"SWDE Contract Controversy: Legal Questions Raised by National Chamber of Judicial Officers"

2023-05-24 17:10:02

The National Chamber of Judicial Officers “is asking itself very serious questions” about the legality of a public contract launched by the public company. A bailiff even demands its cancellation from the Council of State. SWDE strongly denies these accusations.

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Head of Investigations

By Xavier Counasse

Published on 05/24/2023 at 19:10
Reading time: 5 mins

Dn the 190 Walloon municipalities that it supplies with drinking water, the Walloon Water Company (SWDE) is confronted with bad payers. 82,000 files per year, all the same, which are entrusted to a subcontractor in charge of recovering unpaid debts. And to choose this subcontractor, the public company must launch a public contract. What it did last March, because the previous contract concluded with the collection company Venturis expires in 2023.

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