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| {{Fuel Price Factsheet | | {{Fuel Price Factsheet |
| |Fuel Price Country=Germany | | |Fuel Price Country=Germany |
| + | |Fuel Pricing Policies=The downstream fuel sector in Germany is liberal and privatized. At the end of 2012 a Market Transparency Agency has been initiated to monitor retail price trends in Germany and to provide these information to customers. |
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| + | Taxation on fuels is very high in Germany. As any taxes in Germany, fuel taxes are not earmarked, that is, this levy does not flow directly into road or infrastructure specific funds. According to several sources, the fuel tax income is indeed much higher than the costs of the road system. |
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| + | While there are private web sites monitoring the fuel prices with high effort, e.g. benzinpreis.de, there is no official internet website of the German government giving up-to-date information on actual pump prices. Also, the government does not publish indicative prices or price structures. |
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| + | Europe-wide fuel price statistics can be found at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/. |
| |Fuel Currency=EUR | | |Fuel Currency=EUR |
| |Fuel Price Exchange Rate=0.7365 | | |Fuel Price Exchange Rate=0.7365 |
| |Fuel Price Exchange Rate Date=2010/11/17 | | |Fuel Price Exchange Rate Date=2010/11/17 |
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| |Fuel Price Composition Fuel Type=Gasoline 95 Octane | | |Fuel Price Composition Fuel Type=Gasoline 95 Octane |
| |Fuel Price Composition Date=2010/12/01 | | |Fuel Price Composition Date=2010/12/01 |
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| „Transport/Storage/Margins“ includes any costs of the downstream distribution of fuels and margins. | | „Transport/Storage/Margins“ includes any costs of the downstream distribution of fuels and margins. |
| |Fuel Price Composition 2=GIZ_IFP2012_Germany.png | | |Fuel Price Composition 2=GIZ_IFP2012_Germany.png |
− | |Fuel Pricing Policies=The downstream fuel sector in Germany is liberal and privatized. However, oil companies are in a oligopolistic position. In early 2011, the German cartell office began to investigate this oligopolistic pricing structure. Also, the government tries to motivate new companies to enter the downstream market (→App.A2)
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− | While there are private web sites monitoring the fuel prices with high effort, e.g. benzinpreis.de, there is no official internet website of the German government giving up-to-date information on actual pump prices. Also, the government does not publish indicative prices or price structures.
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− | Europe-wide fuel price statistics can be found at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/.
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| |Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=3 | | |Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=3 |
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| |Fuel Matrix Annotation=An official monitoring of fuel prices is missing. Indicative prices structures are missing. | | |Fuel Matrix Annotation=An official monitoring of fuel prices is missing. Indicative prices structures are missing. |
| |Fuel Transparency Price Composition=2 | | |Fuel Transparency Price Composition=2 |
| |Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=2 | | |Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=2 |
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| |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins | | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins |
| |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ | | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ |
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| |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information | | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information |
| |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.benzinpreis.de | | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.benzinpreis.de |
| |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Annotation=Non-official web page | | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Annotation=Non-official web page |
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| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information |
| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Redaktion/PDF/Gesetz/gesetz-zur-einrichtung-einer-markttransparenzstelle-fuer-den-grosshandel-mit-strom-und-gas,property=pdf,bereich=bmwi2012,sprache=de,rwb=true.pdf |
| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Annotation=Law on Establishment of Market Transparency Agency (German language) |
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| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins |
| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.mwv.de/index.php/daten/statistikenpreise |
| + | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Annotation=Information on prices by Association of the German Petroleum Industry (German language) |
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The downstream fuel sector in Germany is liberal and privatized. At the end of 2012 a Market Transparency Agency has been initiated to monitor retail price trends in Germany and to provide these information to customers.
Taxation on fuels is very high in Germany. As any taxes in Germany, fuel taxes are not earmarked, that is, this levy does not flow directly into road or infrastructure specific funds. According to several sources, the fuel tax income is indeed much higher than the costs of the road system.
While there are private web sites monitoring the fuel prices with high effort, e.g. benzinpreis.de, there is no official internet website of the German government giving up-to-date information on actual pump prices. Also, the government does not publish indicative prices or price structures.
Price composition for one litre of Gasoline 95 Octane as of 2010/12/01.
VAT is 19% on the retailers price, therefore including the Mineral Oil Tax.
„Transport/Storage/Margins“ includes any costs of the downstream distribution of fuels and margins.