Permanent Secretary of Commerce countered with Korn not to distort, vowing that it was not the duty of the PD to oversee oil refining costs, pointing out that the NEPC is hot, having the NEPC take care of the “Prime Minister” and sit as the president. “Supatpong” is the secretary back. Ask the A. Energy to set the price of LPG. Why does the oil price throw it to “commercial”?
21 June 2022 – On June 20, 2022 at 4:00 PM local time at Keflavik Airport, Iceland, Mr. Bunyarit Kalayanamit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce mentions the proposal for the Ministry of Commerce to exercise its powers The Act on the Price of Goods and Services, BE 2542, is to regulate oil refining costs. to help lower the retail price of oil that oil is a specific commodity There are specific laws governing The first law related to oil prices is the National Energy Policy Council Act, Section 6(2) specifies the powers and duties of the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) that this committee has. duty to lay down rules and conditions for determining energy prices in accordance with the national energy development and management policies and plans If you look at this law, you will see that people are particularly concerned with the price of energy and fuel. National Energy Policy Board General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister as chairman, and Mr. Supatpong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy. be a secretary The pricing or setting rules for fuel prices must be consistent with the national energy development and management policies and plans. It is a specialization of the Ministry of Energy.
“This law stipulates and other laws related to energy prices In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister Supatanapong gave the news a few days ago that the Ministry of Energy had an idea to collect money for the Energy Fund. The relevant Act is The Fuel Fund Act stipulates Section 5 to establish the Fuel Fund. The objective is to maintain fuel price stability in oil crisis situations. It is clear that energy prices are a matter of who is responsible, and Section 27 of the Fuel Fund Act stipulates that those who have to send money to the Fuel Fund are refineries and importers. What is your role in times of crisis? Who should come in to manage? And who will have the duty to send money to the fund is a domestic oil producer who is also an oil supplier. However, the use of money into the fund shall be in accordance with the fund management committee. The chairman is the Ministry of Energy. The Ministry of Energy gave the news is to use the legal power that the Ministry of Energy is responsible for overseeing as legally as possible. Any case that is a specific product by the principle of law must go to that specific law first,” said Mr. Bunyarit.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce further said that if there is any doubt as to why the price is not used The Price of Goods and Services Act Please note that according to the principles of law If there is a specific law for any matter Lawyers understand that they have to start from there because the law is clearly defined. If you look at the National Energy Policy Council Act at the end of the law. It will also be written that the country’s energy administration Scattered by various departments, therefore, in order to have unity, this committee was set up. To provide unified energy management Therefore, the law is as clear as possible, the objectives, requirements, the origin of this law. At this time, the legal powers and duties are in these two laws to answer many questions, especially on social media. Please understand that this is not the authority of the Ministry of Commerce in the first place.
When asked according to the Act on the price of goods and services Assign the Minister of Commerce to be the chairman of the CCP by position. and in the law stipulating that liquefied petroleum gas Fuel oil is a regulated product, so the Ministry of Commerce has to take care of it or not. Mr. Bunyarit explained that nowadays LPG prices are announced by the Ministry of Energy. The Ministry of Energy is the one who determines the price of LPG that will increase the price step by step. How much per month We can see that the Ministry of Energy is the one who made the announcement. For the reasons already mentioned and use the funds in that matter. Methods of administration using his existing laws. But ask what the Ministry of Commerce does about LPG. The Ministry of Commerce’s duty is when the Ministry of Energy has announced the price. Who sold more than this, the Ministry of Commerce caught. By virtue of Section 29, whoever intentionally sells at an unreasonably high price There are penalties for breaking the price act, for example, the Ministry of Energy informs the price of 380 baht per tank. If anyone sells 400 baht, the Ministry of Commerce catches it, etc. This is an example to see that LPG has been announced by the Ministry of Energy all the time. So the question is, why has the Ministry of Energy announced the price of LPG? Yes, but when it comes to the oil price, why do some people say that the Ministry of Commerce is in charge?
“I think every government agency has the legal authority to act. Whoever’s law is that law. The law defines where the responsibility is, who is responsible. No one should distort this principle,” said the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce.
