The Commercial Court will refer the case in which the company "Uniprom" is demanding at least 17,4 million from Elektroprivreda (EPCG) to the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, although the lawyers of both companies were against the decision of the judge at yesterday's hearing. Radmile Perović.
The lawyers of EPCG pointed out that there is no way to resolve the dispute peacefully and instead suggested that a preliminary hearing be held, which was also agreed by the legal representatives of "Uniprom", stating that the case should not be referred to mediation, because that would led to an unnecessary delay in the procedure and an increase in costs. Perović said that referral of cases to mediation is provided for by law.
If an agreement is not reached before the Center, which is certain, the case will be returned to the Commercial Court.
Uniprom is seeking compensation from the state energy company because the contract for 2022 was not extended, according to which it still wanted to buy electricity from EPCG at a price of 45 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) for the production needs of the Combine owned by them. In the lawsuit, they stated that the damage occurred from December 2021 until the end of the following year, as the date of termination of the contract.
They see the basis for the payment of compensation in the clause of the contract they signed on January 15, 2021 with the former management of EPCG, in which it is stated that the contract is automatically extended until December 31, 2022 and that the new price can be determined through negotiations until the end of 2021. year, with the proviso that "it cannot be higher than the maximum established price for that consumption category".
EPCG emphasized that the provision of the contract stipulates that it will be automatically extended, but only with the condition that "Uniprom" has previously settled all due obligations based on the delivered electricity, which they claim Uniprom did not do.
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