Special obligations are the functions that a state-owned enterprise (SOE) would not undertake to perform on a commercial basis (or would perform them at a higher price than specified) and which a SOE is entrusted to perform under the State’s decision.  

The relevant list of special obligations performed by SOEs and their subsidiaries was approved on 16 March 2021 under the Order No 4-193 of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania with later amendments (link).

Special obligations performed by LTG Group companies: 

1. Public rail passenger services – the special obligation is performed by the LTG Group company UAB LTG Link. 
2. Maintenance, renewal and development of public railway infrastructure, the provision of services constituting the minimum package of access to public railway infrastructure, and the disposal of public railway infrastructure under a right of trust – the special obligation is performed by the LTG Group company AB LTG Infra.

The objectives of the special obligations: 

• Ensuring provision of public passenger transportation by rail on domestic and international routes in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania;
• Maintaining, upgrading and developing public railway infrastructure, implementing projects under the public investment programme and ensuring the use of EU funds; providing services to railway undertakings (carriers) and repairers that form part of the minimum package of access to public railway infrastructure on non-discriminatory terms.

Information on the state budget allocations for the special obligation can be found in the strategic plans of the areas of responsibility of the Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania (link), as well as on the websites of the companies of the LTG Group performing the special obligations (UAB LTG Link and AB LTG Infra).

Results of fulfilment of special obligations are disclosed in the annual consolidated management reports of the LTG Group and separate reports of the LTG Group companies performing the special obligations (link).