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
Eliis.vennik@tvesi.ee