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Environment Ministry Reps Met Interblue Group Europe Reps in Zurich
Thursday 21 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 21 (TASR) - Representatives of the Environment Ministry met representatives of Interblue Group Europe - successor of a company that bought surplus Slovakia's emission quotas for a controversially low price in 2008 - at the Slovak general consulate in Zurich, Switzerland on Wednesday, head of ministry's communications department Jana Kaplanova told TASR on Thursday.
"We'd like to emphasise that considerable progress has been made in solving the so-called emissions case," said Kaplanova.
According to her, the company's representatives at the meeting failed to submit relevant evidence proving that Interblue Group Europe is a rightful and universal legal successor of Interblue Group - the former U.S.-based company, which bought the emission quotas and signed over its business rights to the Switzerland-based company. Interblue Group Europe is expected to do so by January 31.
Kaplanova stressed that regardless of the documents that may be submitted by the Swiss company, the Environment Ministry is prepared to take steps that will effectively defend Slovakia's interests. "Regarding the continuation, that is to say termination of the business-legal relations (between the ministry and the company), manager of the company (Jana Lutken) states that Interblue Group Europe will only continue the negotiations via a lawyer, whose name will be announced by the end of January," said the ministry's spokesperson.
At the same time, Environment Minister Jozef Medved declared that Slovakia will insist that the Interblue Group's successor should pay the additional €15 million that was included in the deal and related to so-called green projects. "We're going to take all measures possible to ensure the case ends well for Slovakia," he promised.
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