2026-03-27 19:44, updated 2026-03-27 20:20
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2026-03-27 19:44
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2026-03-27 20:20
President Karol Nawrocki signed laws lowering fuel prices, presidential spokesman Rafał Leśkiewicz said on Friday evening on the X platform. The new regulations will allow for limiting price increases, among others. by entering a maximum price. According to the Prime Minister, the reduction will reach PLN 1.2 per liter of fuel.
“The President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, signed laws lowering fuel prices during his flight to Dallas,” wrote Leśkiewicz.
The President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, signed laws lowering fuel prices during a flight to Dallas.
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— Rafał Leśkiewicz (@LeskiewiczRafa) March 27, 2026
First, there was an express pass through the Sejm and Senate
On Friday, the Sejm passed and the Senate adopted without amendments an amendment to the Act on stocks of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas and rules of conduct in situations of threat to the state's fuel security and disruptions on the oil market, and the Act on the National Revenue Administration, as well as an amendment to the Act on excise tax. The aim of both acts is to reduce fuel prices at stations. Both legal acts will enter into force the day after their publication in the Journal of Laws.
The intention of the government, which adopted the draft fuel laws on Thursday,and an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministerswas for the new solutions to come into force before Easter, i.e. before the peak of holiday travel.
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Fuels are to be cheaper by approximately PLN 1.20
Before the meeting of the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced, in addition to reducing excise duty, a reduction in the VAT rate on fuels (from 23% to 8%). According to the head of government, the CPN package, i.e. “Fuel Prices Lower”, is expected to result in a drop in prices at gas stations, compared to current levels, by approximately PLN 1.2 per liter of fuel.
“We decided to radically reduce VAT on fuels and excise duty, as well as to introduce (…) a maximum price, i.e. a regulated price at gas stations, so that all our decisions (…) would actually be positively felt by the end user at the gas station,” Tusk said on Thursday evening, before a special government meeting.
The government is preparing a baton, i.e…. a tax on excess profits
The Prime Minister also announced that in the event of excessive profits of fuel companies, it will be possible to apply a tax on excess profits (so-called windfall tax). This solution would counteract situations in which an increase in raw material prices translates into disproportionately high company margins.
The head of the Ministry of Energy, Miłosz Motyka, argued that the current situation on the fuel market is the greatest crisis in the last 50 years, which is related to a sharp decline in the global supply of raw materials and a strong increase in oil and fuel prices. He emphasized that the reduction in supply amounts to over 20 million barrels per day, which translates into a global price shock also felt in Europe, including Poland.
The government introduces a maximum price
Act amending, among others, The Act on Crude Oil Stocks introduces a mechanism for calculating the maximum fuel price that will apply at stations. It will be determined according to a specific formula, including the average wholesale price of fuel on the domestic market, increased by excise duty, fuel fee, sales margin of PLN 0.30 per liter and VAT.
The new regulations provide for imposing a daily information obligation on key market players to the Ministry of Energy in order to update rates on an ongoing basis.
The maximum price will be announced in the form of an announcement by the Minister of Energy and will come into force on the day following its publication. If announced before non-working days and holidays, the rate will apply until the next business day.
During the parliamentary proceedings, an amendment was introduced that will allow sellers to offer fuel at a price lower than the maximum price.
Excise tax until June 30
In turn, the amendment to the Excise Duty Act will enable a temporary reduction of excise tax rates on fuels by regulation until June 30. This will only apply to diesel oil and petrol.
During parliamentary proceedings, Deputy Minister of Finance Jarosław Neneman assured that the draft regulation reducing the excise tax on petrol by 29 groszy per liter and on diesel oil by 28 groszy per liter is already ready. He said that the draft regulation on reducing the VAT rate on fuels is also ready.
Neneman pointed out that all these reductions – together with the amendment to the Act on Petroleum Stocks with the maximum price – will enter into force on the same day.
According to calculations by the Ministry of Finance, the reduction in excise duty on fuel will cost the budget PLN 700 million per month, and the VAT reduction – PLN 900 million per month. (PAP)
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