Translated by the Ministry of National Defence
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW
ON CYBER SECURITY
11 December 2014
No. XII-1428
Vilnius
(As last amended on 27 June 2018 – No XIII-1299)
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Purpose and Application of the Law
1. This Law establishes cyber security principles, specifies institutions which develop and
implement cyber security policy, defines powers of such authorities in the field of cyber
securities, and determines duties of cyber security entities as well as inter-institutional
cooperation.
2. This Law shall not apply to trust service providers which are subject to the
requirements laid down in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for
electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC, (OJ 2014 L
257, p. 73).
3. The provisions of this Law are harmonised with the legal acts of the European Union
specified in the Annex to this Law.
Article 2. Definitions
1. Cloud computing services shall mean services the recipients of which use the
infrastructure of communications and information systems controlled by these service providers
at a distance.
2. Digital information hosting services shall mean services which comprise the
provision of opportunities to use tools for the development and management of electronic