THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
                                
                            DECISION
            ON ACCEPTING THE PETITION OF A PETITIONER

                         23 October 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,
     at  a  procedural  sitting  of  the  Constitutional    Court
considered  the  petition  of the President of the  Republic   of
Lithuania, the petitioner, which was set forth in his Decree  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.
The Constitutional Court 
                        has established:
                                I
     On  22  October  2007, the President of the  Republic,   the
petitioner,  issued  Decree  No.  1K-1138 "On  Applying  to   the
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania". Article 3  of
the  decree  provides that this decree shall come into force   as
from the day of its signing. The said decree was received at  the
Constitutional Court on 22 October 2007.
     In  Decree of the President of the Republic No. 1K-1138  "On
Applying  to  the  Constitutional  Court  of  the  Republic    of
Lithuania" of 22 October 2007 a petition is set forth, requesting
that the Constitutional Court 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   Government
Resolution 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.
     A  covering  letter, in which the reasoning   substantiating
this  petition of the President of the Republic, was attached  to
the Decree of the President of the Republic.
The Constitutional Court
                           holds that:
     The  petition  set forth in Decree of the President of   the
Republic No. 1K-1138 "On Applying to the Constitutional Court  of
the  Republic  of  Lithuania"  of  22  October  2007  meets   the
requirements  established in the Constitution and the Law on  the
Constitutional Court.
     The  Law  on the Constitutional Court does not contain   any
grounds  to  refuse  to consider the petition or to  return   the
petition back to the petitioner.
     Conforming  to Item 2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 105 of   the
Constitution  of the Republic of Lithuania, Articles 26, 28,  and
63  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 set forth in Decree of the  President
of  the Republic 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.

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