Fuels: government working on new aid for hauliers, discount expiring on 5 September

There are not only interventions in favor of citizens in the issue of high fuel prices, which is destined to continue given that the tension in Iran does not slow down and, consequently, oil prices remain high (the price of Brent is around 90 dollars a barrel). While the countdown towards Saturday 5 September, the last day valid for the 17 cents per liter discount on diesel fuel, gets ever closer, the government is also working on a second front: that of aid for the companies most exposed to price increases, which so far are worth a total of 526.2 million euros, of which 386.2 million are destined for road transport.

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The latter is the sector that most of all risks transferring the increase in costs to final prices, with effects on inflation and the cost of living, and it is also the one on which the executive wants to focus for a new intervention, given that the benefits already put in place are valid until August. Everything, as always, will be an economic question, also because among the hypotheses under consideration there are selective aid intended for the less well-off segments of the population, perhaps through fringe benefits. To finance them, the government will have to find new resources about which, however, there are currently no certainties. The only ones for now come from the VAT extra revenue (that of August will be accounted for at the beginning of September), which will therefore need to be supported with additional sums. The latter is a topic that has already created internal discussions within the majority with the hypothesis of taxing the profits of energy companies.

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The platform

While waiting to know whether the fund will be further replenished, hauliers can come forward to ask for reimbursements. Because from today the platform (www.creditocarburantetrasporto.adm.gov.it) of the Ministry of Transport, set up by the Customs and Monopolies Agency and managed by Sogei, is operational to request compensation on diesel fuel consumed from March to August.

The operating rules have almost come to an end, due to work that also had to involve technicians from the Ministries of Economy and the Environment. The operational rules complete the process started in March with Legislative Decree 33/2026 and continued with the subsequent refinancing and expansion of the audience, with the inclusion of bus rental companies with drivers with vehicles in the Euro 5 and Euro 6 classes included in the conversion of the excise ter decree.

The procedure

The mechanism works like this: road haulage and freight companies with Euro 5 and Euro 6 vehicles can obtain up to 70% of the increased expenditure incurred on diesel (the comparison is made with the February price lists). To access it is necessary to be registered in the national electronic road transport register, with an active position as of 31 July, and enter the platform with the owner's or legal representative's Spid or Cie. The application is divided into a few steps: the license plates of the admitted vehicles are selected, the liters of diesel purchased month by month are declared and an Excel file is uploaded with the details of the invoices, distinguishing the total net amount from that referring only to the refundable fuel. The ministry, however, reserves the right to random checks after disbursement, with the possibility of withdrawing the sums in case of irregularities.