TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

Avgusta 2024 je bil javno objavljen osnutek predloga zakona o gospodarskih javnih službah s področja oskrbe s pitno vodo in odvajanja in čiščenja komunalne in padavinske odpadne vode (ZGJSPVN). Šlo je že za tretji »krog« priprave predloga zakona v zadnjih letih, ki je imel najprej ambicijo poleg implementacije določb 70.a člena Ustave RS poseči na celotno področje gospodarskih javnih služb varstva okolja, pri čemer pa se je materija zadnjega osnutka (ZGJSPVN) nanašala pravzaprav le še na dobavo pitne vode ter na odvajanje in čiščenje meteornih in odpadnih voda. Na podlagi danega osnutka je bil nato v decembru vložen predlog zakona. Ta pa je bil v bistveno nespremenjeni obliki nato pod novim imenom Zakon o oskrbi s pitno vodo ter odvajanju in čiščenju komunalne odpadne vode (ZOPVOOV) sprejet v marcu 2025. Avtorja menita, da so številne določbe novega ZOPVOOV nasprotne nekaterim temeljnim pravnim pravilom in načelom pravne ureditve področja prava gospodarskih javnih služb oziroma prava varstva okolja. Nekatere določbe zakona pa postavljajo pod vprašaj tudi prihodnje zagotavljanje ekonomske vzdržnosti z vidika vzdrževanja javne infrastrukture ter pogojev za stabilno poslovanje izvajalcev javnih služb.

In August 2024, the draft Proposal of the Act on Public Services in the Field of Drinking Water Supply and Discharge and Treatment of Urban and Rainwater Wastewater (ZGJSPVN) was published. This document represented the third successive “attempt” in recent years to prepare legislation that—aside from implementing Article 70a of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia—initially aspired to regulate the entire system of public utilities for environmental protection. The scope of the latest draft (ZGJSPVN), however, was ultimately confined to the supply of drinking water and the discharge and treatment of wastewater. Based on this draft, a bill was introduced in December 2024 and, in March 2025, was adopted in almost unchanged form under the new title: Act on Drinking Water Supply and Urban Wastewater Collection and Treatment (ZOPVOOV). The authors contend that several provisions of the new Act conflict with fundamental legal principles governing both public-utilities law and environmental-protection law. Moreover, certain solutions jeopardise the long-term economic sustainability of public infrastructure and undermine the basic economic conditions required for the stable operation of public service providers.

The New Slovenian Act on Drinking Water Supply and Urban Wastewater Collection and Treatment (ZOPVOOV)