EU Law
Since Lithuania's accession to the European Union, EU law has been playing an increasingly important role in the activities of our law firm. EU law is a very extensive and sophisticated legal system, based on proportionality, subsidiarity, primacy, direct applicability and other principles. EU law is under constant development: in the beginning it was orientated to smooth functioning of the internal market, later in expanded into the areas of foreign and security policy, border protection, refugee and visa regime, police, court activities, etc. In the latter areas decisions are usually made not by Community, but by intergovernmental methods.
In order to apply the EU law successfully, one must not only know very well common principles of EU law, but also acquis communautaire. This concept includes not only directives, regulations, decisions, opinions, recommendations, resolutions, EU international treaties and other legal acts, but also jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice, quasicourt rulings, etc.
Our lawyers provide the following services related to EU law:
- consult on issues related to free movement of goods, services, persons and capital within the EU;
- consult on public procurement, competition, environmental protection, energy, customs policy and regulation, tax system, transport and other areas;
- provide valuable legal assistance in case of disputes regarding national legislative act and EU law compliance — our lawyers have been involved in the transposition of EU law, the into national legislation;
- protect client interests in case of contradictions between the national law and EU law;
- represent clients in disputes regarding application of EU law in national and EU institutions;
- provide assistance in using various EU business financing programs such as PHARE, SAPARD, ISPA projects and structural funds.
In order to meet the continuously increasing needs, our law firm has formed a team of EU law specialists with extensive experience in applying EU law both in the public and private sectors
