Official Translation Official Translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON TOBACCO CONTROL December 12, 1995, No.I-1143 Vilnius (Amended as of July 11, 2000. No. VIII-1830) CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS A

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of this Law, shall incur a twenty thousand litas penalty for subjects engaged in commercial and economic activity. Violation of these requirements, occurring repeatedly within the course of one year from the earlier violation, shall incur a fifty thousand litas penalty for subjects engaged in commercial and economic activity. Penalties for violations of requirements of this Law shall be set by the following: For failure to comply with the requirements of this Law penalties shall be assigned s follows: 1) for failure to observe items 2, 3 and 5 of paragraph 2, of Article 8, paragraph 3, items 1, 2,5,6, and 7 of paragraph 2 of Article 10, by the State Non-Food Product Inspector’s Office under the Ministry of Economy; 2) for failure to comply with the requirements of item 4 of paragraph 2 of Article 8 and item and item 4 of paragraph 2 of Article 10, The State Tax Inspector’s Office under the Ministry of Finance; 3) for failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 4 of part two, Article 8 and paragraph 4 of part two of Article 10, by State Tax Inspector’s Office under the Ministry of Finance and the courts; 4) for failure to comply with the requirements of items 3 and 8 of paragraph two, Article 10, and paragraphs one,

Article 10, by STACA and executive institutions of local governments.

Promotion of the sale of tobacco products and failure to comply with requirements for use of advertising, established in parts one, three, four, five, six and seven of Article 11, shall incur a five thousand litas penalty for subjects engaged in commercial and economic activity, and for a repeated violation of these requirements, a ten thousand litas penalty. The State Control of Tobacco and Alcohol Service under the Government of Republic of Lithuania shall set the penalties for these violations. (amended 11 May 1999) ARTICLE

1. Exaction of Cash Penalties The decision of the institutions indicated in part one of Article 21 of this Law, to set a cash penalty for violations of this Law, which indicates the size (sum)of the penalty, shall be submitted to the violator of the legal acts. The cash penalty must be paid into the state budget no later than within the course of one month from the day, on which the decision has been handed to the violators of this Law. ARTICLE
2. Exaction of Unpaid Penalties and Calculation of Penalties for Delinquent Cash Late Charges Institutions indicated in part one of Article 21 of this Law shall exact without suit delinquent penalties of economic subjects, along with late charges, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.2 per cent, per day. ARTICLE
3. Postponement of Decision to Implement Economic Sanction Application Should circumstances arise which preclude implementation of applying an economic sanction without delay, the official of an institution listed in part one of Article 21, who had adopted the decision in accordance with the justified application of the economic subjects, regarding whom the decision has been adopted, may postpone implementation of decision for a period of up to two months. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall establish the bases for postponement of decisions on economic sanction application. ARTICLE
4. Appeal against Decisions on Economic Sanction Application Economic subjects who shall not be in agreement with the decision of institutions indicated in part one of Article 21 of this Law, to apply economic sanctions may, within one month from the handing down of a decision, appeal to court, regarding repeal of the aforementioned decision or its change and compensation of expenses. Appeal to court shall not suspend the decisions of institutions specified in part one of Article 21 of this Law to apply economic sanctions, unless the court determines otherwise. The decision of the institution specified in part 1 of Article 21 of this Law, relative to economic sanctions for the violations of legal acts, and the grounds thereof shall be made available to the public. ARTICLE
5. Order of Damage Compensation Damages received by economic subjects, due to decisions of institutions listed in part one of Article 21 of this Law, which violate the requirements of this Law, shall be compensated from funds of such institutions, and later exacted from the culpable individuals. ARTICLE
6. Utilisation of Collected Economic Sanction Sums Funds, which shall be collected by institutions indicated in Article 21 of this Law, shall be utilised according to the procedure established by laws. ARTICLE
7. Disputes on Violations of the Law on Tobacco Control Disputes arising between legal and natural persons, due to violations of this Law and material liability with regard to such, shall be resolved in accordance with court procedure. Disputes arising between the Republic of Lithuania and legal and natural persons of other states, concerning violations of this Law, shall be resolved according to the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, unless provided for to the contrary in international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania. CHAPTER VI. THE CONCLUDING PROVISIONS Article
8. Coming into Effect of the Law on Tobacco Control of the Republic of Lithuania Article 4, part two of Article 6, parts one, two, four,

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, parts three, six and seven of Article 8, part three of Article 9, parts four and six of Article 10, part five of Article 11, Article 12, parts two and three of Article 13, part two of Article 14, parts one and four of Article 16, Article 17, part two of Article 24 and Article 27 of the Law on Tobacco Control of the Republic of Lithuania shall come into effect according to the procedure established by the Law on Implementation of the Tobacco Control Law of the Republic of Lithuania. I promulgate this law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS