Consolidated version valid as of 1 May 2017
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
LAW ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
15 April 2004 No IX-2135
(As last amended on 15 December 2016 – No XIII-105)
Vilnius
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Purpose, aim and scope of the law
1. This Law shall regulate social relations pertaining to electronic communications
services and networks, associated facilities and services, use of electronic communications
resources as well as social relations pertaining to radio equipment, terminal equipment and
electromagnetic compatibility.
2. This Law shall not regulate any social relations pertaining to the services delivered
using networks and services referred to in paragraph 1 as well as any content conveyed over
electronic communications networks and any services associated with such content.
3. European Union legal acts that are directly applicable and that regulate the subject
of this Law shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this Law (including
the settlement of relevant disputes and imposition of sanctions) without prejudice to the
conditions of such legal acts and the competence of European Union institutions.
4. State institutions that apply this Law within the scope of their competence shall
take into account the relevant recommendations of the Commission of the European
Communities. Where state institutions make a reasoned decision not to comply with the said
recommendations, they shall notify the Commission of the European Communities about it
indicating the reasons for such a decision.
5. This Law is aimed at promoting the objectives of European Union regulatory
framework for electronic communications, including the promotion of competition in