Lithuania
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Register of Legal Acts - TAR
State register
Published by:
Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania)
Gedimino ave. 53/Gynėjų g. 8 — 01109 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel. +370 52396999
E-mail: info@e-tar.lt
Website: www.e-tar.lt
| Official journal / legal gazette |
In Lithuania, Register of Legal Acts is the state e-register which takes over the function of the official publication of state and municipal legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania (e-documents version only). |
| First edition |
29 December 1918 Valstybės žinios
21 May 1993 Valstybės žinios (official gazette) until 2014-01-01
Register of Legal Acts TAR as Official publication source since 2014-01-01
The electronic Register of Laws and Other Legal Acts since 1996-01-01
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| First online edition |
The electronic Register of Laws and Other Legal Acts since 1996-01-01. It is official since 2014-01-01 |
| Paper edition |
not existing since 2014-01-01 |
| Online edition |
www.e-tar.lt
Access and texts are free
Legally binding |
| CD/DVD edition |
No CD/DVD edition |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
| Content |
The Valstybės žinios contains the following chapters:
- Constitution;
- Laws;
- other Legislation of the Parliament (Seimas), the President of the Republic and the Government of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Seimas, the Board of the Seimas, the Bank of Lithuania;
- international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania ;
- regulatory acts of ministers, heads of Government bodies and other state institutions and bodies and collegial institutions;
- regulatory acts of municipal institutions, as well as legal acts adopted by municipal mayors the publication whereof in the Register of Legal Acts is mandatory under legal acts;
- regulatory acts adopted by the management bodies of associations, state or municipal enterprises and public bodies authorised to perform public administration, whose owner or stakeholder is the State or a municipality;
- legal acts having individual application adopted by ministers, heads of Government bodies and other state and municipal institutions and bodies and collegial institutions, as well as by the Board of the Bank of Lithuania or the Chairman of the Board and the management bodies of associations, state or municipal enterprises and public bodies authorised to perform public administration in accordance with the procedure laid down by legal acts, whose owner or stakeholder is the State or a municipality, the publication whereof in the Register of Legal Acts is mandatory under legal acts;
- rulings and decisions of the Constitutional Court;
- decisions, judgments and rulings of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, as well as effective decisions of administrative courts regarding the legitimacy of regulatory administrative acts; Consolidated versions of legal acts.
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| Legal basis |
Republic of Lithuania Law on Legislative Framework No XI-2220
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| Legally binding |
Electronic legal acts signed by authorised entities with e-signature |
| Financing |
State budget |
| Other Gazettes |
Not existing
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1.3. Details on the online edition
http://www.valstybes-zinios.lt
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
Download
Search functions
Related with Legal Acts Information System (TAIS) |
| Format description |
Html, Word, Odt, Pdf (Excel, Jpg, Gif, etc. for tables, images, maps in annexes, etc.) |
| Authenticity |
Original electronic legal acts signed by authorized entities with e-signature. |
| Archiving |
Inside the information system Register of Legal Acts. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Office of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
For contact details, see point 1.1
| Form and nature |
Office of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: no
- Printing: no
- Dissemination/distribution: accessible on-line
- Legal gazette (register) online: yes
- Legislation database: yes
- Consolidation: yes
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| Other services offered |
- Search and free access to consolidated legislation of the Republic of Lithuania
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1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
- Standard office (MSWord, Open office) software.
- special features of specialized information system TAIS for drafting.
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| Workflow |
Drafting, consideration of draft legal acts, adopting of legal acts, signing with e-signature, official publication and promulgation entry into force are implemented in the related information systems – Legal Acts Information System and Register of Legal Acts. |
| Publishing |
See the section above. |
2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
See full details >>
TAR (Register of Legal Acts)
www.e-tar.lt
For details, see point 3.2
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Seimo kanceliarija
Office of the Parliament (Unit for Managing the Register of Legal Acts) |
| Content |
All legislation |
| Status of the consolidated textsdelete texts |
Consolidation is for information purposes only |
Deadline for
consolidation |
3 working days after an official publication of legal act. |
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
3.2. Official databases
1. Register of Legal Acts (TAR)
https://tar.e-tar.lt
2. Legal Acts Information System (TAIS)
https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/documentSearch/lt
Organisation
responsible |
Office of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuanian Parliament. |
| Content |
- legislative initiatives draft legal acts
- accompanying documents of draft legal acts
- laws and other legislation of governmental and municipal institutions (mirror data with TAR)
- consolidated versions of legal acts (transferred data from TAR)
- English and Russian translations of legislation
- schedules of the Parliament sittings
- minutes and verbatim reports of the Parliament sittings
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| Access |
Free of charge |
| Access via N-Lex |
No |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
