In Moldova, the size of the specific trading margin for the retail sale of basic petroleum products of a standard type has been increased and will amount to 3.17 lei/liter for gasoline and 3.18 lei/liter for diesel fuel - NAER.
The National Agency for Energy Regulation made this decision on January 17, adjusting the size of the specific trading margin, which was previously set for the first half of 2024 in the amount of 3.07 lei/liter. The basis for amending the relevant NAER resolution of December 22, 2023 was the subsequent approval by the Government of Moldova on December 27, 2023 of the Program for the Implementation of the Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme for 2024-2026, which provides for the amount of contributions paid by importers of petroleum products, and for 2024 establishes a fixed payment of 0.10 lei/liter of gasoline, 0.11 lei/liter of diesel fuel and 0.07 lei/liter of liquefied gas. These contributions are included in the sales price of petroleum products and must be transferred by importers to the treasury accounts of the National Center for Sustainable Energy in order to achieve the strategic goal of increasing energy efficiency in Moldova. Thus, the previously established specific trading margin for the retail sale of basic petroleum products of a standard type for the first half of 2024 was adjusted in accordance with the size of the fixed contributions established in the mentioned program and will amount to 3.17 lei/liter of gasoline and 3.18 lei/liter of diesel fuel. As noted by NAER, the draft resolution is urgent, has immediate consequences for the security of energy supply and was approved and put into effect by the agency in accordance with the Energy Law. It should be noted that the last time NAER changed the size of the specific trading margin for retail sales of basic standard petroleum products was on December 22, 2023, when it was reduced from 3.08 to 3.07 lei/liter. The specific trading margin for the retail sale of basic petroleum products of a standard type includes all costs of market operators when importing and selling petroleum products: transport and insurance costs to the territory of Moldova (including oil refining margin), costs of loading and unloading and warehousing, all other costs in the territory Moldova, associated with the retail sale of fuel (salaries, depreciation of fixed assets, operating lease, etc.), as well as the profit that companies can receive, in conditions of applying the principle of efficiency in activity. // 17.01.2024 — InfoMarket.
