Market announcement

AS TALLINNA VESI

LEI code

5493000M6TVS2X0KWC97

Size of the entity

Large group

Economic activities

Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities

Country of registered office

Estonia

General information

Categories

Other price sensitive information

Unique data record identifier

4803

Submission date and time

07.01.2015 09:30:00

Content of announcement in Estonian

Title

Tallinna Halduskohus määras kohtuistungi aja AS Tallinna Vesi ning Konkurentsiameti vahelises tariifivaidluses

Message

AS Tallinna Vesi teavitab oma aktsionäre, et Tallinna Halduskohus on määranud
kohtuistungi aja AS Tallinna Vesi ja Konkurentsiameti vahelises
tariifivaidluses. Kohus alustab asja läbivaatamist 30. jaanuaril 2015. aastal
toimuval istungil. 

Konkurentsiamet on alates 2011. aasta maist keeldunud rahuldamast AS Tallinna
Vesi poolt esitatud veeteenuse hinnataotlusi. Seda hoolimata sellest, et Eesti
kohtud on tunnistanud AS Tallinna Vesi ning Tallinna Linna vahel 2001. aastal
sõlmitud teenuslepingu tariife puudutava osa halduslepinguks. Halduslepingut
peab riik haldusmenetluse seaduse alusel järgima kuni lepingu muutmise või
kehtetuks tunnistamiseni. 

Tallinna Halduskohus peab nüüd hindama, kas AS Tallinna Vesi ning Tallinna
linna vahel sõlmitud teenusleping on Konkurentsiametile siduv. 


         Mariliis Mia Topp
         AS Tallinna Vesi
         Kommunikatsioonijuht
         Tel: (+372) 62 62 275
         [email protected]

Content of announcement in English

Title

Tallinn Administrative Court appointed time for the court session with regard to the tariff dispute between AS Tallinna Vesi and the Competition Authority

Message

AS Tallinna Vesi informs its shareholders that Tallinn Administrative Court has
appointed time for the court session with regards to the tariff dispute between
AS Tallinna Vesi and the Competition Authority. The court will start hearing
the matter at a court session taking place on 30th of January 2015. 

The Competition Authority has refused to approve the tariff applications for
water services submitted by AS Tallinna Vesi since May 2011, despite of the
fact that in 2012 Estonian courts have deemed the tariffs part of the Services
Agreement signed between AS Tallinna Vesi and the City of Tallinn in 2001 to be
an administrative agreement. Under the Administrative Procedure Act, the state
must follow the administrative agreement until the agreement is amended or
repealed. 

Administrative Court needs to assess whether the Services Agreement signed
between AS Tallinna Vesi and the City of Tallinn is binding to Competition
Authority. 


         Mariliis Mia Topp
         AS Tallinna Vesi
         Head of Communications
         Tel: (+372) 62 62 275
         [email protected]