Fuel: Prices at the Highest but No Excessive Margins on the Fuel Station Side
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Fuel prices are reaching peaks in France, exceeding 2 euros per litre. The government assures that no abusive margin has been found and promises weekly transparency on the data.
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A study carried out by the government on Wednesday revealed that distributors have not been making excessive margins on fuels since the start of the war in the Middle East, while pump prices have never been so high in France.
Gasoline stations have not increased their margins since the beginning of March, says the Ministry of Economy.
In the context of a sharp rise in pump prices, the government first announced on Wednesday its estimates of the gross margins realized by distributors in France.
On Wednesday, Bercy published data on the evolution of the "level of gross transport-distribution margins" of fuel distributors, to verify that there has been no excess since the end of February.
According to figures published by Bercy, distributors did not take advantage of the increase in oil prices to increase their margins
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