BALTIC MASTER LTD. v. LITHUANIA - 55092/16 (Judgment : Article 6 - Right to a fair trial : Fourth Section Committee)

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque , President, Egidijus Kūris , Iulia Antoanella Motoc , judges, and Andrea Tamietti , Deputy Section Registrar ,

. On 22 January 2015 the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court rejected the applicant company ' s complaint as unfounded. It held that there was enough information to adopt a decision in the case and that no question as to the interpretation of European Union customs law had arisen ( teismas pažymi , kad byloje yra pakankamai duomenų sprendimo priėmimui , teismui jokių papildomų klausimų teisės aiškinimo klausimais nekilo , todėl nėra pagrindo kreiptis į Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismą ).

. Article 4 § 3 of the Law on Administrative Proceedings provides that in the cases provided for by law a court may refer an issue concerning the interpretation or validity of legal acts of the European Union to the judicial authority of the European Union with a request for a preliminary ruling.

. The Constitutional Court has consistently held that the courts had an obligation to examine cases on the basis of equity and objectivity and they had a duty to adopt reasoned and justified deci sions (rulings of 15 May and 24 October 2007, 21 January 2008, 31 Januar y 2011, 25 September 2012 and 8 May 2014).

. Article 143 (a) and (b) of Regulation No. 2454/93 provides that for the purposes of Articles 29 § 1 (d) and 30 § 2 (c) of the Community Customs Code, persons are deemed to be related only if they are officers or directors of one another ' s businesses or they are legally recognised partners in business.