The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Giancarlo Giorgetti, will meet tomorrow at Palazzo Chigi with the Commander-General of the Guardia di Finanza, General Giuseppe Zafarana, to take stock and assess possible further action speculation on prices of fuels in progress. Palazzo Chigi makes it known.
“As a government, there is a Council of Ministers tomorrow and we will discuss whether, in the face of war, expensive materials and expensive raw materials, it is the case to intervene and whether there is money to intervene,” said Transport Minister Matteo Salvini in Brescia of fuel surcharges. “I’m glad – he added – that there are blanket controls, because in this case too, like gas and electricity, someone uses them because you can’t pay 1.70 euros for the same product in a city and 2.30 Euro in another. It is right to check and check”.
A full tank costs 8.9 euros more than at the end of December: The calculation comes from Codacons, which underlines how it is possible to estimate a higher annual expenditure of around 214 euros per driver. “Apart from the extreme cases recorded on the islands or on some stretches of motorway, where price lists are even close to 2.5 euros per liter, Codacons notes in a statement that something is wrong on the pump price front. The increase in petrol and diesel as a result of the excise tax hike was widely expected, but without the higher taxation, the price component not affected by VAT and excise duties should have fallen well below 80 these days due to the sharp drop in oil prices, which have fallen dollars per barrel. It is also not clear how two dispensers of the same brand but located in different areas can sell the same fuel with price differences of even 20 cents.” “We are pleased that our fuel complaint has prompted the government to take immediate action to monitor the development of price lists, but we believe that similar situations must be prevented through constant oversight – says Chairman Carlo Rienzi – for this reason at the meeting with Minister Urso scheduled for this week, we will urging the government to reform Mister Prices, a figure that has so far proved bankrupt, and to transfer the duties and functions of this body to consumer associations”.
“When it becomes difficult to provide answers, the government embarks on an unlikely witch hunt to seek the culprit for fuel price misdeeds.” This is confirmed by Fegica, the professional association of operators of fuel distribution systems. “Of course, the easiest thing to do is to start at the last link in the chain: with the operators, who, with a margin of 3 cents per liter (and a price set by the companies), are the custodians of the public faith,” the association points out that “managers are required to report the price billed to the consumer and e-invoices to the Mimit observatory on a weekly basis, to report fees electronically to the Revenue Agency, and to report direct line sales to the Revenue Agency every day. All in a hyper-controlled context where fuel purchases and sales through stamped and sealed dispensers are recorded in stamped registers on a daily basis.” For the government, however, “it seems easier to control one category of micro-enterprises than to examine the real problems that these Determine upstream situations. There were perhaps some deluded people who could imagine how the return to the state before the Draghi rebate introduced in March 2022 would happen without any backlash? – asks Fegica – But as everyone knows, everyone is good at chatting: the hard part is the facts. They have a hard head. The government looks lost, unarmed and unwilling to move up the supply chain to avoid disrupting those in power.”
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Oil prices are rising in international markets, with crude oil prices being overheated by investor optimism for the Chinese economy’s recovery and set to benefit from the end of the Cov… (ANSA)-related restrictions.
THE PRICE DEVELOPMENT – Prices at the pump are still rising pending the slight downward adjustments on the fuel grid following Wednesday’s fall in international product prices. According to calculations by Quotidiano Energia, the average petrol price will rise to 1,965 euros and the diesel price to 2,023 euros per liter. The nationwide average price of self-service petrol is 1.821 euros per liter (1.814 the value of January 5), with the different brands ranging from 1.816 to 1.835 euros per liter (without logo 1.819). The average price for diesel self-igniters is 1,879 euros per liter (compared to 1,875).
The average price of gasoline in the mode served on the highway rises to 2,171 euros: the elaboration comes from the Staffetta Quotidiana, according to which the self-drive in this network costs 1,912 euros per liter. Diesel on the motorway costs 1.963 euros per liter self-service and 2,223 euros for serviced vehicles, while LPG costs 0.823 euros per liter for self-service and 0.900 euros per liter for serviced vehicles. Excise duties of EUR 0.728 per liter apply to petrol and EUR 0.617 to diesel.
GDF CONTROL – From March last year, coinciding with the rise in gas, electricity and fuel prices, late 2022, The Guardia di Finanza conducted 5,187 inspections of roadside fuel disposal facilities and commercial depots and alleged 2,809 price discipline violations. The data shows that 717 violations involved non-disclosure or deviations in charged prices from those declared, while 2,092 involved failure to notify the Department.
ANSA agency
For the deputy prime minister, it’s speculation. MEF sources confirm the start of fuel price monitoring on roads and highways. Codacons Calls for Boycott of Most Expensive Dealers: Exhibited Tomorrow at Antitrus. Urso: “Ask Mr. Prices for constant monitoring” (ANSA)