Diesel prices increase, petrol cheapens in Moldova

Chisinau, 4 October /MOLDPRES/- Prices for Premium-95 petrol will decrease by 0.01 lei on 5 October, up to 16.24 lei per one litre, and diesel will increase by 0.21 lei, from 13.82 lei to 14.03 lei per one litre. The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) today set the ceiling selling price for petrol and diesel for 5-18 October.

Operators will have no right to sell fuels by retail at higher prices than those set by ANRE, 16.24 lei per one litre of Premium-95 petrol and 14.03 lei per one litre of diesel. The new prices for petrol and diesel will enter into force at midnight. The prices posted today on ANRE’s webpage will be valid during 14 calendar days.

Under the Methodology, ANRE every 14 days, on Tuesdays, sets the ceiling retail selling prices for petrol, diesel and liquefied gas, and publishes them on its webpage till 13:00. On the same day, each operator on the oil products market will establish, proceeding from the ceiling prices set by ANRE, the retail selling prices for the oil products, will publish them on its webpage and will post them on informative panels placed at fuel supply stations. The prices set by operators will enter into force and will be applied for all consumers, starting from Wednesday midnight at 00:01.  

(Reporter V. Bercu, editor A. Răileanu)