After one of the oil companies raised the fuel prices in mold ova several days ago, the filling stations of another oil company posted higher gasoline and fuel prices today, May 21. The prices are by 0.40-0.45 lei higher, IPN reports.
The new price per liter of gasoline “95” is 20.40 lei, as opposed to 20.00 lei a day ago. Gasoline “98” costs 21.20 lei, as opposed to 20.80 lei. The new price of diesel fuel is 16.80 lei, as against 16.35 lei.
The fuel prices started to be raised in the middle of last December and have been increased for multiple times since then. The issue was discussed by the Supreme Security Council. At the end of March, the presidential administration asked that the Prosecutor General’s Office should investigate the existence of cartel agreements on the oil products market.
On May 20, the National Agency for Energy Regulation held preliminary consultations on the new methodology for calculating and applying the prices of oil products. The document is to be drafted by June 14. In the discussions, the participants expressed their concern about the way in which the legal provisions on accounting are implemented and about the technical particularities of the process of importing, storing, retailing and selling wholesale oil products.
