The German BTG (Federal Association of Petrol Stations and Commercial Car Wash Germany) has written to the Federal Government. The association is trying to convince Katherina Reiche to change the 12 o'clock rule. Instead of at noon, the price is to rise at midnight, if desired. The BTG explains:
"The high fuel prices are an extreme burden on both consumers and petrol station operators. The petrol station operators complain that they are completely unjustly blamed for the high fuel prices and that they and their employees are being approached accordingly unfriendly by some customers. Neither employees nor petrol station operators have any influence on fuel prices. Above all, they don't earn a cent more, no matter how high the price of fuel climbs.
The package of measures of the federal government consisted, among other things, of the introduction of the 12 o'clock rule. It was already known from Austria that such a regulation would ultimately lead to a further increase in the average fuel price. And that's exactly what happened. The average fuel price has risen even further.
In addition, the gas station is full from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the cashiers can hardly keep up. From 12 noon to 2 p.m., the gas stations are empty. Understandable on the one hand. On the other hand, many petrol stations also miss out on the otherwise usual lunch business. Because many customers who usually fill up at lunchtime take a snack, a magazine, cigarettes or the like with them.
If you really want a price change at 12 o'clock, why not at midnight? Then the working population will also have the opportunity to refuel at a time when the price of fuel is quite cheap, namely after work in the early evening. At midnight, there are few refuellings, and petrol station prices can be changed without any problems. This is technically not possible at noon, as it is not possible to change the price during an ongoing refuelling process. A solution to many problems, then.
Above all, however, the government should finally contribute to lowering fuel prices, for example through a new fuel discount, by suspending or reducing the mineral oil tax, by reducing or suspending VAT on fuels and, above all, by withdrawing the CO2tax.
For these reasons, the BTG turned to the Federal Government in the letter shown in the annex. Let's hope that real measures to relieve the burden will now follow."
Full story Midnight instead of 12 p.m.: BTG turns to government
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