Oil traders support government inspection operation

The fuel association greeted the government’s initiative to start a wide inspection for the import and trade. But they also remind the government to not include all companies without evidence. 

“Our companies bring the best quality of fuel for the consumers, directly from the best refineries. This operation is sounding like all operators are implicated. This approach needs to be corrected with facts”, the declaration says.

The association says that their companies are more damaged than anyone else by the illegal operators, and that is why they offer cooperation to the government.

“There is a minority that has suspicious connections with government segments, who create debt schemes with the Customs, Banks or Tax Offices. Then they close one company to avoid all debts”, the reaction says.

According to traders, although the law obliges retail gas stations to document the brand they claim they’re selling, this is not being implemented.

Another big problem is the fact that the domestic production has suspicious standards, according to traders.

The association notes that the only two existing labs for inspecting the fuel quality are not accredited and cannot analyze all quality parameters.

“As for the fiscal process, there is a group of companies that have paid the cost of the tax process three times in total, every time they have been asked to. On the other hand, there is another group that has never tried to be part of this regime”, the association notes.

By promising that their sector gives 600 million EUR of taxes each year and employs 10.000 people, the association answers to the authorities:

“Some of the fuel problems were created by governments who tried to atke some companies out and bring others with their clients”.