Gas station “on the verge of closure” after weeks with no 20 cents upfront fee

The Spanish Association of Retail Vendors of Fuels and Fuels (Avecar) and the Spanish Confederation of Service Station Employers (CEEES) have condemned that most companies They have not yet received the return of the initial bonus To meet the bonus of 20 cents per liter of fuel in the month of April, which puts them “on the verge of closure”.

In a statement, employers confirm that till date there is no response from the Ministry of Finance as to “when will they be able to collect” advances by businessmen in the sector, which is causing serious damage to companies, be it its size. whatever, but with small special events, “If they don’t get paid immediately they are doomed to shut down.”

Thus, the two most representative trade unions in the service station area express their “distress over the lack of sensitivity of the administration”, which has not been able to give any written response to the requests of the area in various meetings with the negotiators. Appointed by the Ministry of Finance.

So they blame the administration don’t know what the exact range of measurement isWhose fund shares “because it is beneficial to consumers”, but which is “proving to be very harmful to gas stations due to its poor design and poor execution”.

In this sense, it holds that the lack of development of Royal Decree-Law 6/2022 causes each autonomous community to act differently, which has “created a situation characterized by economic suffocation, administrative chaos and legal insecurity.” can be defined as

They claim they are not raising prices

In addition, Avaker and CEEES “categorically disapprove” the statements of some members. Government what He accused operators of raising prices To artificially keep 20 cents of subsidies.

“These demonstrations create a situation of inconvenience and cast a shadow of doubt on an entire group that acts as an essential ally of the Administration in the application of Royal Decree-Law 6/2022,” they warn.

For this reason, they demand “respect” for a sector businessmen who have been forced to request credits in order to be able to advance bonuses, incurring computer expenses to issue invoices. and is required to cover the expenses of additional personnel. created demand. “Both the attitudes and statements of some senior representatives of the administration do very serious damage to a strategic sector for the Spanish economy,” they emphasize.