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  Tomas Kontautas
   
 
Tomas Kontautas
Partner, Regional head of the Insurance Team
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  Tomas Talutis
   
 
Tomas Talutis
Senior Associate
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Dear clients and cooperation partners,

We inform you that on 1 March 2011 the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that different insurance premiums for women and men on the basis of gender constitute gender discrimination and are not compatible with the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights. Consequently, the Court ruled that the relevant "opt out" clause in Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in access to and supply of goods and services is invalid with effect from 21 December 2012. Therefore derogation from this principle will be not allowed in national legislation.

Accordingly, Article 100 (2) of the Lithuanian Law on Insurance, which allows an insurer in assessing risk to take into consideration the gender of a person where use of gender is a determining factor in risk assessment under relevant and accurate statistical and actuarial data, will not be applicable from 21 December 2012.

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