The Lietuvos standartizacijos departamentas (LST) under the Ministry of Environment was established on 25 April 1990 as the only legally authorized National Standards Body in Lithuania competent for all areas of standardization activities (including electrical engineering and telecommunications) and has exclusive right for standardization activities by virtue of the Law on Standardization.
LST develops and improves national standardization, sets up technical committees to develop draft standards and coordinates their activity, establishes procedures for the adoption of international and European standards as Lithuanian standards, adopts, publishes and distributes Lithuanian standards, application of which is voluntary, seeks to prevent infringement of copyright requirements of international and European standards, provides information on Lithuanian standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to Lithuanian institutions and economic operators.
