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Table of fees for exemptions from water concession contracts

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This dataset lists the fee schedule for exemptions from water concession contracts under Sections 31a(1) and 62(1) and (2) of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). Water concessions grant water suppliers the right to use public roads for installing and operating water pipes to supply consumers. Municipalities have broad discretion in setting award criteria when granting such concessions, provided the criteria rest on objective, non-arbitrary considerations. Antitrust authorities oversee these contracts. The dataset covers fee levels, including the special case of a change of contractual partner where the contract continues unchanged, for which the fee is reduced to 80% of the standard scale. It is published by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy.Table of fees for exemptions from water concession contracts pursuant to Sections 31a(1), 62(1), second sentence, point 1, and (2), second sentence, point 4, of the GWB. The so-called water concessions grant water suppliers rights to use public roads for the installation and operation of water pipes and their use in order to supply consumers with water. When awarding water concessions, procedural and substantive requirements must be observed. When awarding the water concession, the municipality has a wide margin of discretion in the selection of the award criteria. However, in this case too, the determination of the award criteria must be based on objectively comprehensible considerations and must not be arbitrary. Information on the contracts is provided by the antitrust authority. The dataset provides an overview of the fees for the exemption of water concession contracts. A special case exists in the case of the change of the contractual partner (contract is continued in the same form). Then the fee is 80% of the scale fee. Further information can be found here: https://www.wirtschaft.nrw/Concession awarding water.