This represents support of up to 35 cents per liter in total for farmers, whose mobilization the government fears at the end of autumn agricultural work, already finding itself faced with a major crisis with the student movement and yellow vests. A decree published on Saturday in the Official Journal regulates the sale of strategic stocks of diesel, with the objective of reducing prices at the pump by 12 to 18 cents per liter.
The decree also provides for regular transmission to the authorities of sales reports and the repercussions of the decline by distributors, for control purposes.
The text provides for the obligation for distributors to pass on the price reduction in full to consumers and to inform them before the sale.
Another decree must reopen this window to latecomers for the months of April to June, farmers having not consumed the entire envelope, which amounts to more than 50 million euros per month. Distributors will have to pass this reduction on to consumers in full from November 1, when the average liter of diesel exceeds 2.30 euros.
A separate decree published on Saturday also extends the aid window for the purchase of non-road diesel for agricultural work until December, at a rate of 15 cents per liter.
Concretely, the text authorizes the sale of strategic stocks for a maximum volume of 1.6 million m3 - or approximately 10 million barrels - until January 31, according to distribution by distributors and at a price which will be set by decree.
That is support of up to 35 cents per liter in total for farmers, whose government, already facing a major crisis with the student and yellow vest movements, fears mobilization at the end of autumn agricultural work.