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Kostak: We won the Gospić contract legally, allegations from Slovenia are inaccurate
🇭🇷 Croatia /Environment & Climate

Kostak: We won the Gospić contract legally, allegations from Slovenia are inaccurate

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Context piece
  • Croatian company Kostak said it won the Gospić contract through a lawful public procurement process and met all required professional and technical conditions.
  • The company rejected claims that its Slovenian parent illegally buried thousands of tons of waste, saying the case involved improperly stored municipal waste that was later removed and the site rehabilitated.
  • Kostak said the contracted work involves only a temporary protective cover to prevent rainwater from carrying substances into groundwater, not waste handling or disposal.

Kostak has pushed back against allegations surrounding its selection for waste-covering work in Gospić, insisting that the contract was awarded legally and on the strength of its professional credentials.

The Croatian company, Kostak - graditeljstvo tehnologija sirovine, said it operates as an independent legal entity under Croatian law, although it has an ownership connection with Slovenian company Kostak. It rejected media claims that the Slovenian parent company illegally buried thousands of tons of waste. According to the company, the incident involved improperly storing municipal waste temporarily at its own waste-management centre. The waste was removed at the company’s expense, and the area was subsequently rehabilitated.

Kostak said it has the necessary technical expertise, experience and capacity to carry out the temporary covering work in Gospić. It added that the public procurement procedure checked the required documentation, including declarations and certificates confirming that bidders had no criminal convictions. The company said the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund confirmed that the conditions for the work had been met.

The claims that the parent company in Slovenia illegally buried thousands of tons of waste are not accurate. This involved the improper temporary storage of municipal waste at its own waste-management centre, which was removed at the company’s expense, and the area was subsequently rehabilitated.

— KostakThe company’s response to media reports about its selection for the Gospić contract.

The contracted work consists of building a protective cover. Its purpose is to stop rainwater from penetrating the site and potentially carrying substances from the waste into groundwater. Kostak stressed that the contract does not include handling, excavating, processing or disposing of waste. It covers only the temporary construction measure until a comprehensive rehabilitation begins.

The company said it understood the sensitivity of the situation in Gospić and promised to complete the work quickly, safely and professionally, under appropriate supervision and within the agreed deadlines.

We have the professional staff, experience and knowledge needed to carry out the entrusted work properly and within the agreed deadlines.

— KostakThe company’s assurance about its ability to complete the temporary waste-covering project.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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