Annual Report 2020
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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Ljubljana, April 2021 I Business Report II Financial Report Content I Business Report ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Statement of the management's responsibilities ............................................................................................... 6 I.1 Information about the Company and key business data ........................................................................... 7 I.2 Letter from the Management .................................................................................................................. 12 I.3 Mission, vision, values, strategic policies and integrated management system policy ........................... 14 I.4 Corporate Governance Statement of DARS d.d. ...................................................................................... 17 I.5 Non-financial reporting at DARS d.d. ....................................................................................................... 27 I.6 Analysis of business performance ............................................................................................................ 28 I.7 Significant business events in the 2020 financial year ............................................................................. 30 I.8 Risk management ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Business risks ................................................................................................................................... 33 Financial operations and the management of financial risks .......................................................... 42 I.9 Business activities of the Company .......................................................................................................... 46 Business performance and the achievement of plans .................................................................... 46 Tolling .............................................................................................................................................. 47 Motorway maintenance .................................................................................................................. 48 Traffic safety management and provision ....................................................................................... 50 Investments ..................................................................................................................................... 53 Debt repayment .............................................................................................................................. 61 I.10 Motorways and expressways in the Republic of Slovenia and traffic loads ........................................ 62 I.11 Investments in motorway development and reconstruction .............................................................. 68 Investments on behalf of and for the account of the RS ................................................................ 68 Investments on behalf of and for the account of DARS d.d. ........................................................... 68 I.12 International cooperation and the acquisition of European grants ................................................... 69 I.13 Self-assessment using the EFQM Excellence Model ............................................................................ 70 I.14 Integrated management system ......................................................................................................... 71 I.15 Internal auditing .................................................................................................................................. 72 I.16 Sustainable development .................................................................................................................... 73 Strategic management of sustainable development at DARS d.d................................................... 73 Research and development activities ............................................................................................. 75 A responsible attitude to customers and user satisfaction ............................................................. 75 Traffic and concern for safety ......................................................................................................... 78 Safety in tunnels .............................................................................................................................. 79 Projects in traffic management and concern for user safety .......................................................... 81 Human resources management ...................................................................................................... 86 Responsibility to the natural environment ..................................................................................... 90 Inclusion in the wider society .......................................................................................................... 91 Responsibility to suppliers/contractors ...................................................................................... 92 Communication ........................................................................................................................... 93 I.17 Report of the Supervisory Board for 2020 ........................................................................................... 95 II Financial Report ...................................................................................................................................... 99 ANNUAL REPORT 2020 DARS 3 Acronyms and abbreviations ABC Automatic non-cash toll collection MW Motorway ARSO Slovenian Environment Agency ASECAP L'Association Européenne des Concessionnaires d'Autoroutes et d'Ouvrages à Péage (European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures) DARS Družba za avtoceste v Republiki Sloveniji d.d. (Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia) DGD Design documents for obtaining opinions and a building permit DMR Digital Mobile Radio NSP National Spatial Plan SIA Slovenian Infrastructure Agency EBITDA Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation ETS Electronic Tolling System BP Building Permit EW Expressway HHS Hydrological and Hydraulic Study IBTTA International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association PD Preliminary Design CD Conceptual Design ITS Intelligent Transportation System KIOP Public Road and Railway Infrastructure, Aviation and Maritime Investment Document Review and Assessment Board IBC International Border Crossing MESP Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning MI Ministry of Infrastructure NMCP National Motorway Construction Programme in the Republic of Slovenia SPA Spatial Planning Authorities ER Environmental Report EC Environmental Consent BD Basic Design PIARC World Road Association TIC Traffic information centre for public roads AADT Average Annual Daily Traffic EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ED Executive Design R2 Motor vehicles with two axles and whose maximum permissible weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes R3 Motor vehicles with two or three axles and whose maximum permissible weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes and groups of vehicles with two or three axles whose maximum permissible towing vehicle weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes R4 Motor vehicles with more than three axles and whose maximum permissible weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes and groups of vehicles with more than three axles and whose maximum permissible towing vehicle weight exceeds 3.5 tonnes RS Republic of Slovenia SSH Slovenian Sovereign Holding TCMS Traffic Control and Management System SAS Slovenian Accounting Standards VS/PIS Variant Study / Pre-Investment Study WPA Water Protection Area ZDARS Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia Act (ZDARS-UPB1) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 20/2004) ZDARS-1 Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 97/2010 – ZDARS-1) ZGD-1 Companies Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 65/2009 – official consolidated text, 33/11, 91/11, 32/12, 57/12, 44/13 – CC dec., 82/13, 55/15 and 15/17) ZUJF Fiscal Balance Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 40/2012) ANNUAL REPORT 2020 DARS 4 I Business Report ANNUAL REPORT 2020 DARS 5 Statement of the management's responsibilities Members of the Management Board of DARS d.d., Furthermore, the Management Board declares that responsible for the compilation of the Annual the Company’s financial statements have been Report of DARS d.d. for 2020, certify herewith that, prepared under the assumption of a going concern, to the best of their knowledge, this Annual Report, that the selected accounting policies have been including the Corporate Governance Statement, used consistently, and that any amendments to has been compiled and published in compliance them have been disclosed. with the Companies Act, the Market in Financial Instruments Act and the Slovenian Accounting The Management Board is also responsible for the Standards. appropriate accounting system and the adoption of measures to secure and preserve the value of the The Annual Report of DARS d.d. for 2020, along Company assets, as well as to prevent and detect with the financial statements and notes, provides a fraud and other irregularities and/or illegal acts. true and fair presentation of the assets and liabilities, financial situation