Accepting MOL's proposal, the government decided to maintain the HUF 480 fuel price for privately owned vehicles, agricultural machinery, tractors and taxis
- announced the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office on Saturday, adding that cars over 7.5 tons, vehicles with foreign license plates, and cars operated by non-natural persons will pay market prices from now on.
Zsolt Hernádi's extraordinary announcement. An extraordinary situation has developed in our environment - said Zsolt Hernádi, the president and CEO of Mol, after he discussed with Gergely Gulyás, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, and Antal Rogán, the minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office. He indicated: There is a war in Ukraine, where there is no oil refinery in operation because of this. However, Ukraine needs oil products for the war, so it does everything to be able to buy basically diesel, but also any other petroleum products, from anywhere.
The relevant decree, which will be published within half an hour, will clearly regulate who is entitled and who is not entitled to the discounted price.
In justifying the government's decision, Gergely Gulyás pointed out that the war and the sanctions policy have created an impossible situation in the energy supply, and no one can guarantee that crude oil will be delivered in the fall. The complete release of the strategic stock is therefore not possible, only a part of it can be released, which is sufficient to satisfy part of the domestic needs, the rest must be covered by imports.
The government therefore decided to release a quarter of strategic stocks, 184 million liters of diesel fuel, in August.
In response to a question, he also stated: it may be necessary to release new quantities from the strategic reserve if the maintenance of the Száchahalombatta refinery is delayed.
The minister also highlighted that the gas price of around 200 dollars causes difficulties in all European countries. According to him, it is worthwhile to escape from gas and alternative solutions must be found. Therefore, the government is considering restarting the previously shut down blocks of the Mátra power plant, and firewood can only be taken out of the country with a permit. According to the minister, it is an open violation when European politicians said that sanctions do not pose a threat to the economy when the European Union decided that member states must reduce gas consumption by 15 percent. Nevertheless, the government expects that Hungary will be able to achieve the 15 percent reduction. He added that the operational team related to the drought threat has also been created, which Minister of Agriculture István Nagy will provide information about tomorrow.
In our opening picture: Gergely Gulyás. Photo: Miklós Teknős/Hungarian Nation
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
Update: latest issue of the Magyar Közlöny has been published , which describes the government decree that changes the range of beneficiaries of official price fuel users.
As before, it is no longer possible to refuel vehicles with foreign license plates for HUF 480 fuel. From now on, it is also not possible to refuel at a discounted price with a vehicle operated by a non-natural person, with the exception of private taxi services. The bulletin also reveals that it is not possible to fill cans with fuel at a price of HUF 480.
The government decree stipulates that the operator of the fuel filling station or its representative is entitled to check the registration number, make, type, color and owner of the refueled vehicle with the help of the traffic permit. This is how you can make sure that the person concerned is entitled to the discounted price.
In addition, the bar code of the driving license can be read and the vehicle registration number can be recorded in the computer system with the corresponding receipt. If the data is recorded, it will be forwarded to the National Tax and Customs Administration for verification.
If the right cannot be proven with a document, it is not possible to sell the fuel at the official price.
