Law on the protection of objects of importance to ensuring national security (No. IX-1132). País/Territorio Lituania Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 2002 (2018) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Energía, General Palabra clave Negocios/industria/corporaciones Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Propiedad Gobierno local Conservación de energía/producción de energía Energía nuclear Área geográphica Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Septentrional Resumen The objective of this Law shall be to ensure that the objects of importance to ensuring the national security of the State (enterprises, facilities, property and economic sectors) and the property and territory within the protection zones of the enterprises, facilities and property of importance to ensuring national security are protected against all risk factors that may pose a threat to national security interests and to eliminate the causes of and conditions for the emergence of such factors. When including enterprises, facilities and property in the lists of enterprises of importance to ensuring national security and the List of Facilities and Property of Importance to Ensuring National Security, threats, dangers and risk factors to national security interests shall be assessed within the meaning of the National Security Strategy approved by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. The bodies of enterprises of importance to ensuring national security or of enterprises which manage, use or dispose of facilities and property of importance to ensuring national security as well the bodies of other enterprises which operate in the economic sector of strategic importance to ensuring national security shall be prohibited from adopting any decisions which are in conflict with the objective of this Law. Investor from the Republic of Lithuania or a foreign investor shall mean a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or another Member State of the European Union (EU) or of a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and/or the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) or a legal person or organization established in these states, except for the cases where 1/4 or more of the voting rights at the meeting of participants of such a legal person or another organization are held by a third country, legal persons controlled by it or its citizens. Economic sector of strategic importance to ensuring national security shall mean an area of activity of particular importance to the State and the public of the Republic of Lithuania upon cessation, disruption, restriction or abandonment of development whereof national security interests may be prejudiced. National security interests shall mean the vital and primary interests of national security within the meaning of the National Security Strategy, the development of the trans-European infrastructure and the essential public interests enshrined in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, including the provision of the most important services of common interest, etc. Facilities and property of importance to ensuring national security held by the right of ownership by the State or municipalities may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in laws, be transferred, except for the transfer of ownership rights, to an investor conforming to national security interests who may not sell the facilities and property transferred to him or otherwise transfer them into the ownership of other persons or pledge and otherwise restrict the rights in rem in respect of them, or use them as a guarantee, surety or in any other way to secure the discharge of obligations assumed by him or by other persons. Protection zones shall be established by the Government, having assessed the specific nature of enterprises, facilities and property of importance to ensuring national security as well as the need for protection based on risk factors. When preparing or revising territorial planning documents, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and municipal administrations must take into account the protection zones established by the Government. Economic sectors of strategic importance to ensuring national security shall be as follows: 1) energy; 2) transport; 3) information technologies, telecommunications and other high technologies; 4) finance and credit; 5) military equipment. Natural persons, private and public legal persons and other organizations not posing a threat to national security interests may be investors. Enterprises of importance to ensuring national security, state enterprises, municipal enterprises as well as state-owned companies shall conform to national security interests and verification of their conformity to national security interests shall not be carried out. Texto completo Inglés Página web investmentpolicy.unctad.org