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Senacon, linked to the Ministry of Justice, received complaints from the ANP about possible abusive price increases at gas stations, which led to the initiation of administrative proceedings and the convening of an emergency meeting to coordinate national inspection actions.
The National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon), an agency of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, initiated this Monday (21), 70 administrative sanctioning proceedings against gas stations due to signs of abusive price increases. Establishments can be fined up to R$14 million, based on the Consumer Protection Code (CDC).
The inspection acts sent by the ANP recorded margin increases of more than 70% in stations located in Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, São Paulo and Paraná. The posts will have 15 days to present their defense.
Last Friday (18), the ANP informed Senacon that it had received around 330 complaints related to possible abusive price increases and shared information to support monitoring and analysis of price behavior in the market.
Emergency meeting
Given the increase in profit margins, Senacon called for this Tuesday (22) an emergency national meeting with consumer protection bodies. The purpose is to carry out coordinated inspection actions throughout the country.
The strategy brings together preventive and repressive measures to curb opportunistic conduct to raise prices without justification compatible with effective marketing conditions.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Senacon's emergency national meeting will result in new inspection guidelines for gas stations across the country.
Likely · Within days
Some of the 70 stations fined will be fined with amounts close to the limit of R$14 million.
Possible · Within weeks
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The strike by Caixa Econômica Federal employees completes 12 days this Tuesday (22), with face-to-face service paralyzed at branches in Biritiba-Mirim, Mogi das Cruzes, Poá and Suzano. Workers again rejected the bank's proposal for a Collective Labor Agreement, while the union claims that the strike is taking place throughout Brazil. Customers can use digital channels and self-service terminals.
The federal government announced new measures to contain the rise in fuel prices, including reducing taxes on gasoline and ethanol and subsidizing diesel, with an estimated cost of R$7 billion per month. The measures are valid from September 10th to October 9th and total R$12.5 billion in September, considering the previous diesel subsidy. Planning Minister Bruno Moretti stated that the package uses available fiscal space and seeks to mitigate the effects of rising oil prices due to the war in the Middle East.

The federal government signed a provisional measure that grants a subsidy of R$1 per liter for diesel to producers and importers, in addition to reducing taxes on gasoline by R$0.63 per liter, valid from September 10th to October 5th, amid the rise in Brent oil above US$100 and the proximity of the presidential election.

Despite employment and income growth in Brazil since 2019, consumer confidence remains low due to high debt, use of expensive credit and changes in the composition of the population, which mask the lack of real improvement in working conditions and purchasing power, especially among the poorest.