Diesel prices increase, petrol cheapens in Moldova

14:11 | 01.11.2016 Category: Economic

Chisinau, 1 November /MOLDPRES/- Prices for Premium-95 petrol will decrease by 0.09 lei, and diesel will increase by 0.01 lei on 2 November. The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) today set the ceiling selling price for petrol at 16.78 lei per one litre and diesel – 14.76 lei for 2-15 November.

The new prices for petrol and diesel will enter into force at midnight, when operators will have no right to sell fuels by retail at higher prices than those set by ANRE.

The prices were set by ANRE in line with the provisions of the new Methodology on forming and applying prices for fuels in force since 13 May 2016. 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 M. Jantovan)

Any material published on the website of the Public Institution ’’A.I.S. Moldpres’’ (Moldpres News Agency) is intellectual peoperty of the Agency, protected by the copyright. The taking over or/and use of these materials will be made only with the Agency’s agreement and with compulsory reference to source.