Präsentation 05

Finance and EU funding of municipal waste management projects

Dr. Klaus Tritscher Vienna, 20th Oct. 2005

Sales: € 128.1 million

Employees: 1.209 (Austria and international)

Fleet: 500 special-purpose vehicles

Customer structure: 900 communities

25.000 companies

25 Austrian and 16 foreign joint-ventures (H, CZ, SLO, HR, RO)

Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG is certified according to ISO 9001 & ISO 14001, EFB and ÖKO-Profit.

Key figures of Saubermacher-Group in 2004

Our competences Our competences

Logistics - Collecting logistics - Outsourcing models

Waste deposition - Construction and operation of waste deposits - Contaminated site remediation

Composting - Sewage sludge - Biological waste

Splitting/sorting - Automated splitting and recycling plants

Our competencesOur competences

Thermal reprocessing - Cement industry - Fluidised bed - Grate firing

Biomechanical processing

Dangerous waste - Own CP-facility

Electronic scrap - Recycling - Disposal

Business sites and jointBusiness sites and joint--venturesventures

Austria

Slovenia

Czechia

Hungary

Croatia

Graz(Zentrale)

M. Sobota

Lenart

Velenje

Nagykanizsa

Nagyatàd

BékésIzsak

Kecskemét

Kromerìz

Wien

Feldbach

Kapfenberg

Business site

Joint-venture(Private Public Partnership)

Villach

Voitsberg

Mödling

Slovakia

Bad Gleichenberg

Hartberg

Krems

Zalaegerszeg

Zalazentgrot

Nyiregyhaza

Nedelisce

Germany

Italy

Retznei

Osijek

Examples of successful Examples of successful Public Private PartnershipsPublic Private Partnerships

Saubermacher & Komunala/SLO

Saubermacher Velenje/SLO

Saubermacher Biopas/CZ

Saubermacher Kecskemet/H

Public Private Partnerships (PPP)enable…

sharing of riskincrease of efficiency

better access to financing

Main sources of Financing

Shareholders

Commercial banks & leasing companies

Export Credit Agencies

International Financing Institutions (World Bank group, EBRD, EIB, etc.)

EU-Programs (PHARE, ISPA, Cohesion funds, etc.)

Local environmental funds & taxes

150,000 inhabitants Old landfill was nearly full

EU-funds were not available

Municipality needed technical and financial Know-how.

Status 2001

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H

Municipality- provided land- facilitated approvals- gave concession for 20 years

Saubermacher- arranged 100 % commercial financing - provided technical solution- leads the operational activities

Joint Supervisory Boardcontrols implementation and operation.

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H

Successful example: PPP Kecskemet, H

Key facts

€ 4,3 mio investment volume

Total filling quantity = 1,5 mio m³

Maximum height = 22 metres

Period of use = 20 years

In operation since 2002

Successful example: Puconci, SLO

Key factsKey facts

Planner : Saubermacher Puconci (PPP) Operator : Saubermacher Komunala (PPP) 150.000 inhabitants 1st stage in operation since April 2003

Entrance control

Weighing

Hazardous waste

Recycling

Sorting

Composting

Landfill

Investment costs: about € 10 million

Slovenian resources: Municipalities 34,12% State 15,00% Taxes 19,18%

ISPA funding 31,70%

Financing Financing

Successful example: Puconci, SLO

Some specific issues connected to ISPA funding

Minimum project volume € 10 million

Difficult and time consuming application process

(Puconci: 4 years!)

Own contribution of municipalities required

Different interpretation of guidelines in different countries.

Saubermacher the competent Saubermacher the competent

partner forpartner for

Public Private PartnershipsPublic Private Partnerships

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