
原油調達の多角化支援や保険金補塡など、秋の臨時国会に提出へ
ホルムズ海峡の事実上の封鎖を受け、政府は原油調達の多角化支援など資源確保に関する3法案をまとめ、秋の臨時国会に提出する方針を固めた。米イスラエルによるイラン攻撃以降、初の本格的な法制化となる。
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2月末の米イスラエルによるイラン攻撃以降、ホルムズ海峡が事実上の封鎖状態となっている。
ホルムズ海峡の事実上の封鎖を受け、政府は、原油調達の多角化支援など、資源確保に関連する3法案をまとめ、秋の臨時国会に提出する方針を固めた。2月末の米イスラエルによるイラン攻撃以降、政府による資源確保の強化に向けた本格的な法制化は初となる。
政府関係者への取材で分かった。10月5日召集予定の臨時国会に提出する方針だ。原油調達の多角化を促す新法では、ホルムズ海峡を念頭に、特定の「チョークポイント」(急所)を通らずに原油を輸入する石油元売り各社などに対し、交付金を出す制度をつくる。交付金の原資は、国内で販売・使用する石油製品の量に応じて各社から納付金として集める。
代替調達では、ホルムズ海峡の外側の港までパイプラインを利用したり、複数の地域から分散調達したりして追加コストがかかる。
交付金制度はこうした追加コストを支援し、平時から特定の経路に依存しない原油調達を促すねらいだ。ただ、元売りなどが納付金分を価格転嫁すれば、国民負担につながる可能性がある。
政府が保険金の一部補塡
また、原油を輸送する船会社などが掛ける保険をめぐり、政府が損害保険会社に対して、保険金の支払いに必要な金額の一部を補塡(ほてん)できる制度を導入するための法案も提出する。
損害保険会社は巨額の支払い…
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
政府が資源確保に関する3法案を秋の臨時国会に提出する
Very likely · Within months

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