"The commission received a request from a law firm representing the buyer, a company from Austria. We requested and received information from institutions and made a decision that the investor complies with the national security criteria," Alminas Maciulis, government chancellor and the chair of the commission, told BNS.
The commission also received information about the shareholders of AMIC Energy Management, he said, refusing to make any comments or disclose any details.
The deal still needs clearance from the Lithuanian Competition Council, which has not yet received a respective application.
Russia's oil group Lukoil announced early in February that it had signed a deal to sell around 230 filling stations in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland to Austria-registered AMIC Energy Management. As part of the deal, the fuel retail chains in Lithuania and Latvia will be operated by companies related to Ivan Paleichik, CEO of Lukoil Baltija.
In 2014, AMIC Energy purchased 240 filling stations and six petroleum tank farms in Ukraine from Lukoil in a deal worth 300 US dollars.
