Fuel prices for agricultural organizations have not changed - "Belneftekhim"

July 26, Minsk / Anna Kot - BELTA /. There are no changes expected in fuel prices for agricultural organizations related to the adoption of Ministry of Economy resolutions No. 105 and No. 107, the press service of the Belneftekhim concern told a BELTA correspondent, commenting on media reports about the cancellation of preferential fuel prices for agro-industrial complex organizations.

As explained by the press service of the Ministry of Economy of Belarus, resolutions of July 12, 2011 No. 105 and of July 13, 2011 No. 107 "On the invalidation of certain resolutions of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus" do not cancel price regulation for petroleum products, but bring regulatory acts into compliance with current pricing legislation. The documents provide for the cancellation of previously adopted normative legal acts by the Ministry of Economy regulating petroleum product pricing issues. Ministry of Economy resolutions No. 105 and No. 107 come into force after their official publication in the newspaper "Respublika" on July 27, 2011.

In accordance with decree No. 72 of February 25, 2011 "On certain issues of price (tariff) regulation in the Republic of Belarus," the right to regulate prices for "petroleum products (excluding petroleum products sold to the closed joint-stock company "Belarusian Oil Company" according to the list determined by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus)" is granted to the Belneftekhim concern and is exercised by it through the establishment of ex-works and retail prices for petroleum products (including those sold to agricultural organizations), as well as the maximum and fixed levels of wholesale markups.-0-