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The Federal Ministry of Economics wants to regulate mineral oil companies more strictly. (Image: Aral)
Berlin - With an amendment to the competition law, the German Federal Ministry of Economics wants to enable tougher action against mineral oil companies, among others. In doing so, the ministry is also considering a measure that has never been applied before: the skimming of profits. This has emerged from a position paper of the ministry available to the editorial office. The background to the measures are the currently high fuel prices, which have not fallen despite the tax reb ...
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