LAW
ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ACTIVITIES OF TRANSPORT
Article 1. The Objective of the Law
This Law shall establish the general principles of the
activity and management of transport of the Republic of
Lithuania.
Article 2. Transport
Transport shall be the constituent part of the economic and
social infrastructure of the Republic of Lithuania. Its
objective shall be to carry passengers and freight and to
perform other transportation services.
The transport branches in the Republic of Lithuania shall be
as follows: biotransport, railway, motor vehicle, sea, inland
water, air, town electric, and pipeline transport.
Biotransport shall comprise special roads and paths,
bicycles, velomobiles, and their technical equipment.
Railway transport shall comprise railways of general use,
branch lines, rolling stock, signaling equipment, energy
equipment, stations, and other engineering buildings which are
directly used for the purpose of the railway transport service.
Motor vehicle transport shall comprise roads, means of
transportation, technological equipment, stations and other
engineering buildings.
Sea transport shall comprise seaways, seaports, lighthouses
and other navigational marks, as well as technical equipment
which regulates navigation and guarantees its safety, ships and
other sailing means.
Inland water transport shall comprise waterways for use by
vessels, ships and other sailing means, harbours, piers, and
navigational marks.
Air transport shall comprise air routes, airports,
aerodromes and means of transportation.
Town electric transport shall comprise electric overhead
wires, electric means of transportation, technological equipment
and other engineering buildings.
Pipeline transport shall comprise the technological
equipment and engineering buildings of the network of oil
pipelines and gas mains.
Article 3. Regulation of Relations of Transport
Relations of transport of the Republic of Lithuania shall be
regulated by this Law, the codes of the transport branches, and
other standard acts.
Article 4. Objects and Kinds of Ownership of Transport
Railways of general use, state motorways, territory and
defined areas of water of seaports, lighthouses and equipment as
well as navigational marks regulating navigation and
guaranteeing its safety, aeronavigation equipment of the flight
control system, and main pipelines shall be under state
ownership of the Republic of Lithuania.
Separate transport roads as well as means of transportation,
technological equipment, stations and other engineering
buildings may be under the ownership of local governments as
well as of legal and natural persons.
Article 5. Management of Transport
State transport shall be managed by the Ministry of
Communications of the Republic of Lithuania as well as by other
institutions authorized by the Government of the Republic.
Transport which is under the jurisdiction of local
governments shall be managed by appropriate local governments
according to the procedure established by the law.
Article 6. Payment for Transportation Services
Maximum rates for the transportation of passengers and
transportation services related to it as well as rules for the
application of them shall be approved by the Government of the
Republic of Lithuania.
The Government of the Republic of Lithuania and local
governments may establish the procedure for discount travel. In
this case, the owner of the means of transportation shall be
compensated for the expenses from the budget of the appropriate
departments and local governments.
Work and services for which there are no established maximum
rates shall be compensated for at a price which shall be
established by the owner of the means of transportation.
For the use of ports, territorial waters, motorways, and
railways of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as for the flight
control and aeronavigation service in the airspace of the
Republic of Lithuania, legal and natural persons shall pay dues
in the amount established by the Government of the Republic.
Article 7. The Right to Drive a Means of Transportation
The right to drive a means of transportation shall be
granted to persons who possess the necessary qualifications and
are in an adequate health condition.
The Ministry of Communications shall establish the
qualificational requirements for driving means of
transportation.
A person's health fitness to drive a means of transportation
shall be assessed by the officials of health care in the
procedure established by the Ministry of Health Care.
Article 8.The Responsibility of Countries for
Transportation
Conditions of transportation of passengers and freight and
their insurance and the responsibility of countries of these
forms of transport shall be established by laws of the Republic
of Lithuania.
Article 9.Engagement in the Economic Activities of
Transportation
Legal and natural persons may engage in transportation of
passengers as well as in all kinds of international
transportation if they possess a permit (license) issued in the
procedure established by the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania.
Foreign legal and natural persons who engage in
transportation activities in Lithuania must observe the laws of
the Republic of Lithuania.
Article 10. Road Safety Control
The Ministry of Communications together with the
institutions authorized by the Government of the Republic shall
prepare the requirements for the safe traffic of transportation,
shall exercise road safety control, and shall coordinate the
implementation of measures to ensure road safety.
Article 11.Ecological and Hygienic Requirements in
Transportation Activities
In transportation activities, legal and natural persons must
comply with international and national as well as ecological and
hygienic requirements.
Senders of freight and owners of means of transportation
shall be responsible for the safety of the transportation of
dangerous freight according to the established procedure. A list
of dangerous freight shall be approved by the Government of the
Republic of Lithuania.
KAZIMIERAS MOTIEKA
Vice President
Supreme Council
Republic of Lithuania
Vilnius
8 October 1991
No.I-1863