Recently, we have seen that the Municipality of Pristina has sent invoices for the second quarter of the year (April, May, June) along with a warning of execution in case of non-payment.
Sending invoices and notices of non-payment for the year 2025 are illegal because they contradict the Regulation on waste management in the Municipality of Prishtina. This is due to the fact that with Regulation No. 01-030/01-227581/23, dated 1.12.2023 on Waste Management and Regulation No. 01-030/01-161704/24 dated 06.12.2024 on amending and supplementing the Regulation on waste management No. 01-030/01-227581/23, dated 1.12.2023, the KRM “Pastrimi” is competent for invoicing and collecting service fees.
This is based on Article 4 of the amending regulation (related to Article 14, paragraph 2 of the Basic Regulation) which states that: "The invoicing of the waste tax for households or residential units is done on a monthly basis by the company "Pastrimi" JSC., while the invoice is submitted to the waste collector through the collectors of the Regional Company "Pastrimi" JSC no later than the tenth day (100th of the following month) and Payment from the generator is made directly to the company Pastrimi JSC. except for categories exempted by law for which payments will be made by the Municipality of Pristina to the Public Enterprise "Pastrimi". Further, in Article 2 of the Regulation amending and supplementing the Basic Regulation (related to Article 7 of the Basic Regulation), paragraph 3 states that: "The public operator contracted by the Municipality of Prishtina according to Article 16 paragraph 2 of the basic regulation is obliged to register and maintain a register of household and business customers. and notifies the Municipality upon its request with the update of the client register”.
Therefore, in terms of this legal basis, the RWC “Pastrimi” has also made a notification that those who do not pay waste fees from January 2025 onwards will be processed by Private Bailiffs. This was done based on the legal provisions of the Law on Enforcement Procedure, respectively Article 29, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1.2 and 1.3, which states that: “Enforcement for the purpose of realizing the claim in money is also determined on the basis of a reliable document. A reliable document, according to this law, is:…. verified extracts from business books for payments for municipal supply services with water, electricity and waste transportation...; bills". KRM "Pastrimi" has the right to send waste generators who do not make payments to enforcement proceedings. In contrast to this legal basis, any payment made by the Municipality of Prishtina constitutes a legal violation and unjust enrichment, and as citizens you have the right to pursue legal action or to other bodies because the actions of the municipality have no legal basis.
From January 01, 2025 to today, the KRM "Pastrimi" has been providing service throughout the territory of Prishtina, while so far we have not received any payment from the Municipality, and in particular a very small number of payments have been made by the citizens themselves. For the service provided for this period, we have not collected the amount of 2,157,600.00 Euros, which seriously risks making it impossible to perform the services and obligations we have, considering that all expenses are the burden of the Cleaning and not the Municipality (landfill, fuel, employee salaries, etc.)
This misinformation of citizens is coming as a result of illegal actions of the Municipality of Pristina with the tendency to worsen the financial situation of the company and to make it impossible for the KRM "Pastrimi" to operate. with the sole purpose of paving the way for illegal contracts to engage private operators worth over 18.5 million euros in just 3 years.
Finally, regarding this issue yesterday, on 07.04.2025, I officially addressed my concerns to the Mayor of the Municipality, Përparim Rama, to inform him of the illegal actions that are currently taking place, in order to act by 20.04.2025 and inform citizens of what is actually determined for the payments that must be made to the KRM "Pastrimi", and in order to first clarify the citizens by not leaving them in the dark with the latest misinformation, and secondly to stop the intentional financial damage to citizens through additional costs that may come from private bailiffs and the damage they cause to KRM "Pastrimi" JSC.
After 20.04.2025, we will proceed with all those who have not paid their tariff obligations for this period of time to the Private Bailiff. Meanwhile, regarding the calls of the Municipality and official communications that misinform citizens, such as in cases where DFS officials through official emails as well as invoices and notices sent by mail, we inform you that the burden of financial responsibility and legal liability will be borne by the Mayor and the rest of the Municipality's management.