The explosives, chemical and military equipment manufacturing company "Poliex" will not need a green permit to build a facility for the production and assembly of drones on an area of 149.000 square meters, within its complex in the town of Polica near Berane.
This decision was made by the Environmental Protection Agency, so this company is not obliged to prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment of the new plant. There is a possibility of appealing this decision of the Agency until the end of the month.
Drones are unmanned aircraft that can be used for both civilian and military purposes.
"Poliex" is engaged in the production of military chemical agents, commercial and military explosives, hand grenades, thermobaric weapons, drone grenades, explosives and rocket fuel, as well as various services such as demining, explosives disposal and research activities in the military industry.
This company plans to build a facility, namely a warehouse and an accompanying production sector in which parts would be manufactured and drones assembled. The documentation submitted to the Agency states that the facility is for production purposes and represents an expansion of the factory. They state that the facility will not be used to arm drones or cause environmental damage, as there are no settlements or important habitats nearby.
In May this year, the government adopted information on the signing of a letter of intent for investment in the production of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with the American company "By Light professional IT", and two military equipment companies "Tara aerospace" from Mojkovac and "Poliex" from Berane were listed as possible domestic partners.
Residents of the surrounding villages protested this summer, claiming that Poliex was polluting the environment. The Environmental Inspectorate confirmed at the time that the company did not have an integrated permit from the Agency, which was in the process of being issued, and that it had fined the factory three times in the past two years.
The factory was founded in 1983 as part of the former Yugoslav state-owned military industry, with the primary purpose of producing plastic explosives. It was privatized in early 2015, when the majority state-owned share package was sold for 138,5 thousand euros, with an investment obligation of half a million euros, to a consortium consisting of the Serbian state-owned company “Prva Iskra - Namenska” and Slavko Vujisic from Podgorica. Vujisić was the director of the company from the period when it was state-owned, immediately before privatization. He now owns 82,8 percent of the shares, and the state-owned Serbian military factory "Prva Iskra - Namenska" still has 0,52 percent of the ownership. The remaining 17 percent of the shares are owned by several individuals, current and former employees, and buyers of shares on the stock exchange.
In May this year, the government adopted information on the signing of a letter of intent to invest in the production of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with the American company "By Light professional IT", and two military equipment companies "Tara aerospace" from Mojkovac and "Poliex" from Berane were listed as possible domestic partners.
The auditor of “Poliex” has already refrained from giving an opinion on the annual financial statements in three consecutive audits because he did not receive documentation from the company prepared in accordance with accounting standards and was unable to determine the accuracy of several items due to various irregularities he discovered. That is, he stated that based on the data received, he could not confirm their accuracy, and they relate to the value of inventories, tangible investments, advances, receivables and loans.
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