The President of the Federal Cartel Office, Andreas Mundt, wants to keep a close eye on prices at filling stations after the fuel tax reduction and sees potential for further price reductions.
The mineral oil companies would “really carry out their pricing policy under the magnifying glass of the Federal Cartel Office, at least at the moment,” Mundt said on Deutschlandfunk on Thursday.
There is great transparency about the prices.
This has the advantage “that under certain circumstances we can also ask very uncomfortable questions”.
Looking at the price development on Wednesday, the first day with reduced tax, Mundt said: "These are not yet the figures that the tank discount allows in full, but of course we are already seeing a significant reduction in fuel prices compared to the previous day." Gasoline According to the ADAC, the E10 variety was around 28 cents per liter cheaper than 24 hours earlier, according to the ADAC at the time of 2:20 p.m., diesel around 11 cents.
The cartel office will not only closely monitor the price development at the gas stations, but also at the refinery and wholesale level, said Mundt.