The discount of 15 to 18 cents per liter on the price of fuel, applicable from April 1, should be implemented in a majority of stations. Are they all able to enforce the reduction? Not so sure. Explanations.
This is a discount eagerly awaited by the millions of French motorists in the country. As of April 1, as the government has announced, a discount of 15 to 18 centimes per liter on the price of fuel should apply in a majority of service stations in the country. A welcome drop for consumers, who have seen their transport expenditure skyrocket for several months. However, some stations may be under a financial obligation not to apply the reduction…
Stocks to sell
Indeed, to apply the reduction on April 1, service stations must already have emptied their previous stocksin order to supply itself once more with fuel purchased with the help of the State, as reported Le Figaro. Our colleagues explain that the reduction will be applied by the supplier and not by the service stations.
Thus, the fuel will already be “stored” when it arrives at the service station. For Frédéric Plan, general delegate of the French federation of fuels, fuels and heating questioned by Le Figaro, a station can take several days or even weeks to completely sell out its stock.
“It can take between two days and, in extreme cases, three weeks. It’s a question of throughput: a service station that does not have many customers will take longer to exhaust its stock, unlike motorway stations. and mass distribution”, he explains in detail.
Longer queues from Friday April 1?
On April 1, we should therefore end up with service stations delivering fuel with significantly different prices from one place to another. As a result, motorists will probably head for the cheapest stations, with, as a result, substantial queues, according to Frédéric Plan.
Fuel distributors who buy stocks will benefit from the discount upstream, from this Sunday, March 27, to be able to apply it as soon as possible. A decree specifying the contours of the measure is also expected during the day, this Saturday, March 26.
