There are not only interventions in favor of citizens in the fuel price battle, which is expected to last longer as tensions in Iran do not ease and, consequently, oil prices remain high (Brent crude is around 90 dollars per barrel). While the countdown to Saturday, September 5, the last valid day for the 17 cents per liter discount on diesel, tightens, the government is also working on a second front: aid for companies most exposed to price increases, which so far amount to a total of 526.2 million euros, of which 386.2 million are allocated to road transport.
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This last sector is the one most at risk of passing on cost increases to final prices, affecting inflation and the cost of living, and it is also the one the government wants to focus on for a new intervention, since the benefits already implemented are valid until August. Everything, as always, will be an economic matter, also because among the options under consideration are selective aids aimed at the less affluent population groups, possibly through fringe benefits. To finance them, the government will have to find new resources, about which there are currently no certainties. The only ones so far come from the extra VAT revenue (that of August will be accounted for at the beginning of September), which will therefore need to be supplemented with additional sums. This last issue has already sparked internal discussions within the majority with the proposal to tax the profits of energy companies.
The platform
While waiting to know if the fund will be further replenished, road haulers can come forward to request reimbursements. Because from today the platform (www.creditocarburantetrasporto.adm.gov.it) of the Ministry of Transport, prepared by the Customs and Monopolies Agency and managed by Sogei, is operational to request reimbursement for diesel consumed from March to August.
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The operational rules arrived almost at the last minute, due to work that also had to involve technicians from the Ministries of Economy and Environment. The operational rules complete the process started in March with decree law 33/2026 and continued with subsequent refinancing and expansion of the scope, including bus rental companies with drivers with vehicles in Euro 5 and Euro 6 classes included in the conversion of the third excise decree.
The procedure
The mechanism works as follows: road transport and freight companies with Euro 5 and Euro 6 vehicles can obtain up to 70% of the increased expenditure incurred for diesel (the comparison is made with February price lists). To access, it is necessary to be registered in the National Electronic Register of Road Transport, with an active position as of July 31, and to enter the platform with Spid or Cie of the owner or legal representative. The application is divided into a few steps: select the license plates of eligible vehicles, declare the liters of diesel purchased month by month, and upload an Excel file with the invoice details, distinguishing the total net amount from that referring only to reimbursable fuel. The ministry, however, reserves the right to carry out random checks after disbursement, with the possibility of revoking sums in case of irregularities.
