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
5907
Submission date and time
26.01.2017 17:30:00
Content of announcement in Estonian
Title
Ringkonnakohus jättis AS-i Tallinna Vesi ja Konkurentsiameti vahelises tariifivaidluses ettevõtte poolt esitatud apellatsioonikaebuse rahuldamata
Message
26. jaanuaril 2017 otsustas Tallinna Ringkonnakohus jätta AS-i Tallinna Vesi ja
Konkurentsiameti vahelises tariifivaidluses ettevõtte poolt esitatud
apellatsioonikaebuse rahuldamata.
AS-il Tallinna Vesi on õigus esitada kassatsioonkaebus Riigikohtule hiljemalt
27. veebruaril 2017. Tallinna Ringkonnakohtu 26. jaanuari otsuse edasikaebamine
tähendab, et vaidlus ei ole lõplikku lahendit leidnud.
Tariifivaidluse lõpliku lahenduse leidmiseni kehtib õiguskaitse, mille Eesti
kohtud määrasid Konkurentsiameti ettekirjutuse osas tariifide langetamiseks.
Samuti on lõpliku lahenduse leidmiseni peatatud kahjunõude menetlemine, mille
ettevõte esitas Tallinna Halduskohtule Konkurentsiameti vastu 02. mail 2014,
vältimaks rahalise nõudeõiguse aegumist.
Tariifivaidluse taust:
Konkurentsiamet on alates 2011. aasta maist keeldunud rahuldamast AS Tallinna
Vesi poolt esitatud vee- ja reoveeteenuse hinnataotlusi. 2011. aasta oktoobris
tegi Konkurentsiamet AS-ile Tallinna Vesi ettekirjutuse tariifide
vähendamiseks. Konkurentsiamet ei ole oma seisukohta muutnud hoolimata sellest,
et Eesti kohtud on tunnistanud AS-i Tallinna Vesi ja 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
(põhjendatud otsus tehti 12. oktoobril 2015) rahuldamata. AS Tallinna Vesi ei
nõustunud Tallinna Halduskohtu otsusega, kuna AS Tallinna Vesi hinnangul hindas
kohus tõendeid ja kohaldas õigust ebaõigesti.
Paralleelselt ning eraldiseisvana kohalikust kohtuvaidlusest, on käimas
rahvusvaheline vahekohtu menetlus. Rahvusvahelise vahekohtu istungid toimusid
2016. aasta novembris. Vahekohtu menetlusega seotud korraldused ja otsused,
välja arvatud konfidentsiaalseks tunnistatud dokumendid on kättesaadavad
Rahvusvahelises Investeeringualaste Vaidluste Lahendamise Keskuse
(International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes) kodulehelt.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Finantsdirektor
Tel: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]
Content of announcement in English
Title
Tallinn Circuit Court dismissed AS Tallinna Vesi’s appeal in the tariff dispute between AS Tallinna Vesi and Competition Authority
Message
On 26th January 2017, Tallinn Circuit Court dismissed AS Tallinna Vesi’s appeal
in the tariff dispute between AS Tallinna Vesi and Competition Authority.
AS Tallinna Vesi has got a right to submit the cassation to the Supreme Court
latest by 27th February 2017. The intention to appeal the Tallinn Circuit
Court’s ruling of 26th January means that the dispute has not reached the final
verdict.
Until the final verdict of the tariff dispute, the interim injunction applied
by Estonian Courts against the Competition Authority’s prescription for
decreasing the tariffs, remains in force. The claim for damages submitted by
the Company against the Competition Authority, has also been suspended until
the final verdict has been heard. AS Tallinna Vesi submitted this claim on 2nd
May 2014, to avoid the expiry of the monetary claim.
Background of the tariff dispute:
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 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. Other procedural orders and decisions issued during the
arbitration proceedings, subject to the redaction of confidential information,
are available on the ICSID webpage.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Chief Financial Officer
Ph: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]