Gas station at a gas station. File photoBELGRADE, Jul 4In Croatia, 240 filling stations (gas stations) may be closed after the government extended the previously fixed prices for gasoline, diesel and diesel fuel, said the head of the association of retailers of petroleum products, Armando Milyavats. prices at all gas stations that are not on motorways, the measure applies to 95% of gas stations in the country. On Monday, the Croatian government «stepped in to protect Croatian citizens and help the economy» and extended the fixed prices for another 14 days. The price of petrol and diesel is freely set on motorways, but even there the price is expected to drop to 13.83 kunas per liter of petrol (about 1.84 euros) and diesel to 14.28 kunas (about 1.9 euros) according to the government.
There is less than a day of fuel left in Sri Lanka» The government's decision threatens small companies. Some gas stations will close, some are already closing, because there is no fuel and they have nothing to buy it, in the next couple of days we will see what this decision will bring. We are waiting for the closure There are 240 gas stations in Croatia. How many people will be left without work in our field, as far as tankers are concerned, a significant part,» the chairman of the Association of Petroleum Retailers said on national television. From June 6, the maximum retail price of diesel is 13.08 kunas .74 euros) per liter, gasoline — 13.5 kunas (1.8 euros) per liter, diesel fuel — 9.45 kunas (1.26 euros). For a 50-liter tank of gasoline, the savings will be 140 kunas (18.6 euros), diesel — 136 kunas (18.1 euros), diesel fuel — 71 kunas (9.46 euros). The Croatian Cabinet of Ministers for the previous three months refused 150 million kunas (about 20 million euros) of excises in order to curb the rise in fuel prices. On June 6, the Croatian Cabinet of Ministers reduced the amount of excises by 40 lip (5.3 eurocents) per liter of gasoline and by 20 lip (about 2. 6 cents) for diesel fuel, which was supposed to prevent price increases. Prior to that, on March 7, the government fixed the margin of sellers of petroleum products to 0.75 lipa (about 0.1 eurocents) per liter of gasoline and up to 0.5 kuna per liter of diesel fuel for agricultural machinery. The measures were introduced for 90 days with the possibility of extension.
