The transparency decree has uncovered Pandora’s box: several distributors have been denounced, some even put water in diesel.
With the expensive new fuel caused by the elimination of the cut on excise duties, the Government has decided to try to lend a hand to motorists by trying to stop speculation on new prices as much as possible.
In this sense the last is born transparency decreewhich has caused the wrath of the same filling stations which have announced a two-day strike to protest against the government provisions which provide, among other things, for the exposure of the national average price next to the prices per liter charged by the distributor.
In the meantime, the checks and the latest discovery made by the Guardia di Finanza of the Provincial Command of Lecce it urges us all to be careful of the sneaky ones. The example of Salento is valid for all of Italy given that these are rather widespread practices, such as that of “stretching” diesel with water. Let’s see what it is.
Water in diesel: watch out for scam, petrol stations reported
The financiers carried out the check on ben 47 service stations: 19 of these were reported for obvious violations, such as the failure to communicate the prices charged at Ministry of Business and Made in Italy in addition to the lack of exposure of the same for each type of disbursement, as required by the latest transparency decree.
Very interesting is the violation ascertained by a distributor who has even been accused of fraud in the exercise of trade. Samples of diesel fuel taken for inspection contained a amount of water higher than expected from the minimum quality established by European legislation. A complaint was filed against the legal representative of the filling station in question with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Lecce.
Another important irregularity was found by a vehicle used for the transport of 17 containers of LPG which results are not regularly tested as required by law in this sense. The discovery was made by the Guardia di Finanza of the Gallipoli Company who, investigating the matter with an intervention, found a deposit in the municipality of the same town not declared to the tax authorities which kept 15 full and 26 empty cylinders for 185 kilograms of LPG and an overall capacity of almost 400 kilos.
All these cylinders have been found without the minimum safety requirements, in addition to the consequent fire prevention certificate. The financiers therefore proceeded to seize all the material and to report the legal representative also of this company on the loose.
A So I warn you to be careful because, in addition to price speculation, there may also have been a consequent attempt to supply fuel that does not reflect the minimum quality standards imposed by the European Union and which could compromise the health of our car.
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