Appeal lifts Bg Logistics bankruptcy claim to €72,827.10

Lietuvos apeliacinio teismo Civilinių bylų skyriaus teisėjų kolegija ruledTeismai on 13 October 2026Teismai in civil case e2-991-910/2026Teismai, on a separate appeal by creditor UAB “Baltijos fortas”Teismai, amended the 2 September 2026 ruling of Klaipėdos apygardos teismasTeismaiTeismaiTeismai in the bankruptcy case of likviduojama dėl bankroto UAB “Bg Logistics”Teismai and confirmed the creditor’s financial claim totalling 72,827.10 eurosTeismai, instead of the 35,263.10 euros confirmed at first instanceTeismai. The court also replaced the costs award, ordering UAB “Baltijos fortas” to pay the bankrupt company 311.16 euros of first-instance litigation costsTeismai instead of 1,452 eurosTeismai.

The bankruptcy of UAB “Bg Logistics” was opened on 14 January 2025Teismai, with UAB “Simpatija” appointed insolvency administrator. The creditor sought confirmation of a 92,682.47-euro claimTeismai in four parts: a 23,100-euro unpaid loan balance under a 4 November 2022 loan agreement for a 50,000-euro loan; 37,564 euros of unpaid debt under a 31 August 2021 debt-transfer agreementTeismaiTeismai; 31,286.47 euros under VAT invoices on vehicle sale, rental and premises-rental contracts; and 732 euros under a 23 January 2024 decision of the head of Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija allowing the creditor to take over that amount of the debtor’s tax arrears.

The first-instance court confirmed 35,263.10 euros — 23,100 euros under the loan agreement, 732 euros paid for the bankrupt company under the VMI decision, and an 11,431.10-euro balance from accounting registers, settlements, invoices and payments — and ordered the creditor to pay the debtor’s full 1,452 euros of litigation costsTeismai. It refused the 57,419.37-euro portion linked to the debt-transfer agreementTeismai, holding that the agreement signed only by the original debtor UAB “Baltijos logistikos grupė” and the new debtor, without the creditor’s signature, did not prove the claimTeismai, and pointing to inconsistent accounting and an undeclared VAT invoice No BF-2108012.

The appellate panel agreed with the appeal on the debt transferTeismai. The 31 August 2021 agreement transferred a 57,419.37-euro obligation owed to UAB “Baltijos fortas” from the original debtor to LUAB “Bg Logistics”.Teismai Under Article 6.116 of Lietuvos Respublikos civilinis kodeksas a debt may be transferred only with the creditor’s consentE TAR, which may be given in advance — but the law does not require the creditor to sign the debtors’ agreement, as Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas consistently holdsTeismai. Consent was established by clause 3.3 of the agreement declaring the creditor informed and consenting, by a later confirmation of the creditor’s then head V. M., by years of silence without objections, and by acceptance of 19,855.37 euros of performance from the new debtor.Teismai Since the agreement was never contested or declared invalid, the decisive evidence is the agreement itself, not the bookkeeping or whether invoice BF-2108012 was declaredTeismai. No concrete proof of double-counting was offered, and the payment documents’ lack of a reference to the agreement does not defeat the creditor’s stated purpose.

Deducting the 19,855.37 euros paid, the court additionally confirmed 37,564 eurosTeismai, bringing the total to 72,827.10 euros — 78.57% of the claimTeismai. It refused to go further: the appeal argued only the debt-transfer portionTeismai, so the court had no basis to re-examine the invoice-based parts on its own initiative. On costs, the Article 93(4) exception of Lietuvos Respublikos civilinio proceso kodeksas requires concrete unfair conduct causally linked to the costs; late filing of evidence alone does not meet it. Costs follow the proportional rule of Article 93(2)Teismai: with 21.43% of the claim rejectedTeismai, the creditor pays 311.16 euros of the 1,452 euros incurredTeismai.

Legal basis: Articles 6.116 of Lietuvos Respublikos civilinis kodeksas and 93 of Lietuvos Respublikos civilinio proceso kodeksas; NUTARTIS of Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas of 13 October 2026 in case e2-991-910/2026Teismai.