REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

THE UNDERGROUND

LAW

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. The Purpose of the Underground Law

This Law shall define the basic rights and obligations of

the public institutions of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as

of legal and natural persons in exploration, exploitation and

protection of the underground of the land territory of the

Republic of Lithuania, its continental shelf and economic zone

territory in the Baltic Sea starting with the surface of subsoil

rocks on land and the surface of the bottom sediments in land

waters and the sea.

Article 2. Ownership of the Underground

The underground shall be the exclusive ownership of the

State. The basis of the exploitation of the underground resources

shall be the right to exploitation, which in the procedure

established by this and other laws can be granted to legal and

natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania by the Government of

the Republic of Lithuania or the public institution authorised by

the Government, and to foreign legal and natural persons - by the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Actions which directly

or indirectly violate the right of State ownership of the

underground shall be prohibited.

Article 3. Main Definitions

For purposes of this Law:

underground resources mean the part of natural resources,

comprising the elements of structure and composition of the

underground - the solid bodies, liquids, gases or energy fields,

which can be utilised by the person, and the quantity or quality

whereof are changing because of this utilisation;

mineral resources mean natural mineral substances in the

underground, which can be used in material production or for

other purposes:

non-metallic mineral resources;

metal ores;

valuable minerals;

hydrocarbons;

ground water means water which is naturally accumulated or

artificially infiltrated in the underground, types whereof

according to their utilisation are:

fresh drinking - water which corresponds to the standards of

drinking water of the Republic of Lithuania or is suitable for

preparation of such water;

mineral - water recognised as curative or suitable for

prophylactics by the Ministry of Health;

industrial - brines and mineralised water, from which

technologically possible and economically feasible to extract

chemical elements or their combinations;

technical - water, not belonging to any of sorts, listed

above and which can be used in industry, agriculture, fishery or

other purposes;

underground thermal energy means thermal energy naturally or

artificially accumulated in the underground, rocks, water or gas;

deposit of underground resources mean mineral resources,

ground water or underground thermal energy, existing in

conventional limits, the quantity and quality of which has been

explored and the extraction of which, in compliance with the

requirements for protection of the environment, are or in the

future can be economically feasible;

underground caves:

natural caves in rocks and their layers;

artificial caves, created in the course of mining or

constructed specially;

valuable properties of the underground mean the features of

the structure, composition of the underground and the processes

occurring there, which are elements of the natural or human

ecosystem and which influence the conditions of the human life

and economic activities;

utilisation of the underground:

investigation of the underground;

exploitation of underground resources;

utilisation of underground cavities;

investigation of the underground (geological survey) means

an activity the purpose whereof is to obtain knowledge of the

underground structure, properties, state, geological processes

occurring there, resources, the impact of economic activities on

the underground. The work carried out to prepare underground

resources and cavities for exploitation (drilling production

wells, geophysical research and others) and providing the data

about the underground are regarded as investigation of the

underground. The types of the investigation of the underground

are:

direct - investigations in the course of which the

activities, that have an impact on the environment, are carried

out (excavation, drilling, blasting, generating vibrating and

physical fields, sampling and others);

remote - investigations which do not influence the

environment, but estimate the physical properties or composition

of certain objects in the underground - instrumental measurements

of the physical fields or radiation, airborne geological surveys

and others;

indirect - scientific generalisation and other

investigations which do not influence the environment and which

are not related to the estimation of the physical properties or

composition of the certain objects of the underground;

exploitation of underground resources and utilisation of

cavities mean the extraction of mineral resources, ground water,

underground thermal energy, use of natural or artificial caves

(excluding excavation for construction, deepening of the bottoms

of rivers and harbours for shipping).

The utilisation of rocks for filtration purposes is regarded

as exploitation of underground caves;

data about the underground (geological data) mean all data

obtained in the course of the utilisation of the underground -

drill cores, samples, fossils, collections of minerals and rocks,

the results of the investigation of their physical, chemical and

other properties and their generalisation; and

protection of the underground means activities and measures,

the purpose of which is to protect the valuable properties of the

underground from physical, chemical, biological or other negative

influence occurring as a result of natural processes or human

activity, and full or partial restoration of these properties, as

well as rational exploitation of the underground resources.

Chapter II

STATE REGULATION OF THE UTILISATION,

PROTECTION AND CONTROL OF THE UNDERGROUND

Article 4. General Competence of the Government of the

Republic of Lithuania.

1. The investigation of the underground, exploitation and

protection of its resources shall be organised and regulated by

the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in the manner

prescribed by this and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania,

directly or through ministries, other governmental institutions

and the governors of counties.

2. All functions of the State regulation provided by this

Law, shall be provided for in the regulations of the ministries,

governmental institutions, and the administrations of the

governors of counties.

3. The programmes of exploitation of underground resources

approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall be

confirmed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 5. Competence of Special Public Institutions

1. Special public institutions for the regulation of the

protection and utilisation of the underground shall be the

Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Geological Survey of

Lithuania.

2. The Ministry of Environmental Protection shall implement

the State strategy for the protection and utilisation of the

underground, carry out control of the exploitation and protection

of underground resources, according to its competence estimate

the limits and conditions for the exploitation of the underground

resources, regulate and control the accounting of the underground

resources, fulfil other functions delegated by the Law on

Environmental Protection and other laws, and by decrees of the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. The Geological Survey of Lithuania shall organise and

carry out the State geological surveys, regulate the utilisation

and protection of the underground, control direct and remote

investigations, form and manage the State geological information

system, fulfil other functions delegated by laws of the Republic

of Lithuania and decrees of the Government of the Republic of

Lithuania.

Article 6. Competence of the Governor of the County and

Municipal Institutions

1. The governor of the county shall consider issues

concerning taking, granting a right to utilise, and leasing the

land, necessary for the utilisation of the underground, regulate

the utilisation of the underground according to the procedure

prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and

within his competence, established by laws of the Republic of

Lithuania and the Government.

2. Municipal institutions shall regulate the utilisation and

protection of the underground according to the competence

established by the Law on Local Self-Government of the Republic

of Lithuania.

Chapter III

INVESTIGATIONS OF THE UNDERGROUND

Article 7. Licences to Carry out the Investigation of

the Underground

1. Direct and remote investigations of the underground may

be carried out by legal and natural persons, having a licence to

carry out this kind of economic activity.

2. The licences to carry out direct and remote

investigations of the underground for legal and natural persons

of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries shall be

issued by the Geological Survey of Lithuania in the manner

prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 8. Registration of the Investigations of the

Underground

1. Investigations of the underground of all types must be

registered by the Geological Survey of Lithuania in the manner

prescribed by it, except for indirect investigations, which are

performed with non-State resources.

2. Prior to their commencement, direct investigations of the

underground must be reported to the board of the municipality, on

the territory whereof the investigations are planned, and to the

land survey of the administration of the governor of the county.

These investigations shall be co-ordinated with the owners and

users of the land in the procedure established by laws of the

Republic of Lithuania and by the Government.

Article 9. Conditions of Investigation of the

Underground

1. The utilisation of underground resources in the course of

the investigation of the underground can be carried out only in

necessary cases, amounts and ways provided for in the work plan.

2. The Geological Survey of Lithuania may instruct the

licensee to carry out additional investigations, related with his

work. The expenses of the additional work and the losses caused

by them shall be compensated.

3. Wells drilled in the course of investigations of the

underground, upon their completion, must be transferred to the

Geological Survey of Lithuania, if it requests so. The user shall

be compensated for the equipment left in the well, if removal of

the equipment from the well is provided for in the work plan.

4. Wells, drilled in course of the investigation of the

underground, after they are finished, can be transmitted to the

legal and natural persons, in agreement with the Ministry of the

Environmental Protection and the Geological Survey of Lithuania,

compensating the user for the equipment left in the well, in

cases where removal of this equipment from the well is provided

for in the work plans.

Article 10. The Revocation of the Licence for the

Investigation of the Underground

1. The licence to carry out investigation of the underground

can be revoked by the Geological Survey of Lithuania at its own

discretion or at the request of other State institution

controlling the work which is carried out by the person holding

the licence, in the event that the work has been carried out:

not in compliance with the registered work plan;

in violation to the requirements for the environmental

protection;

in violation to other requirements established by this Law

or other standard acts for the works of this type.

2. In the case of revocation of the licence to carry out the

investigations of the underground, it must be returned to the

State institution which has issued it.

Article 11. State Geological Surveys

1. According to the programmes approved by the Government of

the Republic of Lithuania, the State, from its funds, shall carry

out geological mapping, State monitoring of the underground,

forecast of underground resources and other geological surveys,

providing the data on the underground and necessary for the State

administration, environmental protection, economic activity and

other needs of society, or required by the international

obligations of the Republic of Lithuania.

2. The scientific geological researches shall be carried out

in the procedure established by this Law, Law on Science and

Studies of the Republic of Lithuania and decrees of the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Chapter IV

EXPLOITATION OF UNDERGROUND

RESOURCES OR CAVES

Article 12. The Procedure for Exploitation of

Underground Resources and Caves

1. Underground resources or caves can be exploited only in

the procedure established by laws of the Republic of Lithuania

and the subordinate legislation.

2. It shall be prohibited to utilise natural underground

caves for storing and burial of radioactive and toxic materials.

Article 13. The Right to Exploit Underground Resources

or Caves

1. The underground resources and caves of the Republic of

Lithuania can be exploited by the legal and natural persons of

the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries, who have

acquired a licence issued by the Government of the Republic of

Lithuania or a State institution authorised by it, and who have

concluded an exploitation contract with it, in the manner

prescribed by laws of the Republic of Lithuania and the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

2. A licence to exploit the underground resources or caves

shall grant to the person who holds it, the exclusive right to

exploit the types of underground resources or caves, which are

indicated in the licence, in the specified area, during a set

period of time, in conformity with the terms of the exploitation

contract.

3. Investigation (prospecting and appraisal) of the

underground resources or caves may be provided for in the licence

to exploit underground resources or caves, specifying the area

and period of these investigations, and establishing their terms

in the exploitation contract. In this case, the licence shall

confer the right to exploit also the newly discovered or

additionally investigated resources, under the conditions

established in this Chapter.

The investigations (prospecting and appraisal), according to

the licence to exploit the underground resources and caves, shall

be carried out by the legal and natural persons who have the

licence to carry out the economic activity of this kind in the

procedure established in Chapter 3 of this Law.

4. Licences to exploit the underground resources and caves

specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 14 shall be issued on a

competitive bidding.

5. Investigations and exploitation of the underground

resources of other types can be carried out in the same area and

at the same time on the basis of a separate licence, provided

that it does not impede the activities of other persons, who have

earlier acquired the licence.

6. The owner or user of the landlot, which is possessed by

the right of ownership, allotted for utilisation, or rented,

shall have a right to utilise the underground resources for his

economic purposes (not for sale) without a licence, in the

procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on

Land, other laws and decrees of the Government of the Republic of

Lithuania.

Article 14. Granting Licences to Exploit Underground

Resources and Cavities

1. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall grant

licences for:

exploitation of deposits of hydrocarbons, metals, useful

minerals, monomineral quartz sand;

exploitation of natural underground caves for burial of

industrial waste (except radioactive and toxic materials);

arrangement and use of artificial underground caves for

storage of radioactive and toxic materials; and

use of natural cavities for storage of oil, gas or other

materials.

2. The governor of the county, upon co-ordinating with the

Ministry of Environmental Protection, shall grant licences to

exploit fresh drinking and technical water and underground

thermal energy, in the procedure established by the Government of

the Republic of Lithuania.

The licence to exploit fresh drinking ground water for

centralised supply for cities can be issued only to the

municipalities of these cities.

3. The Geological Survey of Lithuania, upon co-ordinating

with the Ministry of the Environmental Protection and the

administration of the governor of the county, shall grant

licences to exploit the underground resources and caves not

listed in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, in the procedure

determined by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

4. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall grant

licences to exploit underground resources and caves if their

utilisation can influence the state of the underground in another

country.

5. All the licences to exploit underground resources and

caves must be registered in the Geological Survey of Lithuania.

6. The State institution granting licences to exploit

underground resources and caves shall inform the municipality,

the Land survey of the administration of the governor of the

county and the public about licences to exploit underground

resources and caves, before starting the activities provided for

in the licence.

Article 15. The Plan for Exploitation

1. Exploitation of the underground resources and caves shall

be possible only on the basis of a plan for exploitation which is

co-ordinated with the governor of the county and approved by the

Ministry of the Environmental Protection.

2. The following must be provided for in the plan for

exploitation:

measures for recultivation of land, as well as necessary

measures for restoration of other elements of the environment;

measures for the protection of underground resources, left

in the deposit, from the exhaustion and decrease in quality, when

the exploitation of the deposit is temporarily or completely

terminated.

In course of the first five years of exploitation of the

underground resources or caves, the user must accumulate the

funds necessary for the fulfilment of measures specified in

Paragraph 2 of this Article and guarantee the use of the funds

for those purposes.

Article 16. The Conditions for Exploitation of the

Underground Resources

1. The underground resources can be exploited only after

appraisal whereof and upon having evaluated the influence of

their extraction on the environment.

The Geological Survey of Lithuania shall approve the

appraised resources according to the procedure established by it.

2. The underground resources must be exploited in complex or

protecting not utilised resources, being in the same deposit or

in the zone of its influence.

3. The underground resources must be exploited rationally

and only for the purposes, indicated in the licence.

4. The limits for the amount of the underground resources to

be extracted, sold or exported, which can be established by the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania or other State

institution, shall be indicated in the exploitation contract.

5. In course of the exploitation of the deposit, it is

obligatory to monitor the state of the resources, to predict

changes in its quantity and quality and the influence of the

exploitation on the environment, and carry out an accounting of

the deposits which are extracted and remaining in the deposit.

In course of the utilisation of the underground caves it is

obligatory to monitor their state and the influence of their

utilisation on the environment.

The Ministry of Environment Protection and the Geological

Survey of Lithuania shall be provided with the data of these

observations, in the manner prescribed by these institutions. The

methods and the amount of the monitoring and prediction, accuracy

and frequency of the accounting must be provided for in the plan

of exploitation and financed by the licensee.

6. Upon discovering geological, archaeological and other

objects with a scientific or cultural value, the licensee must

inform the appropriate State institutions and cease works in the

corresponding area, if its continuation can damage these objects.

Article 17. Allotting of a Piece of Land

A piece of land, necessary for exploitation of the

underground resources or caves, shall be taken, allotted for

utilisation or loaned according to the procedure established by

the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Land, other laws, and the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 18. Expiration of the Validity of the Licence

to Exploit the Underground Resources and

Caves

The licence to exploit the underground resources and

cavities shall expire when:

1) the period of the validity of the licence expires; and

2) the object of the exploitation is exhausted.

Article 19. The Revocation of the Licence to Exploit

the Underground Resources and Caves

1. The licence to exploit the underground resources shall be

revoked when the parties, concluding the exploitation contract,

do not agree on the terms of the contract.

2. The licence to exploit the underground resources can be

revoked when the licensee:

violates the requirements of the exploitation contract or

the exploitation plan or the terms of fulfilment of the work and

does not eliminate the violations within the time specified in

the exploitation contract;

violates the requirements for environmental protection or

works safety; and

violates the requirements of laws of the Republic of

Lithuania or other standard acts.

In the specified cases, the State institution, which has

granted the licence, shall revoke it in the procedure established

by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania may revoke

the licence to exploit the underground resources and caves due to

the State interests. In this case the licensee shall be

compensated for the losses, which are evaluated by the State

institution, authorised by the Government of the Republic of

Lithuania, in the procedure established by the Government of the

Republic of Lithuania.

Chapter V

THE PROTECTION OF THE UNDERGROUND

Article 20. Measures of the Protection of the

Underground

In order to protect the underground, the economic activities

shall be regulated in the manner prescribed by the Law on the

Environmental Protection, by the following main measures:

territorial planning is carried out;

the influence of the economic activities and the

consequences of the force majeure on the state of the underground

are predicted;

systematic exploration and monitoring of the state of the

underground is carried out;

protected territories are established.

Article 21. Territorial Planning

1. Territorial planning must be carried out, taking into

consideration the structure and resources of the underground,

foreseeing the influence of the economic activities on the state

of the underground, its resources and valuable features.

2. General plans of the State and counties, before their

approval, must be co-ordinated with the Ministry of Environmental

Protection and the Geological Survey of Lithuania, which may

arrange the departmental expert examination of these plans, or

propose to arrange the State ecological expert examination and

provide for the expert examination of the designs of certain

objects in course of implementation of these plans.

3. The underground resources, which are not under

exploitation must be protected against activities damaging their

quality, conditions of exploitation, building the territory or

another actions, which can burden their exploitation in the

future.

Article 22. The Monitoring of the State of the

Underground

1. The state of the underground shall be systematically

monitored on all the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, in

the zones of intensive geological processes and the hazards,

caused by them, areas of human impact and in surroundings of

certain objects of economic activity.

2. The State monitoring of the underground of the territory

of the Republic of Lithuania, as a part of the general system of

ecological monitoring, shall be organised by the Geological

Survey of Lithuania, in the manner prescribed by the Law on

Environmental Protection.

3. It shall be prohibited to damage and break wells,

geological and geodetic signs and other installations used for

monitoring of the state of the underground or to complicate their

utilisation for investigations and, also, to damage benchmarks

and mining signs indicating the deposits and the zones of their

protection.

Article 23. The Protection and Use of the Underground

in the Protected Areas

Protection of the underground and their valuable features

shall be ensured in the protected areas on the basis of the Law

on Environmental Protection, Law on Forestry, Law on Protected

Areas, Law on Land, and other standard acts.

Chapter VI

DATA ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND

Article 24. Required Providing of Data on the

Underground

1. Ministries, departments, other State institutions,

municipalities, scientific and educational institutions, other

legal and natural persons must provide the Geological Survey of

Lithuania with data on the underground, acquired in course of

direct and remote investigations of the underground or

utilisation of the underground resources, irrespective who

financed these works, as well as the data on indirect

investigations, provided that they have been carried out with the

State funds. The Geological Survey of Lithuania shall establish

the procedure and the form of presentation of these data. The

data shall be furnished free of charge.

2. Upon reorganisation or abolishment of enterprises engaged

in the investigation of the underground or the exploitation of

underground resources, as well as change in their owners, the

further utilisation or annihilation of the data about the

underground, which belong to them, must be co-ordinated with the

Geological Survey of Lithuania.

Article 25. State Geological Information System

1. State-owned data on the underground shall be a State

property. They shall form a unified State geological information

system, the certain parts whereof may also be constituent parts

of other State information systems.

2. The State geological information system as the State

property shall be created, protected and managed by the

Geological Survey of Lithuania.

3. The deposits, prospective areas, and their resources

shall be registered in the State Cadastre of Underground

Resources according to the procedure established by the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The Geological Survey of

Lithuania shall be the manager of this Cadastre.

Article 26. The Utilisation of the Data about the

Underground

1. The data about the underground shall be freely used by

the legal and natural persons who financed the acquisition of the

data, except for the restrictions established by laws of the

Republic of Lithuania and in this Chapter.

2. The Geological Survey of Lithuania shall use the data

acquired with the State funds as the State property, reserving

the right of authorship of the persons who have acquired these

data, for works which are regarded as the matter of the copyright

according to the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. The data acquired with the funds of legal and natural

persons (not the State), can be used by the Geological Survey of

Lithuania, without the permission of the persons who have

acquired these data, only for official needs (fulfilment of its

functions of the public regulation), cannot publish them or

transfer to other persons, except to State institutions, if the

latter request so.

These restrictions of utilisation of the data shall be valid

for five years from their acquisition, or two years after

expiration of the licence to carry out the work, taking into

consideration which term is previous.

After expiration of this term, the data shall be used in the

manner specified in Paragraph 2 of this Article.

4. If the licence to carry out exploration of the

underground or exploitation of the underground resources or caves

is revoked in the cases provided for in Articles 10 and 19, the

data shall immediately become the State property and shall be

used as provided by Paragraph 2 of this Article.

5. The data of the State geological information system must

be available to legal and natural persons of the Republic of

Lithuania, except for the restrictions specified in Paragraph 3

of this Article. The utilisation of the data about the

underground resources may be restricted because of the State

interests. The procedure for the utilisation of the State

geological information system shall be established by the

Geological Survey of Lithuania.

6. Legal and natural persons cannot sell the data acquired

from the State geological information system.

7. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania may restrict

publication, distribution, and transfer to third persons or

abroad of the data about the underground resources, irrespective

with whose funds and when they have been acquired, if it is

necessary for State interests.

8. Geological collections, the exhibits of geological

museums, drill cores or samples from drill cores can be taken out

of the Republic of Lithuania only with the permit of the

Geological Survey of Lithuania, issued according to the procedure

established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Chapter VII

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLATION

OF THE UNDERGROUND LAW

AND THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Article 27. Responsibility for the Violation of the

Underground Law

Legal and natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania who

have violated the Underground Law of the Republic of Lithuania

shall incur disciplinary, administrative, material, and criminal

liability, pursuant to laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 28. Claims for the Damage Caused by Illegal

Activities

1. Damage to the State, municipalities, legal and natural

persons caused by illegal activities in course of utilisation of

the underground, resulting in the diminishing of the underground

resources, complicating the conditions of their exploitation,

changing their valuable features, or changing other elements of

the environment, must be compensated.

2. The following shall have a right to file a claim for

compensation for the damage caused by illegal activities in the

course of the utilisation of the underground:

legal and natural persons, whose property or other interests

are damaged;

municipalities, when damage has been done on the territories

governed by them or their population;

the Ministry of Environmental Protection, when damage has

been caused to the environment, the underground resources, or in

other cases within its jurisdiction;

the Geological Survey of Lithuania, when damage has been

caused due to the violation of the procedure for exploration of

the underground, as well as the procedure for furnishing or using

of the data about underground, and in other cases, within its

jurisdiction;

other State institutions of the Republic of Lithuania within

their jurisdiction;

the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, when other

States have suffered the damage caused by the illegal activities

in course of the utilisation of the underground in the Republic

of Lithuania and because of that claims by these States are being

filed.

Article 29. Settlement of Disputes

Disputes concerning the exploration, utilisation and

protection of the underground shall be settled by courts in a

lawsuit.

Chapter VIII

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Article 30. Influence on the Environment of other

States

The utilisation of the underground and other economic

activities carried out in the Republic of Lithuania cannot have a

negative influence on the state of the environment and the

underground of other States, and, therefor, cause damage to their

population.

Article 31. International Co-operation

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall take care

that the utilisation of the underground and other economic

activities carried out in neighbouring States would not have a

negative influence on the state of the environment of the

Republic of Lithuania, valuable features and the resources of the

underground, and would not cause damage to the population. It is

the aim of international agreements on the regulation of economic

activities and utilisation of the underground in border

territories, exchange of data about the state of the underground,

promotion of co-operation in the exploration of the underground,

and by other means.

Article 32. International Agreements

If international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania

provide for the regulations other than those specified in this

Law, the regulations of the international agreement shall apply,

provided that they do not contradict the Constitution of the

Republic of Lithuania.

Chapter IX

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 33

The Underground Code of the Republic of Lithuania (Èin.,

1976, Nr.17-133, Nr.24-218; 1980, Nr.3-30; 1983, Nr.21-223; 1984,

Nr.34-391; 1987, Nr.36-429) shall be declared invalid.

I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic

of Lithuania.

ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS

President of the Republic

Vilnius

5 July 1995

No.I-1034