The 20 cent diesel rebate will come into effect on Tuesday
The measure, which has so far been reduced by 10 cents per litre, aims to combat fuel prices by 15.7% in July.
Automotive diesel will be reduced by 20 cents per litre in its hydrocarbon tax from Tuesday, September 1, twice as much as it did in August (10 cents per litre), after fuel rose 15.7% in July.
The rebate on gasoline will fall from 10 cents to 5 cents in September, as envisaged in the plan to respond to the consequences of the Middle East conflict.
The Royal Decree-Law, adopted at the end of June, amended the tax aid for fuels in force since March. Thus, VAT returned to the general rate of 21% and the bonuses were limited to the hydrocarbon tax with a decreasing discount (15 cents per litre in July, 10 cents in August and 5 cents in September).
The Decree itself provides that the gradual abolition of support measures could be interrupted by a significant increase in fuel prices, for which it regulated a safeguard clause.
Under this clause, if the consumer price index for petrol or diesel (CPI) exceeded 15% in June, a 20 cent discount would be activated in August, and if this increase occurs in July, it would apply in September.
In June, petrol and diesel inflation fell below that 15% threshold, so the discount was phased out, but the 15.7% increase in diesel in July automatically triggered the clause.
Thus, from 1 September, the tax on diesel hydrocarbons will be reduced by 20 cents per litre, and the discount on petrol will be only 5 cents per litre, as this fuel became more expensive by 7.3% in July, far from the 15% threshold envisaged by the clause.
The Spanish Government's plan envisages applying these aid measures only until the end of September , but the Government has ensured that "minute by minute the impact of the Iranian conflict on the Spanish economy continues".
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