Petrol, diesel prices increase in Moldova
15:14 | 18.10.2016 Category: Economic
Chisinau, 18 October /MOLDPRES/ - The prices for the most demanded Premium-95 petrol will increase by 0.62 lei and the diesel oil – by 0.93 lei per one litre starting from 19 October. The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) today set the ceiling price of the Premium-95 petrol at 16.87 lei for one litre and the one of diesel – at 14.75 lei per one litre for 19 October – 1 November, against the background of an increase in prices at international exchanges.
The new prices for petrol and diesel will enter into force at midnight, when the operators will have no right to sell fuels by retail at higher prices than established by ANRE.
ANRE set the concerned prices in line with the provisions of the new methodology of formation and applying the prices for oil products, in force starting from 13 May 2016. The prices posted today on ANRE’s webpage will be valid during 14 calendar days.
Under the methodology, ANRE, each 14 calendar days on Tuesdays, establishes the ceiling retail prices for petrol, diesel and liquid gas and publishes them on its webpage till 13:00. On the same day, each operator on the oil products market will determine, proceeding from the ceiling prices set by ANRE, the retail selling prices for oil products, will publish them on its webpage and will post them on informative panels from fuel supply stations. The prices established by operators will enter into force and will be applied for all consumers starting from Wednesday, 00:01 midnight.
ANRE has been applying the procedure of setting the ceiling selling prices for fuels beginning with last May, when prices of 16.21 lei per one litre of Premium-95 petrol and 13.83 lei for one litre of diesel were established.
(Reporter V. Bercu, editor A. Raileanu)
