New plan comes into force in July and increases by more than 40% the volume of inspections carried out by the regulatory agency
The board of directors of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) unanimously approved this Friday (12) a plan that restructures the inspection strategy against abusive fuel prices. The measure comes into force in July and foresees more than 3 thousand lawsuits by September, a volume about 40% higher than that recorded in the previous quarter.
The decision responds to a demand from the government, which this week summoned the board to demand firmer action. The effort intensified after the worsening of the conflict in the Middle East, at the end of February, which raised the price of petroleum products almost everywhere in the world and ignited the fear of abusive transfers to the Brazilian consumer.
The plan continues the actions initiated with Provisional Measure No. 1,340/2026, which gave the ANP the power to inspect increases considered abusive in the oil, fuel, and derivatives chain. Between March 9 and June 3, the agency carried out 2,111 face-to-face and remote inspections in all states.
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Of this total, 21 ended in infraction notices for evidence of abusive elevation — about one in every hundred inspections. There were 16 against distributors in São Paulo, the Federal District, Paraná and Rio de Janeiro, and five against LPG resellers, cooking gas, in Ceará and Pará.
In the next three months, the priority will be the analysis of the prices practiced by the agents of the sector. In July, at least 80% of the actions will have this focus, a percentage that drops to 75% in August and 70% in September. The investigations cross-reference purchase invoices with the amounts charged to the consumer.
The expansion is part of a government package to avoid a price shock, which includes subsidies of R$ 0.44 per liter for gasoline and R$ 1.12 for diesel. The ANP points out that the assessment represents only the beginning of the administrative process, ensuring the adversarial and ample defense to economic agents.
