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Having received a request or complaint, the Reception Desk shall issue a document certifying the receipt of the request or complaint and indicating the date of receipt thereof, the name and telephone number of the civil servant of the Reception Desk who will examine the request or complaint and the reference number given to the request or complaint. As an alternative to the document certifying the receipt, a certified copy of the request of complaint may be returned.

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Information about the activities of the Government, ministries, Government agencies or other public administration institutions shall be given orally, if an oral request or complaint is made and the requesting or complaining person does not require a written answer.

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If the Government is not competent to take a decision on the issue put forward by the person, the Reception Desk shall, no later than within five working days, forward the request or complaint to a competent ministry, Government agency or other public administration institution, with a notice to the applicant. In the case of an oral request or complaint, the applicant shall be informed of the competent public administration institution on the spot. If the request is being dealt with by a court and this fact is known, the request shall be returned to the applicant, together with the relevant information.

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Normally, oral requests or complaints, also anonymous requests or complaints (or anonymous correspondence) shall not be examined, except in exceptional circumstances where the interests of the applicant or the state must be protected, in which case a relevant instruction shall be issued by the Prime Minister or, upon his instruction, by the Government Secretary.

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A detailed procedure for the receipt and examination of requests or complaints at the Office of the Government shall be established by the Government Secretary.

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138.Applications qualifying under the law as petitions (hereinafter referred to as applications) shall be delivered in person or sent to the Government by post according to its competence, received at the Reception Desk and registered in the relevant book. The Reception Desk shall, not later than within three working days, inform the applicant (or his agent) of the fact and date of the registration of the application and of the reference number given to it.
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Upon registration, the Reception Desk shall immediately forward the application to the President of the Petitions Commission (or, in his absence, to his deputy) of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as the Government Petitions Commission), the composition and the regulations whereof shall be approved by the Government.

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Anonymous applications shall be automatically rejected.

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Having recognised the application as a petition and having examined it in the manner prescribed by the law, the Government Petitions Commission shall, no later than within ten working days, submit conclusions to the Government as to whether the requests and proposals made in the petition should be accepted or rejected, also a relevant draft resolution of the Government (and, where appropriate, draft decisions regarding the setting up of a commission or a working group for the drafting of a legal act or regarding the delegation of the task of drafting a legal act to a ministry or other state institution). The structural unit of the Office of the Government to which the conclusions of the Government Petitions Commission and a relevant draft resolution of the Government were forwarded shall, within two working days, draft an instruction of the Prime Minister (or, upon his instruction, of the Government Secretary) to the relevant ministry, the minister of which will be signing the draft resolution of the Government. The ministry shall give its conclusions or comments and suggestions regarding the draft resolution no later than within ten working days of receipt thereof, unless another deadline is set in the instruction. Upon receipt of conclusions from the ministry, the draft resolution of the Government shall be examined at the Office of the Government, discussed in a meeting of state secretaries of ministries and tabled for a Government sitting in the manner prescribed by the Rules of Procedure of the Government.

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The Government Petitions Commission shall be hosted and technically supported by the Office of the Government.

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VIII. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT I. international agreements 139. The right of initiative to conclude international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania is vested in the Government, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Government or, upon the instruction and in the manner prescribed by the Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall assess the need to conclude international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Lithuania Law on Treaties, other laws and the international law.

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Ministries and Government agencies shall also have the right to initiate, in the manner prescribed in Section I of Chapter IV of these Rules of Procedure, the conclusion of international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania.

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International agreements of the Republic of Lithuania shall be drafted and concluded in accordance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Treaties and the Rules of Drafting and Conclusion of International Agreements of the Republic of Lithuania as approved by Resolution No 1179 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 1 October 2001 (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 84-2938, 2001).

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140.Full powers shall be issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents required to obtain powers shall be prepared by the relevant ministries and Government agencies irrespective of whom specifically these powers shall be granted to.
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A ministry or a Government agency concerned shall apply, in writing, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the issuance of full powers, and shall alongside present to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs an effective legal act for the granting of powers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall issue full powers no later than within ten working days of receipt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a letter of the ministry or the Government agency concerned regarding the issuance of full powers.

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141.Information about full powers shall be stored and administered at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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142.The Government’s decision to address the President of the Republic with the proposal to submit to the Seimas an international agreement of the Republic of Lithuania for ratification shall be made in the form of a resolution of the Government.
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A Government resolution shall also be used to formalise a decision of the Government to approve international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania specified in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Treaties.

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International agreements shall be submitted to the Government for approval by the ministry, within whose competence is the implementation of the international agreement, upon agreeing with the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Law Department.

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143.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall store and administer information about international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania and send it for publication in the Official Gazette Valstybės žinios. International mixed agreements published in the Lithuanian language in the European Union’s Official Journal shall not be published in the Official Gazette Valstybės žinios.
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144.The Government shall ensure the implementation of international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible for organising the monitoring of implementation. The said Ministry shall brief the Government on the implementation of such agreements and on any problems encountered and the solutions proposed. The monitoring of implementation of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, concerning the Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 1-1, 2004) (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty of Accession to the European Union) shall be organised by the Office of the Government in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Ministries and Government agencies whose competence includes the implementation of international agreements shall, once a year or at other intervals as appropriate, inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the implementation of such agreements.

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Ministries and Government agencies whose competence includes the implementation of the Treaty of Accession to the European Union shall, where appropriate, inform the Office of the Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the implementation thereof.

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II. foreign correspondence 145. Letters, telegrams and other documents of a similar nature to be sent to foreign state institutions (servants) and international organizations on behalf of the Government shall be drafted by ministries, Government agencies, advisers to the Prime Minister or the Office of the Government and agreed on with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or, where appropriate, with other ministries or Government agencies concerned). The drafters of letters, telegrams and other documents of a similar nature to be sent to the European Union institutions on behalf of the Government shall consult regarding these documents the Office of the Government (or, where appropriate, other ministries or Government agencies concerned) and inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of such documents.

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146.Letters, telegrams or documents of a similar nature to be sent on behalf of the Government shall be signed by the Prime Minister or a minister authorised by him. Together with a draft document, other supporting information and explanations shall be submitted to the Prime Minister or a minister authorised by him. If the document is to be sent in a foreign language, a translation to Lithuanian shall be provided.
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147.Letters, telegrams and other documents of a similar nature to be sent to foreign state institutions (servants) and international organizations on behalf of ministries and Government agencies according to their relevant competence shall be signed by the minister or his authorised representative or by the head of the Government agency concerned. Details of corresponding on important issues shall be communicated to the Prime Minister, Office of the Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Written or oral invitations by members of the Government and heads of Government agencies for officials of foreign states and international organizations to come for a visit to the Republic of Lithuania shall first be agreed on with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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III. RECEPTION OF DELEGATIONS AND OFFICIALS 148. The reception of delegations of foreign states, officials and representatives of international organisations shall be organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant advisers to the Prime Minister and civil servants of the Office of the Government.

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149.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant advisers to the Prime Minister and civil servants of the Office of the Government shall:
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149.1. draw up a plan (programme) of the anticipated receptions in the Government Building;

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149.2. prepare information needed to receive visitors in the Government Building;

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149.3. draw up the agenda of a reception in the Government Building;

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149.4. analyse the results of receptions in the Government Building (visits to the Republic of Lithuania) and make relevant proposals to the Government or the Prime Minister;

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150.The information relevant for a reception in the Government Building shall specify the purpose of the reception and shall include analytical information as well as a list of topics to be discussed.
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151.The plan (programme) of anticipated receptions in the Government Building shall be forwarded to the Prime Minister well in advance, and the information relevant to the particular reception and the draft agenda shall be forwarded to him at least five working days before the reception, unless the Prime Minister instructs otherwise. If the purpose of a reception in the Government Building (or a visit to the Republic of Lithuania) is to negotiate and conclude an international agreement, the ministry which has drafted the international agreement concerned shall submit the text of the agreement and the related information agreed on with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and the European Law Department, at least within a week before the reception (visit).
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152.The results of a reception in the Government Building (or a visit to the Republic of Lithuania) shall be set out in a document (a report or a final act of negotiations) to be prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in agreement with the relevant advisers to the Prime Minister and civil servants of the Office of the Government. These documents shall be signed in the appropriate manner (accepted internationally) and stored at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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153.As part of planning official or work visits by officials of foreign states and international organisations to the Republic of Lithuania (to ministries or Government agencies), ministers, vice ministers, state secretaries of ministries and heads of Government agencies shall, at the beginning of each quarter, consult and agree with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the visits planned for the quarter concerned, inform, at least a week in advance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the time of arrival of these officials, of the composition of the delegation, of the official meetings planned and of the purpose of such meetings, and report the results of the visits and meetings to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at least within a week of the visits or meetings.
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Before receiving visitors from foreign states, ministries and Government agencies shall solve the issue of covering the expenses of such visits.

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Visits by official visitors to the Republic of Lithuania shall be organised and the official visitors received in the manner prescribed by the Government.

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IV. VISITS BY DELEGATIONS AND OFFICIALS TO FOREIGN STATES 154. Governmental delegations for official visits to other countries, as well as for work visits such as for the participation in international congresses, conferences, sessions and other international events shall be formed by the Prime Minister.

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155.A governmental delegation shall normally go for a visit to a foreign state at the invitation (consent) of authorities of that foreign state, or at the invitation of an international organisation.
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156.Normally, at least two weeks before a governmental delegation led by the Prime Minister or a person authorised by him goes for a visit to a foreign state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall provide relevant civil servants of the Prime Minister’s political (personal) confidence and civil servants of the Office of the Government with the information specified in items 157.4 and 157.5 of these Rules of Procedure who shall then inform the Prime Minister of the information received. Alongside, an ordinance regarding the governmental delegation shall be drafted and submitted to the Prime Minister for signature. The draft ordinance shall specify the place and duration of the visit, the composition of the delegation, the accompanying persons, and the sources of financing of the expenses.
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157.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant advisers to the Prime Minister and civil servants of the Office of the Government shall:
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157.1. examine invitations of foreign states and international organizations and make proposals regarding the need for sending a governmental delegation for a visit to the foreign state or for participation in the international event;

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157.2. taking account of the invitations, make proposals regarding the composition and the leader of the governmental delegation;

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157.3. draw up a plan of the visit of the governmental delegation;

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157.4. taking account of the purpose and goals of the visit of a governmental delegation to a foreign state, prepare information relevant for the upcoming visit;

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157.5. if the purpose of the visit is to negotiate and conclude an international agreement, draft the text of the international agreement concerned (or have it agreed inter-institutionally or give its consent to the text of the international agreement proposed by a Government agency);

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157.6. analyse the results of visits of governmental delegations (officials) to foreign states and make relevant proposals to the Government or the Prime Minister.

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158.Ministries and Government agencies shall provide the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on request, with information necessary for the preparation of information referred to in items 157.4 and 157.5 of these Rules of Procedure and inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs every three months on their activities in the field of development of international relations.
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As part of planning their official or work visits to foreign states (also visits of working groups formed by ministries or Government agencies to foreign states to negotiate and draft international agreements), ministers, vice ministers, state secretaries of ministries and heads of Government agencies shall, at least a week in advance (except for the pre-planned visits), inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the time of departure, of the composition of the delegation, of the official meetings planned and of the purpose of such meetings, and report the results of the visits and meetings to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at least within a week of the visits or meetings.

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Before organising visits to foreign states, ministries and Government agencies shall solve the issue of covering the expenses of such visits.

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Diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania in foreign states shall, in the manner prescribed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, give relevant support to state institutions of the Republic of Lithuania to facilitate visits of delegations and officials of the Republic of Lithuania to and their stay in foreign states. ix. coordination of activities of ministries, government agencies and county governors I. COORDINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS, RESOLUTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER LEGAL ACTS AND OF THE TRANSPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LAW 159. The Government shall coordinate, through ministers and heads of Government agencies, the implementation of laws, resolutions of the Government and other legal acts, in ministries and Government agencies.

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160.Ministers, Government agencies and county governors shall, within their competence:
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160.1. ensure the implementation of laws, resolutions of the Government and other legal acts in ministries, Government agencies or county governor administrations, in institutions, agencies and organisations subordinate to ministries, Government agencies or county governor administrations, and in public enterprises falling within the field of regulation of ministries, Government agencies or county governor administrations; promptly take actions if any violations of or failures to implement these legal acts come to their notice; designate units and individual civil servants to be responsible for the implementation of specific legal acts and for the monitoring of this work (such civil servants shall implement the provisions of legal acts and monitor the implementation thereof and, where appropriate, shall promptly make proposals to adopt new legal acts, amend or supplement the existing ones, issue new instructions or coordinate activities);

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160.2. define personal responsibility of vice ministers, state secretaries of ministries, deputy heads of Government agencies and deputy county governors, for the organisation and coordination of the implementation of laws, resolutions of the Government and other legal acts.

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1601. The Office of the Government shall coordinate the transposition and implementation of the European Union legal acts in accordance with Resolution No 21 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 9 January 2004 on the Coordination of the European Union Matters, and inform the European Union institutions on the progress of transposing and, where appropriate, on the implementation of the European Union legal acts.

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161.Each unit of the administration of a ministry, Government agency or the administration of a county governor shall maintain a list of legal acts coordinated by them and a detailed information on the progress of implementation thereof.
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When there is a change in civil servants responsible for the implementation of a law, resolution of the Government or another legal act and for the coordination of such implementation, the act of transfer and take-over of the tasks (or the order or other document of the minister, head of the Government agency or the county governor, where the said act is not drawn up) shall specify who shall take over the task of implementing and coordinating the implementation of the relevant resolution of the Government or other legal act.

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162.The Government shall have the right to repeal legal acts of ministers, heads of Government agencies and heads of agencies under Government agencies, if these acts are found to be incompliant with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, laws, international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania, other legal acts passed by the Seimas, decrees of the President of the Republic, resolutions of the Government or ordinances of the Prime Minister. Proposals on these issues shall be made to the Prime Minister by the Ministry of Justice, advisers to the Prime Minister and the Office of the Government.
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163.The Government shall monitor the activities of municipalities through the representatives delegated by the Government.
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II. MONITORING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONS 164. Ministers, heads of Government agencies and county governors shall ensure a proper and timely implementation of instructions issued by the Government or the Prime Minister.

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Irrespective of what type of document the instruction is set out in (whether in a Government resolution, ordinance of the Prime Minister, instruction of the Prime Minister made in the form of a resolution, or, as instructed by the Prime Minister, in an instruction of the Government Secretary made in the form of a resolution), the instruction shall be implemented within ten working days of receipt thereof, unless another deadline is set therein (except an instruction to draft a certain legal act). An instruction to draft a certain legal act shall be implemented within three months of receipt thereof, unless another deadline is set in the instruction or in the law or another legal act on the basis of which the instruction was issued.

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165.Where an instruction is issued to several institutions (civil servants), the leading organiser of the implementation of the instruction shall be the institution (civil servant) which (who) appears first on the list. Other institutions (civil servants) designated for the implementation of the instruction shall be equally responsible for its timely implementation and shall provide the leading implementer (institution or civil servant), on request, with all required information and relevant proposals no later than within five working days of receipt of the instruction at the institution.
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166.The instruction shall be deemed to have been implemented in full, if all the issues or questions detailed therein have been dealt with or answered. If the implementation of the instruction is inadequate, all output shall be sent back to the authors for elaboration no later than within two working days of receipt thereof at the Office of the Government; however, the deadline for the implementation of the instruction shall normally not be extended.
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The deadline for the implementation of Government instructions shall not be subject to extension. If the ministry, Government agency or county governor is unable to implement the Government instruction in time, it shall draft and submit a resolution amending the resolution of the Government wherein the instruction concerned was given.

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The deadline for the implementation of other instructions may be extended in exceptional circumstances only, at a reasoned request of a minister, head of a Government agency or a county governor.

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Requests to extend the deadline for the implementation of other instructions shall be made at least three working days before the original deadline for the implementation.

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167.The Office of the Government shall keep track of the instructions issued by the Government, the Prime Minister or the Government Secretary upon the instruction of the Prime Minister and shall summarise the results of the implementation thereof. An instruction shall be removed from these track records no later than within one working day of receipt of a letter from the relevant ministry, Government agency or county governor at the Office of the Government.
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Heads of units of the Office of the Government or, upon their instruction, advisers shall regularly monitor the implementation of instructions of the Government and the Prime Minister (or of the Government Secretary, upon the instruction of the Prime Minister), by ministries, Government agencies and county governor administrations and inform, where appropriate, the Government Secretary (or his deputy) thereabout.

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III. REPORTING TO THE GOVERNMENT 1671. By the 1st of March of the current year, ministers shall send to the Government:

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1671.1. an annual activity report of the ministry;

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1671.2. information on the implementation of the Programme of the Government and its implementing measures;

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1672. heads of Government agencies and other institutions and agencies reporting to the Government shall send to the Government:

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1672.1. by the 1st of March of the current year, an annual activity report of the Government agency or other institution or agency reporting to the Government, unless laws and resolutions of the Government prescribe otherwise;

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1672.2. no later than by the 15th of August of the current year, information for the first quarter on the situation in the area of competence of the Government agency or other institution or agency reporting to the Government, which shall be discussed, where appropriate, in a Government meeting;

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1672.3. information warning of the risk that the processes in the area of competence of the Government agency or other institution or agency reporting to the Government might have adverse economic, financial or other effects on the state or on certain social groups, and shall propose measures to be taken to overcome such adverse effects.

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1673. County governors shall send their annual activity reports to the Government within the deadlines and in the manner prescribed by Resolution No 1184 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 25 September 2003 on the Accountability of a County Governor (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 92-4156, 2003).

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1674. Ministers, heads of Government agencies, heads of other institutions and agencies reporting to the Government and county governors shall send their activity reports to the Government in the format approved for a ministry, Government agency, an agency under a ministry and a county governor by Resolution No 727 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 24 May 2002 (Valstybės žinios (Official Gazette) No 53-2072, 2002).

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X. missions and holidays 168. The Prime Minister shall consult and agree on the timing of his missions outside the Republic of Lithuania and his holidays with the President of the Republic well in advance. Having agreed on the timing of his missions and holidays, the Prime Minister shall address the President of the Republic with a proposal to designate a minister to deputise for the Prime Minister and submit, alongside, a relevant draft decree of the President of the Republic.

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Ministers, heads of Government agencies or heads of other agencies appointed by the Prime Minister, also members of the Government and county governors going on a mission outside the Republic of Lithuania for longer than one day shall inform the Prime Minister thereabout in advance and get his permission. The permission shall be made in the form of a resolution of the Prime Minister certifying that the request has been agreed on with the Prime Minister.

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169.Missions of the Government Secretary and civil servants of the Prime Minister’s political (personal) confidence outside the Republic of Lithuania shall be formalised in an ordinance of the Prime Minister.
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170.Having come back from a mission, ministers, the Government Secretary, civil servants of the Prime Minister’s political (personal confidence, heads of Government agencies, county governors, representatives of the Government, also civil servants sent to a foreign state by an instruction of the Prime Minister shall, within five working days, report to the Prime Minister in writing on the output and on the implementation of the task given.
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171.Ministers going on a mission within the Republic of Lithuania for longer than one day shall orally inform the Prime Minister thereabout.
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The Government Secretary and civil servants of the Prime Minister’s political (personal) confidence may go on a mission within the Republic of Lithuania only with the Prime Minister’s consent (irrespective of the duration of the mission).

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172.Ministers, heads of Government agencies and other agencies who are appointed by the Government or the Prime Minister, also county governors and representatives of the Government shall normally go on their annual holiday in accordance with the schedule of holidays approved at the beginning of a year by an ordinance of the Prime Minister. The schedule of holidays shall be prepared by the Office of the Government taking due account of the wishes of the relevant ministers, the Government Secretary, heads of Government agencies and other agencies who are appointed by the Government or the Prime Minister, as well as county governors and representatives of the Government. Holidays shall be scheduled in such a way as to ensure a quorum in every Government sitting, i. e. more than a half of the members of the Government must be present in a sitting.
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A person unable for any reasons to go on holiday on the due date as indicated in the schedule, or wishing to use a part of the holiday due to him shall make a written request to the Prime Minister and obtain his consent to the change of the timing of his holiday. The change shall be formalised by an ordinance of the Prime Minister.

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Holidays of civil servants of the Prime Minister’s political (personal) confidence who have obtained the Prime Minister’s consent to their written requests shall be formalised by an ordinance of the Prime Minister.

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173.The Prime Minister shall approve, by an ordinance, a schedule of deputising for the ministers during their missions to a foreign state, holidays or illnesses. This schedule shall be prepared by the Office of the Government taking due account of proposals made by ministers in agreement with other relevant ministers.
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XI. TRANSFER OF AFFAIRS OF MINISTRIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE CASE OF CHANGE OF THEIR TOP MANAGERS 174. Once the President of the Republic of Lithuania accepts a resignation of a minister or resigns a minister on a recommendation of the Prime Minister and once the Government receives a decree of the President of the Republic appointing a new minister, also in the case of a change of the head of a Government agency, the former minister (or a minister deputising for another minister) or the former head of the Government agency shall, in the presence of the head of the relevant structural unit of the Office of the Government and at the time specified in the ordinance of the Prime Minister, transfer the affairs to the new minister or to a civil servant authorised by the Prime Minister. An act of transfer and take-over of affairs shall be drawn up. The act of transfer of affairs shall contain most relevant data characterising the actual state-of-affairs at the ministry or the Government agency concerned (including, inter alia, its structure; the number of positions of civil servants and the number of staff employed under an employment contract; enterprises, agencies and organisations subordinate to it or assigned to its field of regulation; the use of funds received from the state budget of the Republic of Lithuania; the status of financial accounting and accountability; the status of the archives; the implementation of laws and resolutions of the Government directly affecting the ministry or the Government agency concerned, also of the instructions of the Government, Prime Minister or, upon the instruction of the Prime Minister, Government Secretary).

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The format of the act of transfer and take-over of affairs shall be defined by the Government Secretary.

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175.The act of transfer and take-over of affairs shall be signed both by the person who transfers and by the person who takes over the affairs, also by the head of the relevant structural unit of the Office of the Government.
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Where the person who transfers or the person who takes over the affairs does not agree with certain items of the act of transfer and take-over of affairs, he shall indicate this in writing when signing the act.

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The act of transfer and take-over of affairs shall be approved by the Prime Minister.

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176.The act of transfer and take-over of affairs shall be signed in duplicate, one copy being for the relevant ministry or the Government agency, and the other for the Office of the Government. –––––––––––––––––––––––
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