October1999; draft law is in the process of translation;
- submitted to the Government for the approval, expected
time for adoption in the Parliament -  September-October
1999; draft law is in the process of translation;
Agreement onGovernmentProcurement1. Law on Public Procurement of 3 June 1999 (which replaced the Law of 13
August 1996);
 - in the process of translation; expected time for
submission -  August-September 1999; (replaced law wassubmitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997);WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 10General Agreement
on Trade in
Services (GATS)1. Law on Foreign Capital Investment in the Republic of Lithuania of 13 June
1995;
2. Law on the Legal Status of Aliens of 17 December 1998
3. Law on Insurance of 10 July 1996 which replaced the Law of 20 September
1990;
 
4. Draft Law on the Amendment and Supplement to the Law on Insurance
(eliminates reciprocity requirement for WTO members) ;
 5. Law on Telecommunications of 9 June 1998;
 
6. Law on Public Trading of Securities of 16 January 1996;
 7. Law on Commercial Banks of 21 December 1994;
 8. Law on Audit of 18 June 1999;
 
9. Law on Health System of 19 July 1994;
 10. Law on Health Care Institutions of 6 June 1996; as amended by the Law of
24 June 1997;
 
11. Law on Tourism of 19 March 1998;
 12. Law on Public Procurement of 3 June 1999 (which replaced the Law of 13
August 1996);
  
 - submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in July 1996 and
February 1997;
- draft law submitted to the Government for the approval,
expected time for adoption in the Parliament - September-October 1999;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in December 1998;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in September 1995;- in the process of translation; expected time for
submission - August-September 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1999;
- in the process of translation; expected time for
submission - August-September 1999; (replaced law wassubmitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1997);WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 11Agreement on
TRIPS1. Law on Competitio n of 23 March 1999;
 
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 on the Amendment and Supplement to the Law on Trade Marks
and Service Marks (amendments include measures which are prohibited touse in connection with geographical indications (terms as “kind”, “style”,“like”, etc.);
 5. Law on Industrial Design of 4 July 1995;
 
6. Draft Law on the Amendment and Supplement to the Law on Industrial
Design (amendment is not essential: the term “accumulate for market”,which was used in the Law should be changed into term “selling” used inthe 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 patentedproducts; amendment to provide specific occasions when a non-exclusive
compulsory license may be granted; amendment to allow invalidation of a
compulsory license);
 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 Copyrightand Related Rights contains special provisions on computer programs and
databases);
 - submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999;
- in the process of translation, expected time for
submission -July-August 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- draft law is submitted to the Government for the
approval, expected time for adoption in the Parliament -October-November 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1996;
- draft law is submitted to the Government for the
approval, expected time for adoption in the Parliament -October-November 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- draft law is submitted to the Government for the
approval; expected time for adoption in the Parliament - inOctober-November 1999;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in June 1997;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in February 1999;
- submitted to the WTO in  February 1997;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 1212. Draft Law on the Protection of Intellectual Property for Imported and
Exported 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 on Amendment and Supplement to the Criminal Code
(amendments);
 18.  Code of Criminal Process of Lithuania of 26 June 1961;
 19.  Draft Law on Amendment and Supplement to the Code of Criminal Process
(amendments);
 
  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
Deposit of Microorganism for the Purposes of the Patent Procedure from1998;
 - Membership in the Trademark Law Treaty from 1998;
 - Membership in the Rome Convention from 1998;
 - Membership in the Paris Convention from 1994
 - Membership in the Geneva Convention from 1999;
 - Membership in the Nice Agreement 1996;
- Membership in the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
Concerning the International Registration of Marks from 1997.
for more comprehensive information see WT/ACC/SPEC/LTU/8/Rev.4- draft is submitted to the Government for the approval;
expected time for adoption -  September-October 1999;
draft law is in the process of translation;
- general provisions on legal matters affected;- covers the courts subject to the jurisdiction of related
cases;
- covers the liability executed illegal actions;
- covers the liability executed illegal actions;- draft is submitted to the Government for the approval,
expected time for adoption - September-October 1999;
- covers the courts subject to the jurisdiction of related
cases;- draft is submitted to the Government for the approval;expected time for adoption -  September-October 1999;WT/ACC/LTU/36/Rev.1
Page 13Competition Policy 1.  Law on Price of 26 July 1990;
 
2. Law on Competitio n of 23 March 1999;- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in January 1995;
- submitted to the WTO Secretariat in May 1999;
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