The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining agreed to roll back the new contract regime with transporters by two years.
The transporters and the Uruguayan government reached an agreement after 24 hours of negotiation.
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The government reached an agreement with the Association of Fuel Transporters (ATC) and managed to get fuel delivered again to the plants Ancap, Therefore, it is expected to regularize the supply of gasoline throughout the country in the next few hours. Uruguay.
“We reached an agreement and the measures are lifted from this moment,” the Minister of Industry said at a press conference. Eliza Facio. The leader assured that the force measure that unblocked them was the extension for two years of the entry into force of a regulation that was to begin on January 1, 2024.
“It is a modification that we understand is positive for the country and the population, and they need time to adapt. What we arranged was to create a commission and in that commission to work during those two years to achieve the adaptation of the transporters and the adjustment of the regulations,” explained the minister.
When does gasoline return to service stations?
Regarding the regularization of fuel supply, Facio assured that “from this moment” the fuel plants that supply service stations will begin to be supplied. Meanwhile, representatives of the transporters assured that this Tuesday the distribution of gasoline and diesel will begin in essential sectors and then become generalized in all service stations. In that sense, they estimate that the situation would normalize in the next 48 hours.
On the other hand, Facio highlighted that the new regime “is a modification that we understand is positive for the country and the population, and they need time to adapt.” For this, they arranged the creation of a commission to “work during those two years to achieve the adaptation of the transporters and the adjustment of the regulations.”
Source: Ambito
