The Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday (31) the urgency request of bill 1143, of 2021, which proposes the reduction of electricity tariffs from the return of taxes charged more. The bill had already been approved in the Senate.
The House also approved the urgency for PL 3677, of 2021, which requires the disclosure of values of the components that influence the prices of fuels sold by Petrobras.
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The text determines that the tax credits improperly charged, which total R$ 60 billion, be returned to consumers in full. The amounts refer to the collection of ICMS on the basis of PIS/Cofins overpaid by Brazilians on electricity bills in recent years, recognized as improper by the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
Of the BRL 60 billion in credits generated with the decision – referring to lawsuits filed by distributors – BRL 48.3 billion are already authorized by the Federal Revenue, of which BRL 12.7 billion has already been reversed to mitigate tariff readjustments in recent years. years old.
The discussion in the Chamber may put an end to a debate in the electricity sector that has not yet been defined by the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel). On the one hand, there are those who defend that all resources be used to reduce readjustments, but there are also those in the sector who believe that companies should keep part of the budget.
The Chamber also approved a request for urgent processing of a bill authored by PT leader Reginaldo Lopes (MG), which provides for transparency rules for the composition of fuel prices defined by Petrobras. The merits, however, will not be voted on today. The original text of the proposal, supported by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), included changes in the state-owned international price parity policy, but this section tends to fall.
PL 3677/2021 determines the disclosure of information on the values of the components that influence the prices of oil products sold in the country by the state-owned company. However, the project defended by Lira also provided, originally, that the sale prices of oil derivatives practiced by Petrobras to the distributors in the country should take into account the production and refining costs in national currency plus a markup, which is the difference between the sale price and the cost price. The markup, according to the text, could not exceed the maximum percentage defined by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP).
In addition, the proposal established limits for the export of the product. “In view of the guarantee of domestic supply, and the economic role of Petrobras, the export of surplus oil will only be allowed in relation to the volume necessary to guarantee the fulfillment of the country’s domestic demand”, says an excerpt from the original text.
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