The senator for La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Daniela Reichpresented a bill in the Buenos Aires Legislature to enable the fuel self-dispensing at service stations province of Buenos Aires overnight.
What does the fuel self-dispensing bill say?
The libertarian initiative proposes to modify the Article 1 of Law 13,623which regulates the operation of pumps in Buenos Aires territory and prohibits the operation of service stations without their own operators, allowing the stations to offer consumers the possibility of loading fuel or compressed natural gas on your own. However, the law does not enable the possibility of self-dispatch at any time.
At what times do you enable gasoline and diesel self-service?
According to the law presented, this service would be enabled from 7 to 6 in the morning and would be supported by electronic means of payment, supervised by trained personnel who would remain at service stations to provide assistance and act in emergencies.
“In the time slot from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., service stations may choose to make liquid fuel and/or compressed natural gas dispensers available to the customer to be operated by the consumers themselves, complemented by electronic means of payment, always. that our own personnel be in the facilities for assistance and/or supervision,” states the text of legislator Reich.
What will happen to the service station beachgoers?
Reich’s proposal does not imply the elimination of beach workers’ jobs, nor a reduction in their working hours, which has already raised alarm in the beach workers’ union. Carlos Acuña and son.
On the contrary, according to the senator, service station personnel will continue to play an essential role, although with a focus aimed at security and supervision.
“The training of beachgoers is key to guarantee that any eventuality is attended to appropriately,” stated the senator when presenting the project.
As indicated Surtidores.com, During night shifts, workers face greater risks due to lower visibility, decreased traffic, and less police presence. And this context has led to violent incidents that have seriously affected both employees and their families. To mitigate this problem, Reich suggests measures such as the installation of security checkpoints, armored glass and other mechanisms that ensure the physical integrity of personnel.
“The implementation of the modification that we promote in its regulations must mention the different possibilities, without harming the working hours of the staff, as well as their salary and overtime”said the legislator.
In this way, the senator seeks to implement in the province the model of fuel self-dispensing what the deregulatory minister proposed Federico Sturzenegger days ago, and that seeks to imitate the United States and some European countries.
During his participation in the traditional lunch of the Oil Clubwhich brings together businessmen in the sector, Sturzenegger surprised more than one by revealing that “the decree for self-sufficiency is written and is in process.”
The support of service station entrepreneurs
After the announcement of the national government, the Service station owners gave their opinion on the initiative. The president of the Federation of Fuel Entrepreneurs of the Argentine Republic (FECRA), Hernan Landgrebeassured: “In principle yes we agree on this measure. “We believe that it is something that will speed up user service in a world like today’s, where speed and comfort are essential.”
In the same way, the Secretary of the Confederation of Hydrocarbon and Related Trade Entities of the Argentine Republic (CECHA), Pedro Llorvandiexplained to this medium that “sooner or later this was going to reach the Argentine Republic.” “Argentina is going where the world already went, where the world already is. “The world is already in self-service, in self-dispatch, everything in Central and North America, all of Europe.”
For his part, the secretary of institutional affairs of CECHACarlos Gold, He was also in favor of the new regulation and in dialogue with Ámbito explained: “The measure is widely auspiciouswe do not know the text of the decree and therefore we must be cautious, but We strongly support this type of measure from now on.“.
Fuels: Where was self-dispatch tested and why is it resisted?
Although in Argentina self-dispatch was launched in some service stations Rosary, After the wave of drug crimes at the beginning of the year, it then reversed course.
One of the main reasons is the lack of knowledge and culture of drivers to self-serve gasoline and dieselwhich entails safety risks and too many dangers for motorists and service station facilities.
Furthermore, in the sector they assure that not all the current dispensers installed could meet the “self-service” condition, and that will imply the renewal of thousands of fuel dispensing equipmentwhich have a very high cost.
Source: Ambito
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