This Country Note provides an overview of Lithuania’s foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime, focusing on its legal framework, institutional structure, and practical application. Lithuania is an attractive destination for FDI due to its stable economic environment and active investment promotion policies. At the same time, it has developed a structured screening mechanism aimed at safeguarding national security interests.
The Country Note analyses the key legislation governing FDI screening, primarily the Law on the Protection of Objects of Importance to Ensuring National Security of the Republic of Lithuania, and explains how screening applies across different categories of investments, including cross-sectoral, sectoral, asset-based, and designated-entity transactions. It further describes the role of the Commission for Coordination of Protection of Objects of Importance to Ensuring National Security as the competent authority, procedural steps, and decision-making timelines designed to ensure predictability and legal certainty for investors.
The Country Note also highlights key features of the Lithuanian system, such as its confidentiality, clearly defined thresholds triggering notification obligations, and presumptions of compliance for certain categories of investors. Finally, it discusses recent legislative developments that indicate a gradual expansion of the screening framework, particularly in strategic sectors.