A few hours before the start of the gas station strike, scheduled for Tuesday, January 24 at 7:00 pm, Italy’s Ministry of Business and Mines summoned managers, considering that so far the talks between the chambers of commerce and the government have not been concluded. efficient and the strike was not cancelled. The strike, meanwhile, has been confirmed for now: it will start on Tuesday, January 24 at 19:00 on the regular network and at 22:00 on the highways, and will last for two days until January 26. Trade associations of fuel pump managers have special offers for Minister of Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso.
Managers’ requests: Qr-code and Application
“Correct the transparency ordinance, repeal the so-called billboard, replace it with a Qr-Code or an App or remotely illuminated devices, thereby relieving the gas stations that are already liable today with communication obligations, and as a result cancel any other sanctions that will not remove any enforcement of their fulfillment. meaning in its absence”. This is one of the repeated demands by the head of Faib Confesercenti, Giuseppe Sperduto, to the Productive Activities commission in the Chamber, which started the hearings on the fuel price transparency decree.
“The real speculation,” Spermato explained, is hidden in the massive VAT evasion that still affects the grid, and the unacceptable contractual illegality that creates the phenomenon of illegal oil leasing from government coffers exceeding ten billion euros a year. the need for a decree for transparency and legality – he went on – it is for a decree against contractual unlawfulness: only then can you defraud the government and deal a blow to those who really speculate”.
Fegica chairman Roberto Di Vincenzo pointed to the “shame of the government” at the hearing of the Productive Activities commission in the Chamber on the decree on transparency of fuel prices. For the secretary general of the Confcommercio Luigi Taranto, the information potential of the Observatory of the Ministry of Business and Mining in Italy called ‘Osservaprezzi Carburanti’ should be strengthened. At points of sale and near fuel dispensers, it can be envisaged that a QR code will be displayed, referring to Taranto’s idea, the ‘Osservaprezzi Carburanti’ page.
If the measures taken to control fuel prices increase them
The innovations introduced by the Transparency Decree to show the average price of each fuel station in the province it belongs to may also backfire and cause prices to increase. The chambers of commerce agree: “Upgrading the price signs at 22,000 points of sale in Italy will cost around 400 million euros, which will affect the consumer prices of oil. Therefore, smoke and mirrors to the detriment of businesses represent companies that own more than half of the road service stations in Italy. Warning of the association Assopetroli-Assoenergia “and consumers”.
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“The new provisions on the adaptation of price advertising banners at points of sale are not commensurate and beneficial with the goal of spreading informed and informed consumption,” said Luigi Taranto, secretary general of Confcommercio, on the Transparency Decree on fuel prices. Noting that “with obvious technical-organizational challenges requiring at least twelve months to realistically manage,” this would mean “doubling the prices advertised today”.
Source: Today IT
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