In Lithuania, lobbying is regulated by the Law on lobbying activities no. VIII-1749 of 27 June 2000, as subsequently amended, most recently by the Law amending the Law on lobbying activities no. VIII-1749 of the Republic of Lithuania (no. XIII-3170 of 26 June 2020), in force since 1 January 2021. 

The Law regulates lobbying activities, their supervision and liability for violations of the Law, specifying which persons shall not be entitled to be lobbyists (art. 3) and which activities shall not be considered lobbying (art. 7). According to the Law, lobbyist shall mean a natural person, a legal person, another organization or a division thereof engaged in lobbying activities who takes actions in an attempt to exert influence over the “lobbied persons” (referred to in Art. 2.1) to have legal acts adopted or rejected in the interests of the client or the beneficiary of lobbying activities; the Law provides for a set of rights and duties of lobbyists (art. 4). Only persons on the List of Lobbyists shall have the right to carry out lobbying activities. A person who wishes to be included in the List of Lobbyists shall lodge an application with the Chief Official Ethics Commission for including it in the List in the form prescribed by the Commission. By applying for inclusion in the List, personal identification details and the area(s) of legal regulation where the person seeks to influence legislation must be communicated (art. 8). The Chief Official Ethics Commission also supervises lobbying activities and shall impose fines in case of illegal lobbying activities.

The Chamber of Deputies, in 2010, and the Senate, in 2011, amended their parliamentary regulations in order to regulate lobbying activities and the relationships between lobbyists and members of the Chamber.

With the term ‘lobbyist’ (cabildeo), Article 263 of the Chamber’s Rules of Procedure and Article 298 of the Senate’s Rules of Procedure define anyone who engages in an activity aimed at influencing parliamentarians in order to obtain a pleasing act for them or for subjects they represent.

Anyone wishing to engage in such activity must register on a public list, published online and updated every six months.

It is forbidden for the parliamentarian to ask the lobbyist for any kind of favour or advantage as well as to receive any kind of gift or service from him, even free of charge.

Norway does not regulate lobbying activities.

Peru was the first country in Latin America to pass a law to regulate lobbying.  

Ley de gestion de intereses en la administracion publica, No. 28024/2003 aims to ensure transparency in relations between lobbyists and 

public decision makers.

Anyone wishing to carry out this activity is obliged to enroll in a public register, indicating the interest they represent and the client, if any, and reporting every six months on the activity carried out.

The law identifies two different categories of lobbyists: the gestor de intereses propios and the gestor profesional.

Following the law, the government approved a regulation which, in Article 37, establishes a series of principles of professional ethics for lobbyists such as the obligation to always transmit truthful information, the prohibition to offer gifts and the duty to report on the lobbying activity carried out.

In July 2005, Poland has adopted the Act on Lobbying in the Legislative Process (entered into force on 7 March 2006) to regulate each lawful activity intended to influence public authorities in the legislative process.

This Act specifies the rules of lobbying openness in the legislative process, the rules of performing professional lobbying activities, the forms of control over professional lobbying activities as well as the rules of maintaining the register of entities performing professional lobbying activities, where professional lobbying shall mean gainful lobbying carried out on behalf of third parties in order for their interests to be considered in the legislative process. 

According to the law, the Register of professional lobbyists shall be established. The Register shall be maintained by the Minister relevant for public administration (Art. 10.2) and it shall include personal identification details (Art. 10.3). The Register shall be open and information therein shall be made available in the Public Information Bulletin, except addresses of individuals. Professional lobbying activities may be performed upon entry into the Register (Art. 12) and it is established that entity that performs activities in the area of professional lobbying without registration shall be liable to a fine from PLN 3,000.00 to 50,000.00 which shall be imposed by the Minister relevant for public administration by way of an administrative decision (art. 19).