Current reports
Current report no. 28/2020
Decision on Tomisławice open-pit
Legal basis:
Art. 17 item 1 MAR – inside information
Contents of the report:
With reference to current reports No. 34/2014, 10/2012 and No. 3/2019 and information on the procedure regarding the environmental decision for Tomisławice opencast included in subsequent periodic reports, Zesoł Elektrowni Pątnów – Adamów – Konin SA (the "Company") informs that on June 19, 2020 the Company received information on the issuance, in closed session by the Provincial Administrative Court in Poznań, of a judgment dismissing the complaint against the decision of the Local Government Appeals Board in Konin regarding refusal to annul the environmental decision issued on August 7, 2007 by the Head of Wierzbinek Commune associated with the exploitation of the lignite mine Tomisławice.
The case was heard by the Provincial Administrative Court in Poznań as a result of a complaint by an ecological organization and a natural person against the decision of the Local Government Appeals Board in Konin regarding refusal to annul the environmental decision issued on 7 August 2007 by the Head of Wierzbinek commune.
After several years of proceedings before administrative courts, the case returned to SKO in Konin for consideration, which ultimately refused to annul the abovementioned environmental decision of Wierzbinek commune head.
The judgment of the Provincial Administrative Court in Poznań, dated June 18, 2020, means that the environmental decision issued on August 7, 2007 by the Head of Wierzbinek Commune, is still in legal circulation. PAK KWB Konin SA (a subsidiary of the Company) is awaiting delivery of the judgment together with the justification. The parties have the right to lodge a cassation complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court.
Signatures of persons representing the Company:
Maciej Nietopiel – Vice President of the Management Board acting President of the Management Board
Paweł Lisowski – Vice President of the Management Board