Ragn-Sells, a leading waste management company in Estonia, has successfully contributed to legislative changes ensuring that municipal waste treatment, disposal, and material recovery services remain open to competition in Estonia’s municipal waste sector.
The Estonian Parliament has decided to prohibit in-house arrangements in municipal waste treatment, disposal, and material recovery, ensuring that these services remain subject to competitive tendering. The decision follows extensive discussions during the waste reform process, where initial plans included allowing municipalities to provide such services directly without public procurement. Ultimately, the legislator concluded that maintaining competition in the sector is essential, and from 2031, municipalities will not be permitted to assign these services directly to municipal companies without a competitive process.
Ragn-Sells is one of the leading waste management companies in Estonia, operating across waste collection, treatment, disposal, and material recovery.
The client was advised by Partner Elo Tamm throughout the entire parliamentary process of the waste reform.
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