---
title: "Dataset removal: Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interests"
url: "https://www.opensanctions.org/changelog/43/"
id: "43"
date_created: "2026-05-28T15:49:07.092Z"
date_effective: "2026-08-17"
breaking: true
categories: ["Datasets"]
---

# Dataset removal: Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interests

We're planning to remove the [Lithuania PEPs from the register of private interests (`lt_pep_declarations`)](/datasets/lt_pep_declarations/) from the regular updates of the `default` collection on August 17th, 2026. As of April 2025, the Lithuanian Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has required API authentication for access to the declarations search page, which prevents automated crawling of the data. See the [GitHub issue](https://github.com/opensanctions/opensanctions/issues/2212), or [suggest an official data source](https://github.com/opensanctions/crawler-planning/issues/new?template=source_suggestion.yml).