New Regulations: This Is How the Government Wants to Stop Fuel Prices
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The Federal Government wants to strengthen antitrust law this month in order to take action against strongly rising fuel prices. Now there are the first reactions to the "petrol summit".
The Federal Government plans measures against high fuel prices. Antitrust law is to be tightened and petrol stations may only change prices once a day.
Before Easter, a new law will require oil companies to have price increases approved in advance. Petrol stations may increase fuel prices at a maximum of once a day.
The Federal Government wants to dampen the fuel price with a new law. A draft bans fuel dealers from drastically increasing prices if the costs do not also rise sharply.
According to the example of Austria, petrol stations should soon be allowed to increase petrol prices only once a day in Germany, whereas price reductions are possible at any time.
Oil companies are supposed to explain in advance why they increase the prices at the petrol stations, and this should only be allowed once a day.
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