Change gas cylinder at any point of sale is possible from Tuesday – Digital Journal

The exchange of empty gas cylinder by a new passes from Tuesday can be made at any point of sale regardless of brand, at no extra cost to consumers.
 

The new law requires all distributors and LPG retail operators bottled to receive and to exchange empty bottles, regardless of brand, at no additional charge to the consumer.

The package of amendments introduced by the Petroleum Industry Law is to implement the most controversial:. commercialization of bottled gas weight, that is, the return of money equivalent to the gas that is in the bottle bottom of the customer, which has not yet time to advance

in January, the Government was looking for a “safe” solution and is being carried out “studies to make feasible this marketing mode,” said Lusa source of the Ministry of Economy, which has guardianship industry, stating that it was “a process with high technical complexity.”

However, it has already found a solution that is being query object in order to be ensured the feasibility, taking into account, in particular, security and logistics.

Ministry of Source of Economy told Lusa that “is in consultation with the National Authority for the Fuel Market (TNGC) the ordinance project to be presented to approval “, refusing to give more details on the proposal.

the Portuguese Association of Oil Companies (APETRO) warned that the return of money equivalent to the gas that is in the bottle bottom of lead” inevitably accidents “, stressing that security will be the most critical aspect of the measure.

” These conditions would be quickly taken advantage of by more ‘expeditious’ who would try to use the most varied processes to return the bottles with more weight, valendo- if the impossibility of making the analysis of the product at each site and thus receive money improperly, “warned the association in a statement.

the new Law of the National Petroleum Sector, whose main objective is to promote more competition and greater monitoring in the fuel market, attaches to TNGC the role of supervision, monitoring and supervision of the entire industry

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