Before drop in fuel over fuel, high crowd in stations and stock breaks to key

From Wednesday, the two discounts implemented by the State and by totalergies will be reduced to 10 euro cents per liter.

Le Monde with AFP

The approach to the drop in rebates on the liter of gasoline convinced many motorists to refuel on Monday, November 14, to the point that many service stations were out of fuel. Wednesday, the delivery of 30 cents of Euro per liter of fuel funded by the State since 1 ^er September will increase to 10 cents, and that of totalnergies will go from 20 to 10 cents.

The two discounts of 10 cents will be in force until December 31. In 2023, the government rather forecasts targeted aid for motorists “who find it difficult to reach both ends”, as the Minister of Public Accounts said, Gabriel Attal.

approximately 13 % of Stations completely dry

According to the Agency France -Presse (AFP), almost 21 % of the country’s service stations were at least one fuel – petrol or diesel – on Monday. About 13 % were completely dry, according to data transmitted by stations on the Prix-carturants.gouv.fr site. In seventeen departments, more than 40 % lacked either petrol or diesel, with strong regional disparities.

Most of the Paris region departments reported deficiencies: Seine-Saint-Denis (49.5 %of stations affected), Val-d’Oise (46 %), Yvelines (45 %) or Paris (43.6 %). In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 58 % of Puy-de-Dôme stations lacked at least one type of fuel, and 46 % in the Rhône.

“This runaway is due to the end of the discounts (…), but also at the three-day weekend [due to Friday, November 11, holidays], with a less supply day last week,” explains To AFP Francis Pousse, president in charge of service stations and new energies of mobilemen, professional union which represents 5,800 traditional stations (excluding large distribution).

“The trucks start to ride”

In continuous decline since mid-October, the price of diesel was displayed last week at the pump at 1.83 euros per liter on national average, 3.6 cents less than the previous week, according to Figures from the Ministry of Ecological Transition made on Friday and published on Monday. Lead unleaded petrol 95, stable, cost an average of 1.68 euros per liter, and the Sans-Plomb 95-E10 recorded a slight increase of 1.74 cent, at 1.62 euros per liter.

“You do not instantly replenish a set of service stations”, underlines Francis Pousse, who refuses to speak of shortage in France. “The trucks are starting to ride since [Monday] morning to restock the service stations,” he said; In addition, “fuel consumption should slowly slow down from Wednesday” with the drop in discounts.

/Media reports.