02/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – The Lithuanian government announced on Wednesday 2 September that it would ask the Court of Justice of the European Union to prevent the entry into force of some of the provisions of the ‘mobility I’ package (see EUROPE 12524/19). According to the Reuters news agency, Vilnius is specifically opposed to the rule making it compulsory to return the vehicle to the State of establishment every 8 weeks and to the provisions restricting the activity of trucks in other EU Member States. Lithuania considers these requirements to be discriminatory towards its drivers. The country is one of the Member States which has long been opposed to this package (see EUROPE 12518/7, 12502/3), denouncing in particular increased protectionism and fearing that States that are unable in practice to apply the provisions will find themselves excluded from the single market. (AC)