Government adopted a Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products

The decree sets out the pricing mechanism for certain petroleum products, as well as the product constituents, that must be taken into account by firms engaged in the business of selling these petroleum products (distributors), it also establishes the criteria to be used when determining the prices or the constituents of these products.

The pricing mechanism for petroleum products, as well as the constituents of the products, that must be taken into account by distributors, and the criteria according to which prices or the product constituents must be set, as stated in the decree, shall not apply to the pricing of petroleum products sold at service stations located in the service areas of motorways and expressways.

The price of diesel and unleaded 95-octane petrol is calculated on the basis of a methodology based on the trend in world market prices for petroleum products (Source: PLATT'S European Marketscan) and fluctuations in the USD/EUR exchange rate, to which is then added the model price of the mineral petroleum product, plus an allowance for the bio-component in euro/litre (Δt (Bio-)), which is calculated separately for mineral petrol and mineral diesel. The model prices are calculated on the basis of 14-day averages of mineral petroleum product prices and 14-day averages of biofuel prices.

Source: Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy

The Government adopted a Decree amending the Decree on the method of determining and calculating the contribution for ensuring support for the production of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration and renewable energy sources

Due to the situation in the petrol and diesel market, in 2022 the Government adopted two amendments to the Decree on the method of determining and calculating the contribution for ensuring support for the production of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration and renewable energy sources, temporarily exempting the payment of the contribution for the provision of support for the production of electricity from cogeneration with high efficiency and from renewable energy sources, in order to mitigate the cost of petrol and diesel. The prices for petrol and diesel sold as petroleum products at service stations not situated on motorways and expressways are set by the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products. In determining the contribution on energy supplied, the Decree on setting prices for certain petroleum products only takes into account the energy supplied for petrol and not also for diesel, which means that the exemption from the contribution for diesel did not apply on motorways and expressways whereas it applied on all roads.

As the market situation has changed to such an extent that this temporary measure is no longer justified, the exemption should be abolished, and, in order to support and encourage the use of renewable energy sources, the payment of a dedicated contribution for the energy supplied should again be provided for, including for diesel on motorways and expressways.

Source: Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy

The Government will make a contribution of EUR 300,000 to the ICRC for emergency humanitarian aid to Sudan

Sudan has been experiencing armed conflict between the army and paramilitary forces since 15 April 2023. More than one thousand people have died, more than five thousand have been injured, and the number of displaced persons and refugees is rising. Even before the conflict, a third of Sudan’s population was already in need of humanitarian aid; the number has now risen to 24.6 million, which represents more than half the population. In Khartoum and Darfur, the current humanitarian situation has made humanitarian action difficult, with aid coming mainly from local NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Ongoing attacks on aid workers and the looting of supplies are adding to the problem.

Slovenia’s contribution for emergency humanitarian aid to Sudan also takes into account the foreign policy priorities of the Republic of Slovenia in the field of multilateral cooperation, including Slovenia’s future membership of the UN Security Council 2024–2025.

Source: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs