Official Translation Official Translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON TOBACCO CONTROL 1995 December 20. No. I - 1143 (amended as of June 11 2002. No. IX - 942) Vilnius CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS A
Article 10
, 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. The following shall set penalties for violations of requirements of this Law: 1) for failure to observe the requirements of subparagraphs 2, 3 and 5 of paragraph 2, paragraph 3, of Article 8, the State Inspector’s Office for Non-Food Products under the Ministry of Economy, for subparagraphs 1, 5, 6, and 7 of paragraph 2 of Article 10, the State Inspector’s Office for Non-Food Products under the Ministry of Economy; STACS;” 2) for failure to comply with the requirements of subparagraph 4 of paragraph 2 of Article 8, The State Tax Inspector’s Office and courts, and for non-adherence to sub-paragraph 4 of paragraph 2, The State Inspector’s Office, STACS and the courts; under the Ministry of Finance and the courts; 3) for failure to comply with the requirements of subparagraphs 3 and 8 of paragraph two of Article 10, and paragraphs one,
Article 10, by STACS and executive institutions of local governments.
The failure to adhere to the requirements of restrictions on the promotion and prohibiting of advertisement of tobacco products advertising, set forth in paragraphs one, three, four and five, Article 11, shall incur a five thousand litas penalty for subjects engaged in commercial and economic activity, and for a a ten thousand litas penalty. The State Service for the Control of Tobacco and Alcohol, under the Government of Republic of Lithuania shall set the penalties for these violations (except for the violations the mass media). Penalties for the violations of the requirements set forth in paragraphs one, three, four and five of Article 11 of this Law for the violations of the stipulated requirements in the mass media shall be assigned by the National. Board for Consumer Rights Protection. ARTICLE
- Exaction of Cash Penalties The decision of the institutions indicated in paragraph 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
- Exaction of Unpaid Penalties and Calculation of Penalties for Delinquent Cash Late Charges Institutions indicated in paragraph 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
- 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 paragraph 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 the 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
- Appeal against Decisions on Economic Sanction Application Economic subjects who shall not be in agreement with the decision of institutions indicated in paragraph 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 paragraph one of Article 21 of this Law to apply economic sanctions, unless the court determines otherwise. The decision of the institution specified in paragraph 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
- Order of Damage Compensation Damages received by economic subjects, due to decisions of institutions listed in paragraph 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
- Utilisation of Collected Economic Sanction Sums Funds, which shall be exacted by institutions indicated in Article 21 of this Law, shall be utilised according to the procedure established by laws. ARTICLE
- 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 FINAL PROVISIONS Article
- Entry into Force of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Tobacco Control
- Article 4, paragraph two of Article 6, paragraphs one, two, four,
Article 7
, paragraphs three, six and seven of Article 8, paragraph three of Article 9, paragraphs four and six of Article 10, paragraph five of Article 11, Article 12, paragraph two of Article 14, paragraphs one and four of Article 16, Article 17, paragraph two of Article 24 and Article 27 of the Law on Tobacco Control of the Republic of Lithuania shall come into force 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