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Tender on Consultant Services for Emission Quotas Sale Investigated
Monday 12 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 12 (TASR) - Agriculture, Environment and Regional Development Minister Zsolt Simon (Most-Hid) has decided to launch an internal investigation of the tender on consulting services with respect to the sale of remaining emission quotas.
The tender was announced five days after the June 12 parliamentary election by the former Environment Minister (Jozef Medved/Smer-SD). The winner of the tender is entitled to make decisions on to whom and under what conditions the emissions will be released within the upcoming years.
"I want no liaison, I want transparent solutions," stressed Simon. As far as the scandalous sale of emission quotas done by Slovak National Party (SNS) goes, Simon conceded that to undo it will probably be impossible, but the ministry is working on it. Looking toward the future, "I want to prevent damages arising by selling the emissions or giving them away in a way that might be problematic," he said.
During the last sale of emission quotas in 2008 to American garage-based company Interblue Group, Norbert Havalec served as a ministry consultant, only to become Interblue Group project manager later on. According to Hospodarske Noviny daily, the American company allegedly paid him €500,000 for his services.
The case has been under active investigation in Slovakia, Switzerland and the USA for over a year.
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