2. | Recipients of the service | Natural persons Legal persons |
3. | Type of the service: electronic/non-electronic service | Electronic Non-electronic |
3.1. | Link to the e-service (if the service is electronic) | https://www.epaslaugos.lt/portal/service/29248/16020?searchId=a3ea060a-33ab-4d12-8f8e-171cef4ae43a |
3.2. | Link to the application form/forms (if the service is non-electronic) | Application form approved by the Resolution No O3-400 of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy of 30 November 2011 "On the Approval of the Form of the Application on Issuing, Changing, Amending a Licence, Issuing a Duplicate of the Licence, Suspending the Validity of a Licence, Annulling the Suspension of Validity of a Licence". |
4. | Duration of the service provision | Within 30 days of the receipt of the necessary documents, the National Energy Regulatory Council shall issue or change the licence or provide a reasoned written refusal to do so to the applying company. If not all data or documents are submitted, the time limit is counted from the date of submission of all data or documents. |
5. | Price of the service | According to the list of specific state fee rates approved by the Resolution No 1458 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 15 December 2000 "On the Approval of the Specific State Fee Rates and the Rules on Payment and Refund", the fixed state fee rates are paid: Issue of the licence: EUR 674; Change of the licence: EUR 357; Adjustment of the licence: EUR 81; Issue of a duplicate: EUR 52. |
6. | Methods and procedures of payment for the service (also including the payment possibility for foreigners) | The state fee is paid to the budget revenue collection accounts of the State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance. The payment code for services provided by the Council: 5774. |
7. | Description of the service provision process | The licence of the natural gas market operator grants the right to organize trade in natural gas in accordance with the Rules for Trade in Natural Gas approved by the Order No 1-293 of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania "On Approval of the Rules for Trade in Natural Gas" of 28 November 2011. A company, wishing to obtain the licence, submits the application in line with the established forms as well as required documents to the National Energy Regulatory Council. Following the receipt of documents indicated in this chapter, the Council checks whether these documents and information contained therein comply with the licensing conditions (technological, financial and managerial capacities of the company) and decides on the issue of the licence. |
8. | Information and documents to be provided by the person | The applicant shall submit an application in the established form and the following documents confirming the compliance of the applicant with the requirements to the Council: 1. Documents and data indicated in the description of the assessment procedures of technological, financial and managerial capabilities of entities approved by the Resolution No O3-6 of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy of 29 January 2009 "On the Approval of the Description of the Procedure of Assessment of Technological, Financial and Managerial Capabilities of Energy Companies"; 3. Documents confirming the payment of the state fee; 3 A legal person or a unit of a legal person or another organization of another Member State established in a Member State shall provide copies of documents of the establishment, copies of the articles of association, authenticated by stamp, if it mandatory to have it, and by the signature of the manager; 4. A natural person submits: 4.1. documents supporting and/or granting the right to reside in a Member State or exercise the rights of free movement conferred by the law of the European Union within the Member States (this requirement shall apply to third-country nationals); 4.2. a copy of personal identity document (passport or ID card), unless the documents are submitted directly to the Council; where the documents are submitted directly to the Council, a personal identity document (passport or identity card) shall be provided. |
9. | Contact information of the service provider (position, name and surname, e-mail, phone number of the responsible employee) | Specialists from the Energy Efficiency and Permit Division of the Gas and Electricity Department of the Council. Contact information is available on the website of the Council at: http://www.vert.lt/lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/kontaktai |
10. | Appeal procedure against actions (inactions) of the service provider | The decisions of the Council shall be appealed in accordance with procedures and conditions laid down by the Law on Administrative Proceedings of the Republic of Lithuania. |
11. | Contacts of organisations that can provide necessary information or practical assistance to the recipients of services (if such organisations are known) | |
12. | Legislation regulating the provision of the administrative service | 1. Law on Natural Gas of the Republic of Lithuania; 2. Law on Energy of the Republic of Lithuania; 3. Licensing rules on the issue of permissions for natural gas transmission, distribution, storage, liquefaction, supply and market operator approved by the Resolution No 1246 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 27 October 2011 "On the Approval of the Licencing Rules on Transmission, Distribution, Storage, Liquefaction, Supply and Market Operator of Natural Gas"; 4. Description of the assessment procedures of technological, financial and managerial capabilities of entities approved by the Resolution No O3-6 of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy of 29 January 2009 "On the Approval of the Description of the Procedure of Assessment of Technological, Financial and Managerial Capabilities of Energy Companies"; 5. The form of the application on issuing, changing, amending a licence, issuing a duplicate of the licence, suspending the validity of a licence, annulling the suspension of validity of a licence approved by the Resolution No O3-400 of the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy of 30 November 2011 "On the Approval of the Form of the Application on Issuing, Changing, Amending a Licence, Issuing a Duplicate of the Licence, Suspending the Validity of a Licence, Annulling the Suspension of Validity of a Licence". |
