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The draft decision by which the Ministry of Finance intends to pay at 55 lei / Mwh the maximum selling price of natural gas from domestic production has been withdrawn from the site of the institution [19659002] The investors, Romgaz and Petrom, the main companies affected by a possible cap, collapse on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, their market value falling by 1.4 billion lei in one day. In addition, the representatives of Fondul Proprietatea, a 10% Petrom shareholder, on Friday criticized the government's intention, claiming that it was violating the law and threatening Romania's energy independence [19659003] "Ensuring a fair competitive environment for the natural gas sector in Romania Representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Energy met on Wednesday 18 July at the MFP headquarters to discuss the possibility of introducing certain forms of control of gas prices by domestic producers and stop the uncontrolled growth of natural gas prices in domestic production until June 30, 2021. To eliminate the negative effects on households, since April 1, 2017 , the selling price of natural gas has been completely liberalized and the growth trend has been constant and constant, which is currently 29, 5%, while for March 20 19, an increase of 75%, it is necessary to adopt a normative act that will flatten the price of natural gas, "says the explanatory note accompanying the draft normative act
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