1 Official Translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA NATURAL GAS LAW October 10, 2000. No.VIII – 1973 (as amended by June 4, 2002. No. IX – 927) Vilnius CHAPTER I PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS OF THE LAW Article 1. Purpose of the Law This Law shall establish the general principles of the natural gas sector and the operations of natural gas undertakings and relations with the customers (in the supply, distribution, transmission and storage of natural gas). Article 2. Basic Definitions of this Law 1. Natural Gas means the mixture of hydrocarbons extracted from the entrails of the earth, which under normal conditions exists in a gaseous state. 2. Natural Gas Undertaking means an undertaking which is engaged in at least one of the following functions: natural gas (hereinafter – gas), including among them liquefied gas, production, transmission, distribution, supply, purchase and storage and is responsible for the commercial, technical and (or) maintenance tasks related to those functions. The final custome...