Text file: 5923.txt
author: Izbrisan Uporabnik 10352
downvotes: 7
end consideration date: 2014-06-24
id: '5923'
number comments: 24
number views: 3816
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment\nAccording to\
  \ the Environmental Protection Act (Article 149), the discharge and treatment of\
  \ urban and rainfall wastewater is a compulsory municipal public utility service\
  \ for environmental protection. According to the Regulation on the discharge and\
  \ treatment of urban and rainwater (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia,\
  \ No 88/2011 and 8/2012) , adopted on the basis of this Article, the discharge and\
  \ treatment of rainwater from public areas and roofs, if discharged into public\
  \ sewers, also falls under the public service. In the same way, the discharge and\
  \ treatment of rainwater from public areas and roofs was also regulated by the by-laws\
  \ in force prior to the abovementioned regulation. The discharge and treatment of\
  \ rainwater discharged from roofs into the public sewerage system is therefore a\
  \ compulsory public service, and the provision of this service entails certain costs\
  \ which must be paid for within the framework of the price charged for the provision\
  \ of this service.\nRainwater discharged from roofs into the public sewerage system\
  \ is discharged together with the municipal wastewater through the public sewerage\
  \ system and treated at the associated municipal wastewater treatment plant, in\
  \ the case of mixed municipal wastewater and rainwater systems. However, the storm\
  \ water also makes it necessary to carry out certain measures on the public sewer,\
  \ such as holding back the treatment surge (resulting from the first storm water\
  \ overflow), relieving, etc.\nPublic service operators and municipalities also have\
  \ obligations to reduce the amount of rainwater discharged into the public sewer,\
  \ but of course service users also have the option to do so - i.e. they can ensure\
  \ that rainwater from roofs is not discharged into the public sewer if they have\
  \ the means to do so (e.g. the possibility of sinking) and if they do so in accordance\
  \ with municipal and building regulations.\nThe regulations governing the methodology\
  \ for the pricing of public service charges also govern the pricing of rooftop rainwater\
  \ harvesting and treatment services. Thus, the Regulation on the methodology for\
  \ the pricing of services of compulsory municipal utilities for environmental protection\
  \ (Official Journal of the RS No 63/09) already introduced and the Regulation on\
  \ the pricing of services of compulsory municipal utilities for environmental protection\
  \ (Official Journal of the RS No 63/09), which is currently in force, establishes\
  \ the following rules. 87/12 and 109/12)), separate pricing for the discharge and\
  \ treatment of rainwater from roofs is more precisely defined, mainly for the reason\
  \ that the service is actually paid for by those users who use it (i.e. those who\
  \ do not discharge rainwater from roofs into the public sewerage system and e.g.\
  \ soak it themselves do not pay for the service, which is in line with the principle\
  \ of \"the polluter pays\", which is also an accepted principle in the EU).\nPreviously,\
  \ these costs were not separated by the public service operators and were somehow\
  \ or other included in the uniform price for urban waste water and rainwater collection\
  \ and treatment. Both regulations also provide that until the public service operator\
  \ has established a proper inventory of rooftops (service users), it cannot set\
  \ and charge a price for this service. Thus, the charging of these services is subject\
  \ to the condition that the service is actually provided, that the public service\
  \ operator has the appropriate records in place and that the price has also been\
  \ established and approved in the prescribed manner, in accordance with the applicable\
  \ regulations governing this area, as mentioned above. The establishment of a new\
  \ price for the collection and treatment of rainwater has an impact on the price\
  \ paid by users for the collection and treatment of urban waste water, which requires\
  \ the public service operator to draw up, in accordance with the Regulation, an\
  \ elaboration which sets out in a precise and transparent manner the allocation\
  \ of the cost of operating the infrastructure and providing the service.\nWe would\
  \ like to point out that, in line with the above, this is therefore not a tax on\
  \ rainwater, but a pricing of the rainwater harvesting and treatment services that\
  \ are provided. The arrangements for the collection and treatment of rainwater are\
  \ the responsibility of the owners of buildings and land and can be arranged in\
  \ various ways. If they decide to discharge or carry out the discharge of rainwater\
  \ into the public sewerage system, they become liable for payment for the service\
  \ provided.\nAccordingly, we consider that the proposal is not suitable for further\
  \ consideration.\n "
response date: 2014-06-30
response due date: null
sent date: 2014-05-26
title: Withdrawal of the Rainwater Tax Act - the biggest bebari of this country
upvotes: 32
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/5923
