Starting May 1, excise duties on electricity, diesel fuel, natural gas, liquefied gas, light fuel oil, heavy fuel oil, and shale fuel oil will all rise.
The new month brings higher excise taxes: for example, the diesel fuel excise duty will rise from the current €0.399 to €0.428 per liter.
The gasoline excise duty will remain unchanged for now, but starting July 1, it will increase by 5 percent, followed by another 5 percent increase annually for the next three years.
The excise duty on electricity will rise by 45 percent, from the current €1.45 to €2.10 per megawatt-hour starting in May.
The natural gas excise duty will increase by 18 percent to €56.42 per 1,000 cubic meters, and the liquefied gas excise duty will rise by more than 20 percent to €79.91 per 1,000 kilograms of liquefied gas.
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