PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
                            LITHUANIA
                          ANNOUNCEMENT
  ON SUSPENDING THE VALIDITY OF ITEMS 3 AND 14 OF THE METHODS  OF
  ESTABLISHING  THE NEEDS OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE BUDGET OF   THE
  REPUBLIC  OF  LITHUANIA AND ASSIGNING THEM TO INSTITUTIONS   OF
  SCIENCE AND STUDIES APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
  THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA NO. 1272 "ON APPROVING THE METHODS OF
  ESTABLISHING  THE NEEDS OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE BUDGET OF   THE
  REPUBLIC  OF  LITHUANIA AND ASSIGNING THEM TO INSTITUTIONS   OF
  SCIENCE  AND STUDIES" OF 11 OCTOBER 2004 (WORDING OF 5  OCTOBER
  2006) 
                         23 October 2007
                             Vilnius
      By  the 23 October 2007 Constitutional Court decision   "On
Accepting  the Petition of a Petitioner", the petition set  forth
in  Decree of the President of the Republic of Lithuania No.  1K-
1138 "On Applying to the Constitutional Court of the Republic  of
Lithuania" of 22 October 2007, requesting to investigate  whether
Items 3 and 14 of the Methods of Establishing the Needs of  Funds
from the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania and  Assigning
Them  to  Institutions  of  Science  and  Studies  approved    by
Resolution  of  the Government of the Republic of Lithuania   No.
1272 "On Approving the Methods of Establishing the Needs of Funds
from the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania and  Assigning
Them  to Institutions of Science and Studies" of 11 October  2004
(wording  of 5 October 2006) with Paragraph 3 of Article 40   and
Paragraph 3 of Article 41 of the Constitution of the Republic  of
Lithuania, was accepted for consideration.
      Under Paragraph 4 of Article 106 of the Constitution of the
Republic  of Lithuania, the presentation by the President of  the
Republic,  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  2   of
Article 26 of the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic
of Lithuania,
      I  hereby announce that from the day of publishing of  this
announcement  in  the official gazette "Valstybės žinios"   until
publishing  of a Constitutional Court ruling regarding this  case
the validity of Items 3 and 14 of the Methods of Establishing the
Needs of Funds from the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania
and  Assigning  Them  to  Institutions of  Science  and   Studies
approved  by  Resolution  of the Government of the  Republic   of
Lithuania  No. 1272 of "On Approving the Methods of  Establishing
the  Needs  of  Funds from the State Budget of the  Republic   of
Lithuania  and  Assigning  Them to Institutions of  Science   and
Studies"  11  October 2004 (wording of 5 October 2006) shall   be
suspended. 
      
President                    Egidijus Kūris