Important change at MOL petrol stations: this concerns everyone

Whether or not one is entitled to the official price, one can only fill up one’s car once a day at MOL. So whether you fill up at the official price or the market price, you can only do so once per day per car.

MOL justified this new rule by the need to secure the country’s fuel supply. According to the Independent Petrol Stations Association, this rule is impossible to enforce in practice.

Only one fill-up per day on both prices

Since the beginning of the summer, staff at petrol stations have been checking whether the car has Hungarian registration plates, and more recently whether it is owned by a private person. If these two conditions are met, only then can we fill up at the official price of HUF 480 (EUR 1.22).

MOL told RTL Híradó that the restriction applies to all types of fuel at the company’s petrol stations. This means that if you would want to fill up more than once a day on the market price, you still would not be able to do that.

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The rule is impossible to enforce

According to the Independent Petrol Stations Association, this rule is impossible to enforce in practice. “If someone just filled up and then goes into the station to pay, shows the registration and it turns out that they have already filled up at another Mol station that day, what are they going to do? Will they pump the fuel out of the car?” asks László Gépész, board member of the Independent Petrol Stations Association.

MOL also wrote that the purpose of the restriction was to “ensure the country’s supply and to ensure that everyone has access to fuel”. “The beneficiaries of the official price are not determined by MOL but by legislation.” MOL also clarified in response to a question from RTL Híradó that scooters without a registration can be refuelled at the official price. The site also contacted the government, but they did not respond to their questions.