The Chamber of Deputies approved, this Thursday (25), the Provisional Measure (MP) 1063/21, which authorizes gas stations to buy fuel alcohol (hydrated ethanol) directly from producers and importers. The text follows the Senate analysis.
According to the government, the MP has the government’s intention to increase competition in the fuel sector by eliminating the obligation for stations to buy ethanol only from distributors. These will be able to continue operating, but the stations will have the option of buying ethanol directly from national producers, which are the main suppliers of the product, or from the importer.
The text by the rapporteur, Deputy Augusto Coutinho (Solidariedade-PE), incorporates excerpts from MP 1069/21 into the text, which allows direct sales to stations also to cooperatives for the production or sale of ethanol and companies that sell this fuel.
During the vote on the highlights, the deputies approved a highlight presented by the PT that withdrew the permission for the sale of fuel from suppliers other than those linked to the station’s flag.
* With information from the Chamber Agency
