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 corporate action

Unique data record identifier

7043

Submission date and time

21.12.2018 17:40:00

Content of announcement in Estonian

Title

Konkurentsiamet pikendas Tallinna Vee vastamistähtaega, ettevõte esitas Tallinna Halduskohtu 19.11.2018 otsusele apellatsioonkaebuse

Message

6.12.2018 teavitas  Konkurentsiamet  ASi  Tallinna  Vesi,  et  annab ettevõttele
võimaluse    esitada    käimasoleva   järelevalvemenetluse   raames   omapoolsed
kommentaarid  veeteenuse  hindade  kujunemise  aluseks olevate hinnakomponentide
osas.   Kui   esialgu   ootas   Konkurentsiamet  ettevõtte  selgitusi  hiljemalt
7.01.2019, siis    20.12.2018 rahuldas    amet    ettevõtte   taotluse   tähtaja
pikendamiseks. Tallinna Veel on vastamiseks aega 30. jaanuarini 2019.

Tallinna  Vesi palus Konkurentsiametilt tähtaja pikendamist, et ettevõttel oleks
piisavalt  aega Konkurentsiameti mahukate seisukohtade põhjalikuks analüüsiks ja
kaalutletud arvamuse kujundamiseks.

Konkurentsiameti  järelevalvemenetlus  on  seotud  4.12.2018 otsusega  jätta  AS
Tallinna Vesi veeteenuse hinnad Tallinnas ja Saue linnas kooskõlastamata. Hetkel
peab  Konkurentsiamet  ettevõtte  veeteenuse  hindu  Tallinnas  ja  Saue  linnas
ühisveevärgi ja -kanalisatsiooni seaduse nõuetele mittevastavaks.

Ettevõte  esitas 19.12.2018 apellatsioonkaebuse Tallinna Halduskohtu 19.11.2018
otsusele  haldusasjas 3-14-363, millega halduskohus jättis rahuldamata ettevõtte
kaebused  Konkurentsiameti  vastu  saamata  jäänud  tariifitulu  hüvitamiseks ja
ettevõtte  veeteenuse  hindade  kooskõlastamise  taotluste läbivaatamata jätmise
vaidlustamiseks aastatel 2013-2017.

Eliis Vennik
Kliendisuhete ja kommunikatsiooni juht
Tallinna Vesi
(+372) 626 2275
[email protected]

Content of announcement in English

Title

Competition Authority extended the response deadline for AS Tallinna Vesi, the company submitted an appeal against the 19.11.2018 Tallinn Administrative Court judgment

Message

On 6.12.2018, Competition Authority notified AS Tallinna Vesi that the company
can submit its explanations in the on-going supervisory review procedure
regarding the price components serving as a basis of the prices of water
services. Initially, the Competition Authority expected the explanations by
7.01.2019, but accepted on 20.12.2018 the company´s request to extend the
deadline. Tallinna Vesi has to respond by 30.01.2019.

Tallinna  Vesi asked the Competition Authority  for a deadline extension so that
the  company would  have sufficient  time to  thoroughly analyse the Competition
Authority's arguments and form a substantiated position.

The  Competition  Authority´s  supervisory  review  procedure  is  linked to the
rejection  of the  tariff application  for Tallinn  and Saue City on 4.12.2018.
Currently, the Competition Authority finds the prices of water services provided
by  the  company  in  Tallinn  and  Saue  City  to  be  non-compliant  with  the
requirements specified in the Public Water Supply and Sewerage Act.

On  19.12.2018, the company  submitted an  appeal against the 19.11.2018 Tallinn
Administrative Court judgment in administrative case 3-14-363 by which the court
dismissed  the company's  complaints against  the Competition  Authority for the
compensation for loss of tariff income and for challenging the refusal to review
AS Tallinna Vesi's applications for the approval of water tariffs for 2013-2017.

Eliis Vennik
Head of Customer Relations and Communications
Tallinna Vesi
(+372) 626 2275
[email protected]