Resale at a loss of fuel: can the measure put forward by Élisabeth Borne be effective?

2023-09-16 20:51:42

“Resale at a loss”. The expression, regularly used in the news and during debates in a context of inflation, is now known to the general public. But the concept? “Reselling at a loss is a prohibited commercial practice,” indicates the General Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF). Either. Public opinion has integrated it. While prices at the pump are soaring, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne evokes, in an interview with Le Parisien – Today in France, the possibility of breaking the legislative barrier for a limited period of a few months by authorizing resale at a loss of fuels.