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Asbestos construction permit service organised from 1 October
Order EV-170 sets the four service outcomes — issue, suspend, unsuspend, cancel — under the A1-480 permit procedure, with the organisation description applying from 1 October 2026.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 24 September 2026
Employers that intend to carry out construction work under asbestos exposure apply to the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija (VDI) for a permit under Administrative Service No. 11E TAR: Leidimo vykdyti statybos darbus veikiant asbestui išdavimas, leidimo galiojimo sustabdymas darbdavio prašymu, galiojimo sustabdymo panaikinimas ir leidimo galiojimo panaikinimas darbdavio prašymu. The service covers four outcomes: issuing the permit, suspending its validity at the employer's request, lifting such a suspension, and cancelling its validity at the employer's request
E TAR.
The organisation of the service — the attached organisation description and scheme approved by order No EV-170 of the Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausiasis valstybinis darbo inspektoriusE TAR — applies from 1 October 2026
E TAR. The description and scheme must be published in the "Paslaugų teikimo aprašymai" section of the VDI external website, and the order itself in the Teisės aktų registras information system, with execution control assigned to the VDI chancellor.
The permit is the precondition for the underlying activity: construction work under asbestos exposure requires the permit, and since 1 October 2026 work done without a valid permit — or while its validity is suspended — is itself a ground for a VDI inspector to order a work stoppageE TAR. Employers therefore need the issued and unsuspended permit in hand before the exposed work starts, and use the same service to suspend, unsuspend or cancel it as their project position changes. The competence assessment that precedes permission runs under a separate procedure: order No EV-217 of 22 December 2025 sets how VDI evaluates an employer's readiness to carry out construction work on structures containing asbestos
E TAR, and how information about employers meeting the requirements is published.
Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausiasis valstybinis darbo inspektorius order No EV-170 of 24 September 2026E TAR on organising the provision of Administrative Service No. 11, adopted under Article 8(2)(1) and (6) of the Valstybinės darbo inspekcijos įstatymas, Article 18(11) and Articles 18(1) and 18(2) of the Darbuotojų saugos ir sveikatos įstatymas, and the permit procedure approved by Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministras order No A1-480 of 11 August 2026
E TAR.
Obtain a valid permit before starting construction work under asbestos exposure, and use the same service to suspend, unsuspend or cancel it.
Sources
- Dėl Administracinės paslaugos Nr. 11 „Leidimo vykdyti statybos darbus veikiant asbestui išdavimas, leidimo galiojimo sustabdymas darbdavio prašymu, galiojimo sustabdymo panaikinimas ir leidimo galiojimo panaikinimas darbdavio prašymu“ teikimo organizavimo
- Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausiojo valstybinio darbo inspektoriaus 2019 m. balandžio 23 d. įsakymo Nr. EV-116 „Dėl Darbų sustabdymo ir draudimo naudoti darbo ir asmeninės apsaugos priemones tvarkos aprašo patvirtinimo“ pakeitimo
- Dėl Kompetencijos ir pasirengimo vykdyti su asbesto poveikiu susijusius statybos darbus vertinimo tvarkos aprašo patvirtinimo