Slovenia decreased excises on Eurosuper95, diesel and heating oil from 10.03.2026. Portugal reduced excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel from 16.03.2026. Hungary decreased excises on Eurosuper 95, diesel and heating oil from 13.03.2026. Portugal reduced excises temporarily on Eurosuper95 and diesel again from 20.03.2026. Italy lowered excise taxes on Eurosuper 95, diesel and heating oil since 19.03.2026. Spain temporarily reduced VAT and reduced excise taxes on all the fuels since 22.03.2026. Ireland reduced excises on Eurosuper, diesel and heating oil from 25.03.2026. Croatia decreased excises on Eurosuper and diesel from 30.03.2026. Poland reduced excises and introduced lower VAT rate on Eurosuper and diesel from 30.03.2026. Slovenia lowered excises for diesel and heating gasoil, and other indirect taxes from 24.03.2026. Cyprus lowered excises for Eurosuper and diesel from 01.04.2026. Portugal lowered excises for Eurosuper 95 and diesel from 01.04.2026. Austria reduced excises for Eurosuper 95 and diesel from 01.04.2026. Hungary reduced excise taxes on Eurosuper 95, diesel and heating oil from 13.04.2026. Czechia lowered excise taxes for diesel from 08.04.2026. Lithuania reduced excises on diesel from 20.04.2026. Portugal increased excises for the diesel from 20.04.2026. Portugal adjusted upwards excises on diesel from 27.04.2026. Romania reduced excises on diesel from 27.04.2026. Sweden reduced excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel from 01.05.2026. Germany reduced excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel from 01.05.2026. Austria edged up excises for the Eurosuper95 and diesel from 01.05.2026. Portugal adjusted downwards excises for Eurosuper95 and for diesel from 01.05.2026. Italy increased excises on Eurosuper95 and LPG from 01.05.2026. Croatia lowered excises for Eurosuper95 from 04.05.2026. Portugal adjusted excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel upwards from 11.05.2026. Slovenia reduced excise on Eurosuper95 and increased other indirect taxes on Eurosuper95, diesel, and heating oil from 12.05.2026. Portugal has corrected excise on Eurosuper95 down and excise on diesel up since 18.05.2026. Portugal has reduced excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel from 25.05.2026. Temporary relief with lower excise tax on diesel ended in Italy on 07.06.2026. Croatia reduced Excise on Eurosuper 95 from 19.05.2026. Portugal corrected up the excises on Eurosuper 95 and diesel from 01.06.2026. Austria increased bio component in Eurosuper95 and diesel from 01.06.2026. Slovenia increased other indirect taxes on Eurosuper95, diesel and heating oil from 02.06.2026. Portugal corrected up the excises on Eurosuper95 and down on diesel from 08.06.2026. Portugal corrected up the excises on Eurosuper95 and down on diesel from 15.06.2026. Slovenia lowered excises on Eurosuper95 from 16.06.2026. Poland increased excises on Eurosuper95 and diesel from 16.06.2026. Hungary decreased excises on Eurosuper95, diesel and heating oil from 22.06.2026. Portugal corrected up the excises for Eurosuper95 and diesel from 22.06.2026. Excise tax exemption for diesel in Lithuania, which applied from mid-April 2026, has been cancelled from 16.06.2026. Temporary relief in excises for Eurosuper95 and diesel in Croatia ended up on 16.06.2026. Sweden introduced temporary relief on Eurosuper 95 and diesel excises from 06.07.2026 until November. Portugal adjusted excises on Eurosuper 95 and diesel excises since 06.07.2026. Austria increased Eurosuper95 and diesel excises from 06.07.2026. Tax relief in Italy ended on 06.07.2026. Spain decreased excises on Eurosuper 95 and diesel from 01.07.2026. Portugal adjusted down excises for Eurosuper 95 and diesel since 13.07.2026. Portugal adjusted excises for the Eurosuper 95 up and diesel down from 20.07.2026. Hungary increased excises from 20.07.2026. Portugal adjusted down excises for Eurosuper 95 and diesel from 27.07.2026. Czech excise relief on diesel ended on 27.07.2026. and it went up to a level before the crisis. Slovenia has new, lower indirect taxe
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