This is a very small part of the 11,700 network of gas stations operating throughout Spain, and it is pointed out from the oil sector that fuel price volatility in those days could explain some of these rate movements. In any case, the consumer association Facua filed a complaint against 230 gas stations. National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) and before that Ministry of Consumption so that these price increases are sought at the gates of the implementation of mandatory discounts.
The gas stations, which Facua cites in his complaints, are distributed among 37 provinces of 13 autonomous communities. According to the consumer association, 142 of the 230 service stations reported are independent gas stations; belonging to 26 repsol; 12, to the chain ENFuels; 10 A Farruco SA; eight to cesa; seven Galp; seven MaxOil; four BP; Cry, Avia and Petronor there are three gas stations reporting each; Ballenoil and Campsa, 2nd; and Petrogas and Shell There is a reported gas station.
in his complaints Ministry of Consumption, Facua requests the department to bring the facts to the attention of regional consumer protection authorities so that they can investigate them and take appropriate disciplinary action against gas stations they consider to have committed the above-mentioned unfair practices. Complaints to CNMC allege that it monitors whether these gas stations develop unfair competition or anti-competitive behavior by applying increases to counteract the effect of Government-approved discounts.
CNMC is already a “continuous monitoring of prices and gross marginsIt is applied by service stations in fuels. From the institution he headed Murder Fernández It is emphasized that the government decree reserved for itself the functions of general supervision, where the discounts are effectively transferred to the final consumer, and the surveillance functions of at least 5 cents of discount, which large oil companies are liable for.
industry complaints
In recent days, the gas station industry continues to escalate complaints and protests over the problems it faces with imposing a mandatory 20 cents per liter discount for all drivers approved by the Government to reduce the increase, according to companies. at prices.
this Spanish Confederation of Service Station Employers (CEEES), Bringing together 4,000 gas stations from independent groups – more than a third of the 11,700 operating in Spain – this week parliament approved to take the Government to court and appeal. macro decree Measures against the impact of the war in Ukraine, including reductions of 20 cents per liter. The employer condemns the confusion in the implementation of the bonuses, the skepticism about the financial treatment of the discounts and the failure of the advances promised by the Manager to the gas stations on time.
AESAE, the association of ‘low-cost’ and automated gas stations, also threatened to open a station this Monday. legal battle In both Spain and the European Union, it has the right to claim millionaire compensation from the Government for its patrimonial liability for the damage caused, but the organization has not identified any legal action for the time being.