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Lithuania: new packaging labelling requirements.
Producers and importers must ensure that the packaging of their products placed on the Lithuanian market are labelled in accordance with the requirements prescribed in the Law on Management of Packaging and Packaging Waste of the Republic of Lithuania, approved...
Lithuania: Can you ever be really sure of your surety?
When making substantial changes to an obligation in contractual relations, i.e. the size, the nature of the obligation, etc., the legal consequences associated with the accessory obligation (security of liabilities) should be carefully and professionally assessed. Article 6.87 of the...
Improved regulation of organised tourism travel services in Lithuania.
On July 17th, Section 35-3, Book 6 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania was amended with regard to the provision of organised tourism travel services. The aim of these amendments was to implement the provisions of the...
Intellectual property significantly influences your business value.
VILGERTS, Associate Kalīne Ozola recently arrived from a week-long summer course on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at the Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany. The course included lectures and workshops covering a wide range of IP-related issues delivered by...
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Represented Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department before the administrative court regarding a claim for unlawful requirements to submit tender documents containing deliverables normally delivered during the execution of the procurement agreement, The Public Procurement Monitoring Bureau had upheld the client’s approach but was overruled by the court.
Advised Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department, the biggest contracting entity in the Baltics, in a EUR 3,7 Mio dispute about admissibility of technical experience for constructing a sports ground. The Public Procurement Monitoring Bureau upheld the recommended approach.
Successfully defended the Riga City Council’s Real Estate Department before the Public Procurement Bureau against claims of unlawful amendments to the tender notice. The EUR 26 Mio tender involved renovating the venue of the National Song and Dance Festival, the central event of Latvia’s Centenary celebrations.
Proved that Ragn-Sells, a waste management company, had lawfully increased the contract price to include applicable taxes in the EUR 0,5 Mio procurement contract before signing it. The dispute is ongoing after the first instance court ruled in client’s favor.