Lietuviškai
PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
ANNOUNCEMENT
ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE VALIDITY OF ITEM 2.3 OF
RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
NO. 899 "ON APPROVING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF SCIENTIFIC WORKERS,
OTHER RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF
SCIENCE AND STUDIES, THE PROCEDURE FOR ORGANISATION OF
COMPETITIONS FOR POSITIONS OF SCIENTIFIC WORKERS, OTHER
RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF SCIENCE
AND STUDIES AND OF CERTIFICATION OF SCIENTIFIC WORKERS,
OTHER RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS, AND THE PROCEDURE FOR
AWARDING PEDAGOGICAL DEGREES IN UNIVERSITIES" OF 11 JULY
2001 (WORDING OF RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA NO. 906 OF 18 AUGUST 2005) AND
ITEMS 2 AND 3 OF THE INVENTORY SCHEDULE OF MINIMUM
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF
SCIENTIFIC WORKERS, OTHER RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS AT
STATE INSTITUTIONS OF SCIENCE AND STUDIES, WHO WORK IN
HUMANITARIAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES APPROVED BY THE SAME
RESOLUTION (WORDING OF RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA NO. 906 OF 18 AUGUST 2005), AS
WELL AS ITEM 3 OF THE HABILITATION PROCEDURE APPROVED BY
RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
NO. 962 "ON APPROVING THE HABILITATION PROCEDURE" OF 18
JULY 2003
25 May 2006
Vilnius
By the Constitutional Court Decision "On Accepting the
Petition of a Petitioner" of 25 May 2006, it was decided to
accept for consideration the petition set forth in the Decree of
the President of the Republic "On Application to the
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania" of 22 May 2006
requesting to investigate whether Item 2.3.1 of the new wording
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania "On
Approving the Inventory Schedule of Minimum Qualification
Requirements for the Positions of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of Science and
Studies, the Inventory Schedule of the Procedure for Organisation
of Competitions for Positions of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of Science and
Studies and of Certification of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers, and the Inventory Schedule of the
Procedure for Awarding Pedagogical Degrees in Universities" set
forth in Resolution of the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania No. 906 "On Amending Resolution of the Government of
the Republic of Lithuania No. 899 'On Approving the Minimum
Qualification Requirements for the Positions of Scientific
Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of
Science and Studies, the Procedure for Organisation of
Competitions for Positions of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of Science and
Studies and of Certification of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers, and the Procedure for Awarding
Pedagogical Degrees in Universities' of 11 July 2001" of 18
August 2005, Items 2.2, 2.5, 3.1.2-3.1.4 of the Inventory
Schedule of Minimum Qualification Requirements for the Positions
of Scientific Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers at State
Institutions of Science and Studies, Who Work in Humanitarian and
Social Sciences, and Item 3.1 of the Habilitation Procedure
approved by Resolution of the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania No. 962 "On Approving the Habilitation Procedure" of 18
July 2003 to the extent that it provides that not less than 2
scientific articles must be published in the publications
included in the data bases of the Institute for Scientific
Information, are not in conflict with the constitutional
principle of a state under the rule of law and Article 14 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
Under Paragraph 4 of Article 106 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Lithuania, the presentation by the President of the
Republic for the Constitutional Court asking for an investigation
into the conformity of an act with the Constitution shall suspend
the validity of the act.
Conforming to Paragraph 4 of Article 106 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and Paragraph 3 of
Article 26 of the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic
of Lithuania,
I hereby announce that from the day of official publishing
of this announcement in the official gazette "Valstybės žinios"
until publishing of a Constitutional Court ruling regarding this
case the validity of the following shall be suspended:
1) Item 2.3 of Resolution of the Government of the Republic
of Lithuania No. 899 "On Approving the Minimum Qualification
Requirements for the Positions of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of Science and
Studies, the Procedure for Organisation of Competitions for
Positions of Scientific Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers
at State Institutions of Science and Studies and of Certification
of Scientific Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers, and the
Procedure for Awarding Pedagogical Degrees in Universities" of 11
July 2001 (wording of Resolution of the Government of the
Republic of Lithuania No. 906 of 18 August 2005);
2) Items 2 and 3 of the Inventory Schedule of Minimum
Qualification Requirements for the Positions of Scientific
Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of
Science and Studies, Who Work in Humanitarian and Social Sciences
approved by Resolution of the Government of the Republic of
Lithuania No. 899 "On Approving the Minimum Qualification
Requirements for the Positions of Scientific Workers, Other
Researchers and Teachers at State Institutions of Science and
Studies, the Procedure for Organisation of Competitions for
Positions of Scientific Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers
at State Institutions of Science and Studies and of Certification
of Scientific Workers, Other Researchers and Teachers, and the
Procedure for Awarding Pedagogical Degrees in Universities" of 11
July 2001 (wording of Resolution of the Government of the
Republic of Lithuania No. 906 of 18 August 2005) (wording of
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 906
of 18 August 2005);
3) Item 3 of the Habilitation Procedure approved by
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 962
"On Approving the Habilitation Procedure" of 18 July 2003.
Acting President of the Constitutional Court Kęstutis Lapinskas