Overview
- In May the ADAC reported average Super E10 fell to €1.983 and diesel to €1.991, declines of about 13 cents and 27 cents from April that reflected the tax cut plus lower crude prices.
- Calculations by the Monopolkommission and the Ifo Institute find the roughly 17‑cent per‑litre energy tax reduction was largely or fully passed on for petrol and closely for diesel by the end of May.
- A rule limiting stations to one daily upward price change at 12:00 has altered dealer behaviour, prompting many operators to set higher midday prices and changing intra‑day price patterns.
- The Tankrabatt stays in force through 30 June but the government has not pledged to extend it, so retail prices could jump on 30 June, rise on 1 July, or increase more slowly depending on when taxed fuel leaves refineries and tank farms.
- Households will also see other consumer rules taking effect in June — Energy Sharing from 1 June, stricter honey and milk labelling from 14 June and a visible online withdrawal button from 19 June — and the rebate was originally introduced to blunt oil‑price shocks tied to tensions near the Strait of Hormuz.