LAW LAW ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSPORT Article 1. The Objective of the Law This Law shall establish th

LAW LAW ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSPORT Article

1. The Objective of the Law This Law shall establish the general principles of the activity and management of transport of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
2. Transport Transport shall be the constituent part of the economic and social infrastructure of the Republic of Lithuania. Its objective shall be to carry passengers and freight and to perform other transportation services. The transport branches in the Republic of Lithuania shall be as follows: biotransport, railway, motor vehicle, sea, inland water, air, town electric, and pipeline transport. Biotransport shall comprise special roads and paths, bicycles, velomobiles, and their technical equipment. Railway transport shall comprise railways of general use, branch lines, rolling stock, signaling equipment, energy equipment, stations, and other engineering buildings which are directly used for the purpose of the railway transport service. Motor vehicle transport shall comprise roads, means of transportation, technological equipment, stations and other engineering buildings. Sea transport shall comprise seaways, seaports, lighthouses and other navigational marks, as well as technical equipment which regulates navigation and guarantees its safety, ships and other sailing means. Inland water transport shall comprise waterways for use by vessels, ships and other sailing means, harbours, piers, and navigational marks. Air transport shall comprise air routes, airports, aerodromes and means of transportation. Town electric transport shall comprise electric overhead wires, electric means of transportation, technological equipment and other engineering buildings. Pipeline transport shall comprise the technological equipment and engineering buildings of the network of oil pipelines and gas mains. Article
3. Regulation of Relations of Transport Relations of transport of the Republic of Lithuania shall be regulated by this Law, the codes of the transport branches, and other standard acts. Article
4. Objects and Kinds of Ownership of Transport Railways of general use, state motorways, territory and defined areas of water of seaports, lighthouses and equipment as well as navigational marks regulating navigation and guaranteeing its safety, aeronavigation equipment of the flight control system, and main pipelines shall be under state ownership of the Republic of Lithuania. Separate transport roads as well as means of transportation, technological equipment, stations and other engineering buildings may be under the ownership of local governments as well as of legal and natural persons. Article
5. Management of Transport State transport shall be managed by the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Lithuania as well as by other institutions authorized by the Government of the Republic. Transport which is under the jurisdiction of local governments shall be managed by appropriate local governments according to the procedure established by the law. Article
6. Payment for Transportation Services Maximum rates for the transportation of passengers and transportation services related to it as well as rules for the application of them shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania and local governments may establish the procedure for discount travel. In this case, the owner of the means of transportation shall be compensated for the expenses from the budget of the appropriate departments and local governments. Work and services for which there are no established maximum rates shall be compensated for at a price which shall be established by the owner of the means of transportation. For the use of ports, territorial waters, motorways, and railways of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as for the flight control and aeronavigation service in the airspace of the Republic of Lithuania, legal and natural persons shall pay dues in the amount established by the Government of the Republic. Article
7. The Right to Drive a Means of Transportation The right to drive a means of transportation shall be granted to persons who possess the necessary qualifications and are in an adequate health condition. The Ministry of Communications shall establish the qualificational requirements for driving means of transportation. A person's health fitness to drive a means of transportation shall be assessed by the officials of health care in the procedure established by the Ministry of Health Care. Article 8.The Responsibility of Countries for Transportation Conditions of transportation of passengers and freight and their insurance and the responsibility of countries of these forms of transport shall be established by laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article 9.Engagement in the Economic Activities of Transportation Legal and natural persons may engage in transportation of passengers as well as in all kinds of international transportation if they possess a permit (license) issued in the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. Foreign legal and natural persons who engage in transportation activities in Lithuania must observe the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
8. Road Safety Control The Ministry of Communications together with the institutions authorized by the Government of the Republic shall prepare the requirements for the safe traffic of transportation, shall exercise road safety control, and shall coordinate the implementation of measures to ensure road safety. Article 11.Ecological and Hygienic Requirements in Transportation Activities In transportation activities, legal and natural persons must comply with international and national as well as ecological and hygienic requirements. Senders of freight and owners of means of transportation shall be responsible for the safety of the transportation of dangerous freight according to the established procedure. A list of dangerous freight shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. KAZIMIERAS MOTIEKA Vice President Supreme Council Republic of Lithuania Vilnius 8 October 1991 No.I-1863