The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) has called the Basic Court in Prishtina’s decision a major legal and economic mistake, after it rejected the request to impose a security measure against the Public Notice on the Liberalization of the Electricity Market, published by the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) on March 12, 2025.
PDK is one of the parties that filed the request for the security measure, alongside the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC) and the Kosovo Manufacturers’ Association (KMA).
PDK MP Ferat Shala told KosovaPress that, as petitioners, they are convinced that ERO has committed a flagrant violation of the current legislation, causing significant economic damage.
Today, the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) announced that it has received rulings from the Basic Court in Prishtina in two separate cases, both of which rejected the request to impose a security measure against the Public Notice on the Liberalization of the Electricity Market, issued by ERO on March 12, 2025.
In this regard, Shala considered it a major legal and economic mistake, stating that it essentially favors and legitimizes the violation of the current legislation.
He emphasized that despite the rejection of this request, all possible legal and democratic remedies will continue to be used in the service of economic stability.
Following ERO’s announcement, in addition to PDK, the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC) also reacted, stating that the Kosovo Manufacturers’ Association informed that the Basic Court in Prishtina, specifically the Department for Administrative Affairs, rejected the request for a security measure to suspend the decision of the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) in the group lawsuit case. The reason given was that the current legislation does not allow for collective legal protection.
“This was the first group lawsuit filed by the Association on behalf of all local manufacturers. As stated by Chairman Rafuna, due to the legislation, the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce did not file a lawsuit on behalf of 1,300 businesses, but with the opening of the new legal office within KCC, it is now assisting businesses in drafting lawsuits individually, one by one”, the statement reads.
Regarding the annulment of the Energy Regulatory Office’s (ERO) notice for entering the free energy market, KosovaPress has recently obtained several decisions made by the Commercial Court of Kosovo, Department for Administrative Matters, on June 25, 2025.
The complaint was submitted to the Court by lawyer Agron Selimaj from Prishtina.
KosovaPress has also obtained the Court’s ruling, which states that according to the decision of June 25, 2025, the Commercial Court, Department for Administrative Matters, which states that the plaintiff’s proposal for the imposition of a security measure to suspend the execution of the notification is approved as well-founded.
Further in this ruling it is stated that the execution of the notice dated 03.06.2025 for not allowing the plaintiff, the proposer to nationalize the supply from the universal service, issued by the ERO office, is suspended until the court issues a final judicial decision regarding the plaintiff’s lawsuit.
The Chamber of Trade and Industry Kosova firmly stands by its statements that the liberalization process has been accompanied by a series of procedural and substantive violations, which have also been noted by European institutions.
Kosovo’s businesses had organized protests against the ERO’s decision, as business representatives claimed that such an action would create a burdened economy in Kosovo.
