THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

                            DECISION
            ON ACCEPTING THE PETITION OF A PETITIONER

                          13 August 2007
                             Vilnius

      The  Constitutional  Court of the Republic  of   Lithuania,
composed  of  the Justices of the Constitutional  Court   Armanas
Abramavičius,   Toma  Birmontienė,  Egidijus  Kūris,     Kęstutis
Lapinskas,   Zenonas   Namavičius,  Ramutė  Ruškytė,     Vytautas
Sinkevičius, Stasys Stačiokas, and Romualdas Kęstutis Urbaitis, 
      with the secretary of the hearing—Daiva Pitrėnaitė,
      in  the  procedural  sitting of the  Constitutional   Court
considered the petition (No. 1B-32) of the Vilnius Regional Court
requesting to investigate whether Articles 4 and 165 of the  Code
of  Civil Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania (wording of   28
February 2002) are not in conflict with Paragraph 1 of Article 29
and Article 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania.
      The Constitutional Court
                          has established:
                          
      The  Vilnius Regional Court of Lithuania, the   petitioner,
was  considering  a  civil case. By its ruling, the  said   court
suspended  the  consideration  of the case and  applied  to   the
Constitutional  Court with a petition requesting to   investigate
whether  Articles  4  and  165 of the Code  of  Civil   Procedure
(wording of 28 February 2002) are not in conflict with  Paragraph
1 of Article 29 and Article 109 of the Constitution.
      The Constitutional Court
                           holds that:
                                
      The petition of the Vilnius Regional Court, the petitioner,
virtually  meets the requirements established in the Law on   the
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania. 
      Conforming   to  Paragraph  1  of  Article  102  of     the
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, Paragraph 1 of Article
28  and Article 67 of the Law on the Constitutional Court of  the
Republic of Lithuania,
      The  Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania  has
adopted the following
      
                            decision:
                                
      To  accept  the petition of the Vilnius Regional Court   of
Lithuania,  the  petitioner, requesting to  investigate   whether
Articles 4 and 165 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic
of  Lithuania (wording of 28 February 2002) are not in   conflict
with  Paragraph  1  of  Article  29  and  Article  109  of    the
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. 

Justices of the Constitutional Court:
Armanas Abramavičius
Toma Birmontienė
Egidijus Kūris
                                            Kęstutis Lapinskas
Zenonas Namavičius
Ramutė Ruškytė
                                            Vytautas Sinkevičius
                                            Stasys Stačiokas
Romualdas Kęstutis Urbaitis