Finally, the Chamber of Senators discussed and approved the project agreed upon by the trucking unions and the Executive Branch to provide a contingency solution to the fuel crisis.
The Law was presented by the Executive Power, after an agreement in relation to the claim of the trucking unions. His treatment in the Senate was given this Wednesday in an extraordinary session. Initially, its approval was given in general and then its study in particular was proceeded.
The approved project establishes transitory contingency measures for the commercialization of Diesel/Diesel Oil Type III and Naphtha 93 octane by Petropar to final consumers.
Other measures to rationalize public spending are also stipulated, as well as those aimed at achieving greater efficiency in public procurement processes by Petropar.
POINTS OF THE LAW
Petropar is authorized to temporarily grant preferential prices for each liter of Diesel Gasoil Type III and Naphtha 93 octane that is marketed by the Network of Service Stations authorized under the state emblem, to final consumers, with the purpose of attenuating in the internal market the impact of fluctuations in the prices of oil-derived fuels in the international market.
The preferential prices for each prioritized type of fuel will be determined taking Petropar’s cost structure and international price fluctuations. In no case may the difference between the price determined by Petropar’s cost structure and the preferential price exceed 30%.
During the validity of the preferential prices, the Network of Petropar Service Stations, located in the border cities, may market up to a maximum of five (5) liters per day of Diesel / Type III Gasoil and Naphtha 93 Octane, to final consumers. whose vehicles have foreign plates.
The Executive Power, through the Ministry of Finance, will establish the pertinent budgetary and financial mechanisms for the compensation and/or gradual replenishment of the financial resources of Petropar that were affected by the application of said measure, in accordance with the payment mechanisms provided. in the current regulations.
Likewise, the tax base of the ISC that taxes the assets of Article 118 of Law No. 6380/2019 “Modernization and Simplification of the National Tax System, will increase, as a mechanism for replenishment to the General Treasury of the resources that were affected. as a result of compensation and/or gradual replacement.
Public spending
Prohibit the allocation, discount, exemption and delivery of fuel, personal cards or fuel quotas to the authorities and officials of the Powers of the State and of the Organisms and Entities of the State, including public companies and those of mixed economy, the Companies Anonymous with Majority Shareholding of the State and the Municipalities, in all its modalities.
The document now goes to the Chamber of Deputies for its treatment. In this regard, the convening of an extraordinary session is expected.
This Law will enter into force on the day following its publication, and the Executive Power, at the proposal of the Ministry of Finance, will be in charge of the regulation.
The Law, once approved, will have a term of two months, and the Executive Branch may increase or decrease its duration. It is worth clarifying that in no case, it may be extended for more than one month.
