exhibitors do not speculate, misleading comparison San Marino • newsrimini.it
The issue of expensive fuel continues to hold sway but Ercole Gori, regional and provincial president of Faib Confesercenti, the Autonomous Italian Federation of Petrol Station Operators, and operator of the Eni petrol station in via Marecchiese in Rimini, is not about to see the whole category under accusation. “No speculation on the price by the merchants – nut -. Of course, if there are some smart ones they must be found, to protect all the others who work correctly and to protect the customers. But let the Government tell it like it is, i.e. that it has reintroduced excise duties from 1 December, and have targeted checks carried out, given that the tools would be there”. Gori recalls that in April 2022 the previous Government had temporarily removed excise duties while from 1 December there was an increase of 10 cents + VAT from 1 December and then another 15 cents + VAT from 1 January, in total 30.5 cents. “IThe customer looks at the final price – continues Gori –And the price has risen due to excise duties: as of November 30, diesel fuel was, for example, 1.669 euros, and with the increase in excise duty it would have reached 1.969. Instead it is now 1.862, a sign that in 2 months it has actually decreased by 0.10 cents“.
According to the president Faibè however misleading to make comparisons with San Marino. “On the Titan – explains – they have not increased excise duties, and the price of fuel, for a series of mechanisms, has always been updated about 3-4 weeks later than in Italy”.
Gori believes that those who complain about speculation on the part of exhibitors do not know the subject. “The big companies impose the price on us and the merchants are required to communicate the prices we charge to the Mise – accurate –. It would not be difficult for the Government, with these data, to do targeted checks on those who practice ‘unbalanced’ prices, both in excess and in default, perhaps linked to the purchase of fuel in a parallel market. Instead, Finance is sent to carry out checks that lead to nothing: the proof is that no one has been fined in our area”.