Limeco does not need to lower the price of municipal waste immediately
Limeco does not have to lower the price for the recovery of municipal waste, which it charges the municipalities, to January 1st. The Federal Administrative Court granted Limecos' appeal against a decision by the price watchdog with suspensive effect.
Limeco has achieved an interim success in the dispute with the price watchdog. As the company reports , the Federal Administrative Court has granted suspensive effect to the complaint made by the operator of the waste incineration plant in Dietikon. The St.Gallen judges are thus opposing the price watchdog, who wanted to deny the complaint this suspensive effect.
In addition, as requested by Limeco, the judges also require the specialist authorities to be involved in the decision. These are the Office for Waste, Water, Energy and Air of the Canton of Zurich , the Federal Office for the Environment and the Federal Competition Commission .
In an order in September , the price watchdog stated that “Limeco's price for the incineration of municipal waste was abusively too high”. He wanted to oblige Limeco as early as January 1, 2021, to lower the price that the municipalities would have to pay for the consignment to 102 francs per ton.
Limeco then filed a complaint with the Federal Administrative Court in October. Limeco argued that the transfer prices corresponded to the requirements of the federal government and the canton of Zurich. They are appropriate and are necessary for “sustainable, cost-covering and polluter-friendly disposal of municipal waste”. The price watchdog made some false assumptions.
The price monitor can comment on Limeco's complaint until mid-February.
