{"id":69455,"date":"2026-04-21T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/?p=69455"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:17:36","slug":"%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%b5%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%ae-%f0%9d%97%9e%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%86-%f0%9d%97%97%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/%f0%9d%97%9f%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%98%81%f0%9d%97%b5%f0%9d%98%82%f0%9d%97%ae%f0%9d%97%bb%f0%9d%97%b6%f0%9d%97%ae-%f0%9d%97%9e%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%86-%f0%9d%97%97%f0%9d%97%b2%f0%9d%98%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania \u2013 Key Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent updates in Lithuania highlight changes in EU compliance, competition law, and labour regulation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU infringement procedure (March 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 In March 2026, the European Commission initiated an infringement procedure<br \/>\n\u2022 Reason: failure to fully comply with EU law<br \/>\n\u2022 Current stage: letter of formal notice<br \/>\n\u2022 Next steps may include a reasoned opinion and referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union<\/p>\n<p><strong>Competition law amendments (in force from 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Amendments adopted in 2025, effective in 2026<br \/>\n\u2022 Introduction of a fine cap at 50% of the maximum statutory amount<br \/>\n\u2022 Expected impact:<br \/>\n&#8211; more predictable sanctions<br \/>\n&#8211; continued deterrence in antitrust enforcement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employment of foreign workers (updates in March 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 New flexibility in labour regulation, including:<br \/>\n&#8211; possibility to set labour quotas via collective agreements<br \/>\n&#8211; expanded grounds to refuse residence permits<br \/>\n\u2022 Focus: balancing labour market needs with migration control<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent updates in Lithuania highlight changes in EU compliance, competition law, and labour regulation: EU infringement procedure (March 2026) \u2022 In March 2026, the European Commission initiated an infringement procedure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69455"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69464,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69455\/revisions\/69464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klauberg.legal\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}