428 MPs voted for the adoption of the laws, 12 were against and no one abstained. This concerns a draft amendment to the Act on stocks of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas and the rules of conduct in situations of threat to the state’s fuel security and disruptions on the oil market, as well as amendments to the Act on the National Revenue Administration and the Act on excise duty.
The government adopted the draft laws on Thursday at an extraordinary meeting. — We have prepared a reduction in the VAT rate on fuels from 23%. at 8 percent and reducing the excise tax on fuel to the minimum required by EU regulations, i.e. the excise tax on petrol by 29 groszy and on diesel oil by 28 groszy – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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The first reading of the bills took place in the Sejm on Thursday evening. Second reading – Friday morning. Then the Sejm voted to adopt the acts which at 14 will be considered by the Senate.
The majority of MPs voted for the changes. As announced by Jarosław Kaczyński, PiS also supported the projects, although the party president himself was not fully satisfied with the adopted regulations. — There is a drawback here. Decisions are made by ministers through regulations, this should be included in the act – he said before the vote.
Reduction in fuel prices in Poland. What else do the new regulations contain?
The amendments to the acts assume the introduction of official maximum prices for gasoline and diesel oil. According to the proposal, the maximum fuel price will be determined according to a specific formula, including the average wholesale fuel price on the domestic market, plus excise duty, fuel fee, sales margin of PLN 0.30 per liter and VAT.
The maximum price will be announced in the form of an announcement by the Minister of Energy and will come into force on the day following its publication. If announced before a holiday, the rate will apply until the next business day.
According to the draft, entities selling fuel are obliged to apply the maximum price during the period of reduced rates of tax on goods and services for fuels.
The draft amendment to the Excise Duty Act assumes that the Minister of Finance will be able to reduce the excise tax rate on fuels by regulation until June 30, 2026. The reduction is to be introduced for the time necessary to limit the effects of the war in the Middle East.