The Lithuanian e-commerce framework is not based on the adoption of specific laws, but rather finds its origins in the general norms of private law, consumer protection law, data protection law, etc.
However, keeping in mind the EU’s aspiration to boost free movement of information society serviced within the integrated common market, upon accession to the EU Lithuanian legislation has been committed to integrate into its national system the EU-predetermined principles of the e-commerce regulatory framework.
With this in mind, the Lithuanian Parliament has recently registered the draft law aimed at transposing the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market. The essential aim of the draft is to define and establish grounds for legal regulation of the provision of information society services and engagement into related
