Yesterday, at the hearing before the Commercial Court regarding the lawsuit brought against the state by the company "BB Hidro" (BBH), a decision was made regarding the hearing of the co-founder of that company Ivan Burzanović and a witness Slaven Burzanović, which is planned at the main hearing scheduled for mid-October.
Company BBH, of which he is a co-owner Blazo Djukanovic, the son of the former president Milo Đukanović, is asking the state for compensation for damages and lost profits, because they were prevented from building a small hydroelectric power plant (MHP) "Slatina" on the watercourse of the river of the same name in Kolašin, despite the fact that they were issued an energy permit for it based on the concession agreement from 2017 .
State representative Minja Radovic presented evidence at yesterday's hearing, among them the conclusion of the Government from January 2021, the minutes of the inspection, as well as the decisions of the Ministry of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism (MEPU). BBH's lawyer said that it was the same documentation that was submitted in mid-May, and that they had already commented on it on June 1. She believes that the procedure is being prolonged.
Judge Marija Adzic bearing in mind the prosecutor's earlier proposal, passed a decision on the hearing of Ivan and Slaven Burzanović, which was planned at the main hearing scheduled for October 18.
The company BBH believes that the state has damaged them because in 2021 the MEPU rejected their appeal, that is, confirmed the decision of the urban planning and construction inspector who stopped the approval procedure for the construction of a small hydroelectric power plant.
In May 2015, BBH asked the then Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism to obtain urban planning and technical conditions (UTU) for the construction of MHP. Department, which he managed at the time Branimir Gvozdenović he refused their requests, with the explanation that no hydrological research was done for the watercourse of the river Slatina. At the beginning of 2017, BBH submits the request again and then they receive UTU.
Vlada Duško Marković then made a decision on determining the public interest and ordered the Real Estate Administration to expropriate 600 square meters of private land and thereby enable the realization of the project.
In December 2020, BBH submitted an application to the urban planning and construction inspection for the construction of "Slatina", after which the inspector stopped the verification procedure of the submitted construction application, with the explanation that it is waiting for the completion of the procedure and legality control procedure initiated by the Ministry of Capital for all concessions. investment.
In May of the same year MEPU, which he managed Ratko Mitrović, rejected BBH's appeal and confirmed the urban-building inspector's decision. In January 2021, the government will stop the approval process for the construction of small hydroelectric power plants, including "Slatina".
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