1. 1 Maribor Wastewater Treatment Plant Presentation of PPP Model in Maribor - Slovenia Conference Danilo ŠALAMON – Chief of the Infrastructure projects Department.

2. 2 Maribor Wastewater Treatment Plant

3. 3 MARIBOR WWTP - Legal & Institutional Aspects Scope  Separation Main Collector // Treatment Plant Legal Framework  No Concession Law in Slovenia  Public Services Trading Act - (1993) Equivalent to : Law on Public Commercial Companies, or Law on Public Services Applies to State and Local Authorities Allowance for granting Concession through a “deed” and specific “enactment”  Municipal Concession Decree

4. 4 MARIBOR WWTP - Legal & Institutional Aspects Municipal Concession Decree - (Maribor – July 1994) Object / scope / duration Conditions / obligations Compensation / consumer fee Process standard Pre-selection / tender procedures (Evaluation Committee) AQUASYSTEMS d.o.o. (AQS) limited liability company Special (Single) Purpose Company

5. 5 MARIBOR - History August 1994Pre-qualification June 1995Tender January 1997LDE - Preferred Bidder January 97 / June 98Negotiation 29 July 1998Contract Signing Development Period 16 November 1999Signature of the construction contract 28 April 2000Signing of the Loan Agreement 09 June 2000Starting of the Construction (Phase I) 09 December 2001Starting of the Construction (New Phase II) 10 June 2002Phase I start of Operation 08 July 2002MoU - New Phasing 31 January 2003Amendment of Concession (New Phasing) 27 May 2003Final Acceptance – Phase I February 2004Phase II start of Operation

6. 6 MARIBOR WWTP - Concession Contract Particulars Municipality Particular Obligations Assistance towards authorities Provide land Construct main collector Implement / enlarge collection system Fix Influent Parameters (monitoring study) Sludge (transport – discharge and disposal) Service Fee payment

7. 7 MARIBOR WWTP - Concession Contract Particulars Concessionaire Particular Obligations Obtain all permits Submit design Perform Monitoring Study (treatment line recommandation) Meet construction deadline Reporting / Monitoring / Testing

8. 8 MARIBOR Financing Main Collector - (7.7 Km - dia. 1 400 mm) - (Municipality) Construction Contract under Municipality leadership E.U. funds (non reimbursable grant) LSIF : Large Scale Infrastructure Facility – 6.5 M Euro = 20% of WWTP cost Main collector : 5.5 M Euro Maribor South (Miklaus) : 1.0 M Euro

9. 9 Lessons // Conclusion Necessity of strong political support and commitment; Transparency and close cooperation with Municipality, central Authorities and Lenders; A balance contract (visibility); Way of financing wastewater infrastructure in a context of increasing technical and performance requirements; A living model of delegated management in the Region.

10. 10 MARIBOR WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT www.aquasystems.si