A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Lithuania guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
AVNT — insolvency supervision
Provides the insolvency-supervision framework and access to official insolvency-process information.
Open the legal source ↗Bank of Lithuania — financial supervision
Explains supervision of financial-market participants, reporting and administrative review of supervisory decisions.
Open the legal source ↗Centre of Registers — legal-entity formation
Explains registration of Lithuanian legal entities, including public and private limited companies and branches.
Open the legal source ↗Centre of Registers — Real Property Register
Provides official real-property search by location and property particulars.
Open the legal source ↗Chamber of Judicial Officers — enforcement guidance
Explains enforcement proceedings, judicial-officer information systems and deductions from debtor income.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Code — parliamentary translation
Collects Lithuanian private-law rules on persons, property, family, succession and obligations; verify current authoritative wording.
Open the legal source ↗Competition Council — merger control
Explains concentrations, acquisitions of control and merger-notification requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Criminal Procedure Code — parliamentary translation
Provides a translated criminal-procedure consolidation; later amendments and current Lithuanian wording require checking.
Open the legal source ↗Economy and Innovation Ministry — investment
Explains investment programmes and large-project arrangements, including exceptions for security and environmental processes.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — navigating the AI Act
Explains AI Act roles, scope and phased application, including changes to the implementation timetable.
Open the legal source ↗European e-Justice — Lithuanian succession
Explains inheritance acceptance, notarial functions and succession procedures.
Open the legal source ↗Financial Crime Investigation Service — sanctions FAQ
Explains financial-sanctions compliance, supervisory responsibilities and screening resources.
Open the legal source ↗Health Ministry — patient rights
Explains patient rights and procedures concerning healthcare harm and compensation.
Open the legal source ↗Law on Companies — parliamentary translation
Covers company formation, governance and restructuring; the older translation requires comparison with current Lithuanian amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Migration Department — employment residence requirements
Explains the Lithuanian residence-permit requirement for foreign workers and the existence of specific exceptions.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — civil law and procedure collection
Links the Civil Code, Civil Procedure Code, Commercial Arbitration Law and instruments on service and European civil cooperation.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — mediation
Explains civil mediation and the statutory mediation system.
Open the legal source ↗National Courts Administration
Provides court information, electronic services, case timetables and public judgment access.
Open the legal source ↗National Energy Regulatory Council — electricity permissions
Lists electricity licences, permits and distinct regulated network, supply and aggregation activities.
Open the legal source ↗National-security protection law — official register
Sets out protection of objects important for national security and investor and transaction screening.
Open the legal source ↗Public Procurement Office
Provides procurement authority information and access to the current electronic procurement system.
Open the legal source ↗State Consumer Rights Protection Authority — requests
Explains consumer complaint submission and allocation to specialist dispute-resolution bodies.
Open the legal source ↗State Data Protection Inspectorate — legislation
Links national personal-data, law-enforcement processing and cybersecurity legislation.
Open the legal source ↗State Labour Inspectorate — labour disputes
Provides Labour Disputes Commission information, hearing searches and decision records.
Open the legal source ↗State Patent Bureau — trade mark searches
Explains national, EU and international searches and the limits of the bureau's examination of earlier rights.
Open the legal source ↗State Tax Inspectorate — business taxes
Identifies corporate income, VAT, personal income, property and land taxes relevant to businesses.
Open the legal source ↗Territorial Planning and Construction Inspectorate — functions
Explains supervision of permits, completion declarations, unauthorised construction and planning complaints.
Open the legal source ↗Transport Safety Administration — flag-state control
Explains Lithuanian-flag safety, security, pollution and onboard working-condition supervision.
Open the legal source ↗Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration — legislation
Collects the Commercial Arbitration Law, institutional practice and international arbitration materials.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
Identify the legal issue and relevant date, then check the current primary material and any procedural guidance. Record the version consulted and distinguish official text from translations or commentary.
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