The incident took place in August of the last year in the segment of railway in Jonava District owned by Achema, when several railway tanks of a petrol transporting train left the rails. According to the conclusions by the commission formed by the Minister of Transport, the incident was the fault of Achema, which maintained the segment of railway. These conclusions were appealed against to court.
The main reason for the ruling in favour of the appeal by Achema AB was that the Regulations on Accident Liquidation approved by the order of the Minister of Transport do not conform to the legal act of higher rank - the Law on Rail Traffic Safety. I.e., the examination of the accident had to be performed by a single traffic safety institution - State Railway Inspection. Whereas the examination was carried out by a number of interrelated legal persons: Ministry of Transport, State Railway Inspection at the Ministry of Transport and a potential causer of the accident - Lithuanian Railways. Representatives of Achema participated as witnesses without the right to express their opinion.
The Administrative County Court has ruled in favour of the appeal by the appellant Achema AB against The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania as the defendant - the technical conclusion of the commission has been quashed.
