Lietuviškai

                   THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF                   
                    THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA                    

                          ANNOUNCEMENT                           

     On   2   July   1996  the  Constitutional  Court  officially
announced  that  the  validity  of  Paragraph  4 of Article 1 and
that  of  Article  30 of the Law on Alcohol Control adopted on 18
April  1995,  as well as that of Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 1,
that  of  Item 6 of Part 1 of Article 3, as well as Parts 4 and 5
of  Article  11, of the Law on Tobacco Control shall be suspended
until  the  promulgation  of  the  ruling concerning this case by
the Constitutional Court.
     On  13  February  1997  the  Constitutional Court passed its
ruling  "On  the  compliance  of  Articles 1 and 30 of the Law on
Alcohol  Control  of the Republic of Lithuania, Articles 1, 3 and
11  of  the  Law  on Tobacco Control of the Republic of Lithuania
as  well  as  the 2 February 1996 Resolution of the Government of
the   Republic   of   Lithuania   No.  179  "On  the  Control  of
Advertising  for  Alcohol"  with the Constitution of the Republic
of Lithuania".
     Conforming  to  Part  3  of  Article  26  of  the Law on the
Constitutional  Court,  I  announce  that  from  the day that the
said  Constitutional  Court ruling is promulgated the validity of
the following shall be restored:
     (1)  Paragraph  4  of  Article 1 of the 18 April 1995 Law on
Alcohol  Control  as  well  as  Article 30 of the said law except
the  provision  "the  criteria  for  recognising the contents and
arrangement  of  audio  or  visual  information  or  the  ways of
transmission  thereof  as  advertisement  [...]" of Part 3 of the
said article;
     (2)  Paragraph  4  of  Article  1,  Paragraph 5 of Article 1
except  the  provision  "and  also the products and articles sold
in  the  Republic  of  Lithuania,  and other material information
carriers,   and   services   not  directly  linked  with  tobacco
products  and  their consumption", Item 6 of Part 1 of Article 3,
Part  4  of  Article  11  and  Part  5  of  Article  5 except the
provision  "criteria  for  recognition  of  tobacco  advertising,
according  to  visual  and audio information content, design, and
means  of  presentation  [...]"  of  the  20 December 1995 Law on
Tobacco Control.
     This  announcement  shall  officially  be  publicised in the
official  gazette  "Valstybės  Žinios"  as  well as through other
mass media.
  
  
J. Žilys
Chairman
of the Constitutional Court
Vilnius
13 February 1997