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
5853
Submission date and time
22.12.2016 09:00:00
Content of announcement in Estonian
Title
Tallinna Ringkonnakohus pikendas AS Tallinna Vesi ning Konkurentsiameti vahelise tariifivaidluse osas tehtava otsuse tähtaega
Message
AS Tallinna Vesi teavitab oma aktsionäre, et Tallinna Ringkonnakohus pikendas
AS Tallinna Vesi ja Konkurentsiameti vahelise tariifivaidluse
apellatsioonkaebuse osas tehtava kohtuotsuse tegemise tähtaega 26. jaanuarini
2017. aastal.
Konkurentsiamet on alates 2011. aasta maist keeldunud rahuldamast AS Tallinna
Vesi poolt esitatud vee- ja reoveeteenuse hinnataotlusi. Oktoobris 2011 tegi
Konkurentsiamet AS-ile Tallinna Vesi ettekirjutuse tariifide vähendamiseks.
Konkurentsiamet ei ole oma seisukohta muutnud hoolimata sellest, et Eesti
kohtud on tunnistanud AS Tallinna Vesi ning Tallinna Linna vahel 2001. aastal
sõlmitud teenuslepingu tariife puudutava osa halduslepinguks. AS Tallinna Vesi
on seisukohal, et halduslepingut peab riik haldusmenetluse seaduse alusel
järgima kuni lepingu muutmise või kehtetuks tunnistamiseni.
Tallinna Halduskohus jättis ettevõtte kaebuse 05. juuni 2015 otsusega
rahuldamata (põhjendatud otsus tehti 12. oktoobril 2015). AS Tallinna Vesi ei
nõustunud Tallinna Halduskohtu otsusega, kuna AS Tallinna Vesi hinnangul
kohaldas kohus õigust ning hindas tõendeid ebaõigesti.
Paralleelselt ning eraldiseisvana kohalikust kohtuvaidlusest, on käimas
rahvusvaheline vahekohtu menetlus. Rahvusvahelise arbitraažimenetluse instungid
toimusid 2016. aasta novembris. Rahvusvahelise vahekohtu otsust on oodata 2017.
aasta esimeses pooles. Rahvusvahelise arbitraaži puudutava avaliku
informatsiooni võib leida Rahvusvahelise Investeeringualaste Vaidluste
Lahendamise Keskuse koduleheküljelt.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Finantsdirektor
Tel: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]
Content of announcement in English
Title
Tallinn Circuit Court deferred the ruling to be made on the tariff dispute between AS Tallinna Vesi and Estonian Competition Authority
Message
AS Tallinna Vesi hereby informs its shareholders, that Tallinn Circuit Court
deferred the ruling to be made on AS Tallinna Vesi’s appeal with respect of the
tariff dispute between AS Tallinna Vesi and Estonian Competition Authority
until the 26th of January 2017.
Since 2011, the Estonian Competition Authority has so far refused to approve AS
Tallinna Vesi’s water and sewerage tariff applications. In October 2011,
Estonian Competition Authority issued a precept to AS Tallinna Vesi to reduce
tariffs. The Estonian Competition Authority has not changed its opinion,
irrespective of the fact that the Estonian Courts have previously declared the
tariffs’ part of the Services Agreement, which was entered into between AS
Tallinna Vesi and the City of Tallinn back in 2001, to be a public law
contract. AS Tallinna Vesi’s belief is, that under the Administrative Procedure
Act, the state is obliged to comply with a public law contract until amendment
or repeal thereof.
By its ruling of 5th June 2015, Tallinn Administrative Court dismissed the
company’s complaint (the Court published the reasoning of the ruling on 12th
October 2015). AS Tallinna Vesi disagreed with the ruling made by Tallinn
Administrative Court, because AS Tallinna Vesi’s is of the opinion that the
Court had incorrectly applied the Law, and had wrongly assessed the submitted
evidence.
International Arbitration Proceedings, are running separately and in parallel
to the Local Court dispute. The hearings of the International Arbitration were
held in November 2016, with a decision expected from the Arbitration Panel in
the first half of 2017. Information about the publicly available documents as
regards to the International Arbitration can be found on the ICSID webpage.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Chief Financial Officer
Ph: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]