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AVNT restates procedure for challenging auditor-chamber decisions
Order No. V3-17 restates the AVNT procedure for challenging LAR decisions: wider standing, task-by-task exam appeals, 10-day filing limit and new decision catalogue.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 10 September 2026
Auditors, auditor assistants and assurance specialists who challenge Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LAR)E TAR decisions now face a restated complaints procedure at the oversight authority AVNT. Director's order No. V3-17 of 10 September 2026
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E TAR restates in full the 2017 order No. V3-7 approving the procedure for examining complaints against LAR decisions
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Standing is extended: besides auditor assistants and auditors, applicants for the užtikrinimo specialistas certificate and tvarumo atskaitomybės užtikrinimo specialists may complain to AVNT about LAR decisions listed in Article 95(2) of the ĮstatymasE TAR
E TAR. A complaint is the full set of documents needed for a decision
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E TAR. For grade challenges to auditor or sustainability-assurance qualification exams, reasons are required task by task
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The contested LAR decision and proof of its delivery date travel with the complaintE TAR; annexes must be signed and foreign-language documents translated with the translator's signature, or they are disregarded
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E TAR. The complaint must be signed
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E TAR. Only legible qualifying complaints are examined, with notice within 3 working days otherwise
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E TAR. Complaints are also left unexamined where a court or AVNT already decided the same matter without new data
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Filing runs through the Article 95(3) deadlineE TAR, with late complaints unexamined on 3 working days' notice
E TAR. Submission is direct, by registered post or AVNT's website email
E TAR. Examination follows the Article 95(3) deadline from the complete file
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On the merits AVNT upholds or rejects with reasonsE TAR: new exam score, paper marking or free re-sit for grade cases
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E TAR. Notice goes within 3 working days with facts, acts, reasons and appeal route
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E TAR, and LAR is told of upheld decisions
E TAR. Examination may end after a 20-working-day information default, lapse of the grievance, withdrawal, death or absence of legal effect
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E TAR. AVNT decisions are appealable under the Administracinių bylų teisenos įstatymas within one month of delivery
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Legal basis: AVNT direktoriaus 2026 m. rugsėjo 10 d. įsakymas Nr. V3-17, restating the 2017 m. vasario 27 d. įsakymas Nr. V3-7; Lietuvos Respublikos finansinių ataskaitų audito ir kitų užtikrinimo paslaugų įstatymas, Article 95.
File any challenge to a LAR decision with the full document set inside the Article 95(3) deadline, observing the 10-working-day filing limit and the signature and translation formalities.
Sources
- Dėl Audito, apskaitos, turto vertinimo ir nemokumo valdymo tarnybos prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos direktoriaus 2017 m. vasario 27 d. įsakymo Nr. V3-7 „Dėl Skundų dėl Lietuvos auditorių rūmų sprendimų nagrinėjimo tvarkos aprašo patvirtinimo“ pakeitimo
- Dėl Skundų dėl Lietuvos auditorių rūmų sprendimų nagrinėjimo tvarkos aprašo patvirtinimo
- Lietuvos Respublikos finansinių ataskaitų audito įstatymo Nr. VIII-1227 pakeitimo įstatymas