A number of gas stations posted higher prices for liquefied petroleum gas. The price rises range between 0.40 and 0.50 lei. At some of the gas stations, the liquefied petroleum gas costs almost 11 lei.

Contacted by IPN, press officer of the National Agency for Energy Regulation Galina Sanduţa said the price of liquefied petroleum gas is set by oil companies independently, based on the wholesale and retail prices and retailing costs.

“As we communicated earlier, as a result of the changes made to the law on the oil products market, on July 1, 2016 the National Agency for Energy Regulation stopped setting the retail price of liquefied petroleum gas. It should also be noted that the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure, on the Government’s initiative and with the Agency’s assistance, drafted a bill that regulates the prices of liquefied petroleum gas. The Government already approved this bill and submitted it to Parliament,” stated Galina Sanduța.

At the start of August, the price of liquefied petroleum rose by about 2% to 10.50-10.55 lei per liter, from 10.25 lei earlier.