By Haris Fludopoulos
The prices of unleaded petrol have registered a significant drop following the recent decline in international fuel prices. It is typical that from the highs of last June at 118 dollars per barrel, international oil prices have now fallen below 100 dollars, reaching up to 94 dollars last Friday.
According to the official data of the price observatory of the Ministry of Development, the average price of unleaded nationwide on August 9 was at 2.074 euros/liter. However, prices are falling every day and it is typical that in Attica dozens of gas stations sell unleaded for less than 2 euros per liter with the lowest price being found at 1,865 euros per liter in three gas stations in Athens and Piraeus.
It is recalled that for the first time the nationwide average price exceeded 2 euros per liter on March 8 and since then it has been consistently above this limit. In fact, just two months ago on June 15, the price of lead-free was at a high of 2.425 euros/liter and since then it has recorded a decline of 14.4%.
Always based on the official data of the Ministry of Development, the wholesale price of unleaded has fallen to 1.503 euros per liter from 1.859 euros per liter on June 15. It was at the same levels again on March 19 when the wholesale price of unleaded was at 1.498 euros per liter.
As for the rest of the fuels, the price of diesel has fallen nationwide to 1.832 euros/liter, while LPG is at 1.085 euros.
Fuel pass
At the same time, the Ministry of Digital Governance published data on the progress of applications for Fuel Pass 2. Specifically, more than 2 million applications have been submitted, of which 1.544 million are for depositing in a bank account and 581 thousand for issuance immaterial digital card provided the user has an eligible smart phone (total 2.125 million).
Until the day before yesterday, 333 thousand applications for an amount of 24 million euros had been approved and sent to the banks for payment. Of these, 221.3 thousand concern deposits in bank accounts for the payment of an amount of 14.8 million euros, while 111.6 thousand authorizations for an amount of 9 million euros were sent to the banks in the form of the immaterial debit card.
The amounts
The amounts of the subsidy depending on the place of main residence are structured as follows:
– 100 euros using a digital debit card for eligible owners of vehicles other than motorcycles-mopeds, with main residence in the Regions of North Aegean, South Aegean, Ionian Islands, Crete, in the Regional Unit of Islands of the Region of Attica, in the Regional Unit of Sporades of the Region of Thessaly, in the Thassos Regional Unit of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region, on the island of Samothraki of the Evros Regional Unit of the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region and on the island of Ammouliani of the Halkidiki Regional Unit of the Central Macedonia Region. The above amount is 85 euros, if the beneficiary chooses to deposit into a bank account.
– 80 euros using a digital debit card for eligible owners of vehicles other than motorcycles-mopeds, with main residence in the rest of Greece. This amount is limited to 65 euros, if the beneficiary chooses a bank account deposit.
– 70 euros using a digital debit card for eligible owners of motorcycles – mopeds, with residence in the Regions of North Aegean, South Aegean, Ionian Islands, Crete, in the Regional Unit of Islands of the Region of Attica, in the Regional Unit of Sporades of the Region of Thessaly, in the Regional Unit Thassos of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, on the island of Samothraki of the Regional Unit of Evros of the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and on the island of Ammouliani of the Regional Unit of Halkidiki of the Region of Central Macedonia. The above amount is 55 euros, if the beneficiary chooses a bank account deposit.
– 60 euros using a digital debit card for eligible owners of motorcycles – mopeds, with main residence in the rest of Greece. This amount “drops” to 45 euros, if the beneficiary chooses a bank account deposit.
Source: Capital
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