Fuels: service stations will have to display price reductions from November 1

This text corresponds to part of the transcription of the report above. Click on the video to watch it in full. €2.39 displayed at the pump this Monday, October 26.

But from November 1, prices at the pump should fall. Between minus 12 and minus 18 cents per liter of diesel. And above all, each station will have to inform customers of the discount made, perhaps with a poster.

This is already the case in some stations. “It makes it more transparent, yes. It’s good to know that there is a reduction, that it allows you to better calculate your budget,” said a motorist.

Another adds: "The fact that we are marking the effort that has been made by the distributors, by the government, and that we are marking this effort somewhere, that seems interesting to me, that's good. "Rebates planned over three monthsFor this, the State draws on its strategic reserves. 10 million barrels released sold at very low prices to distributors who undertake to pass on these reductions at the pump.

Enough to save 10 euros on average on a full tank. “It’s good for all the heavy drivers, all the truckers, all the traders who run on diesel,” confides a motorist. All distributors are concerned and will have to communicate about these discounts.

A display that is difficult to put in place according to Francis Pousse, national president of service stations and new energies at MOBILIANS, who explains: "On larger stations which are delivered much more often, this would require, on paper at least for the moment, to change the amount of this discount almost for each delivery, not to mention the stations which are without staff, who would have an obligation to move someone to change these stickers. "The government specifies that checks will be carried out by the Competition and Protection Department. the repression of fraud.

Machine-translated from French