We'll use all legal means to ZRE”, Shala: Waiting for a Decision in Business

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) calls it a major legal and economic error to decide the Constitutional Court in Pristina for refusing to impose a security measure on the Public Liberalisation of the Electricity Market, published by the Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE) on 12 March 2025.

The PDK is one of the components of the security measure requirement, in addition to the Kosovo Economic Ode and (OEK) and the Association of Kosovo Producers (SHPK).

MP The PDK, Ferat Shala, in a proposal for Kosova Prejs said that, as presupposors of the demand, they are convinced that the ZRRE has committed flagrant violations of legislation in power, causing major economic damage.

“We've been presuming demand and we've been convinced that the Energy Regulatory Office has committed flagrant violations of legislation in force, but also huge economic damage, the country's economy and all companies that are already forced to and outside the legal measure to free market. We have seen the decision, so no provisional measures have been decided and we expect the merit decision will be made in favour of businesses, in favour of the economy, in favour of our” requirement, Shala said.

Today, the Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE) announced it has accepted the Constitutional Court's rulings in Pristina on two separate cases, with which demand for the deployment of the safety measure to the Public Agency for Liberalisation of the Electrical Energy Market, published by Z. THREE on March 12, 2025.

In this regard, Shala considered it to be making a major legal and economic mistake, because, as he said, it is thus favouring and legalising the violation of legislation in force.

He said that after refusing that request even further, all possible legal and democratic means will be exploited in service of economic prosperity.

I consider that a major and legal error has been made, but also a major economic damage to the country because it is thus favouring and legalizing the violation of legislation in force for specific sectors, especially in the ERE part. With the full conviction that the meritive decision, which under consideration will improve this error and will be in favour of the economy and the legal demand that we have set before... all possible judicial and democratic means will be exploited in the service of economic prosperity and in the service of all waned citizens”, Potencoi Shala.

After the ZERE announcement, except The PDK, OEK has also reacted, which emphasises that the Kosovo Producers' Association announces that the Foundation Court in Pristina, respectively, has rejected the security measure to suspend the Energy Regulatory Office's decision ( ZRGE) in the case of the indictment filed in group form, with the argument that current legislation does not allow collective legal protection.

This has been the first group indictment exercised by the Society on behalf of all local producers. As Chairman Rafuna has stated, because of the legislation, the Kosovo Economic Oda has not exercised indictments on behalf of 1300 businesses, but with the opening of the new legal office within the OEK, it is helping businesses file lawsuits, one by one, by one,”, said in response.

To cancel the announcement of the Kosovo Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE) for the release of the free energy market, Kosova Prees the previous day has secured several decisions that have been made by the Kosovo Commercial Court, Department for Administrative Affairs on 25 June 2025.

The complaint at the Court was handed over by lawyer Agron Selimaj from Pristina.

Kosova Prees has also secured the court's decision, in which it is said that under the ruling of June 25th 2025, the Commercial Court, the Department for Administrative Affairs, which is said to be approved as based on the plaintiff's proposal for the appointment of a security measure for the suspension of the execution of the announcement.

Further in this decision, the execution of the announcement of the date 03.06.2025 for not allowing the plaintiff, the proposor to rule out the supply from the universal service, is reportedly suspended until the court decides with a final court ruling in terms of the plaintiff's indictment.

Kosovo's Chamber of Commerce and Industry stands firmly behind claims that the liberalisation process has been accompanied by a series of procedural and substatic violations, which are also recorded by European institutions.

Kosovo businesses had staged protests against the ZRE decision, as according to business representatives, such a move would create a heavy economy in Kosovo.