expected to have a significant impact on the relevant market, except for the cases referred
to in Article 16(18) of this Law and except for the legal acts whereby disputes are settled,
shall publish drafts of such legal acts in accordance with the procedure and conditions set
forth by the Communications Regulatory Authority, granting interested persons a
reasonable period of time to express their views.
2. The Communications Regulatory Authority shall, subject to the cases, procedure
and conditions set forth by it, publish drafts of decisions of the Communications Regulatory
Authority concerning issues related to any rights of the end users and consumers with
respect to public electronic communications services, in particular where decisions on such
issues have a significant impact on the market, granting the end users and consumers (in
particular disabled users), producers, and providers of electronic communications network
and/or services a reasonable period of time to express their views.
3. The Communications Regulatory Authority shall consult interested persons when
making decisions on mandatory application of standards adopted by international, European
Union and other regional standards organisations as well as national standards.
4. The Communications Regulatory Authority shall establish consultation rules
defining the cases, procedures and conditions of consultation. The information related to
any consultations under way shall be placed on the website of the Communications
Regulatory Authority. The Communications Regulatory Authority shall publish the results
of consultations, except for the information which constitutes state, official or commercial
secrets or which is related to the private life of a natural person.
Article 12. Cooperation of institutions of the Republic of Lithuania
1. The Competition Council shall, in so far as it is related to electronic
communications activities:
1) exchange with the Communications Regulatory Authority any information
required for the performance of functions of the Competition Council and the
Communications Regulatory Authority, including confidential information, ensuring the
protection of the information received;
2) provide consultation to the Communications Regulatory Authority on matters
concerning the performance of its functions related to the supervision of competition in the
field of electronic communications;
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