The Paraguayan Senate will again postpone the vote on the bill that seeks to make the cost structure of fuels marketed in the country transparent. The decision was announced by Senator Luis Pettengill (ANR, Republican Force), president of the Industry and Commerce Committee, after the Legislation and Industry committees failed to reach a consensus due to opposing opinions from the National Competition Commission (Conacom) and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC).
The proposal, presented in July 2025 by a group of opposition senators, would require distributors to periodically publish detailed information on the costs that make up the final price, including the international reference price, freight, taxes, refining, internal logistics, and commercial margins. However, Conacom had already recommended the rejection of the bill in August 2025, arguing that the disclosure of sensitive commercial information could generate anti-competitive effects.
Faced with the impasse, the committees decided to form a working group with representatives from the MIC, Conacom, and fuel distributor associations. The objective is to develop an index or reference mechanism to determine how international cost variations should be reflected in the final price, both in scenarios of increase and decrease.
Pettengill criticized the asymmetry observed in the sector, where international increases are immediately passed on to consumers, while reductions take time to be implemented, even as companies claim to have stocks purchased at previous prices. The working group will have between 15 and 22 days to present an alternative proposal before the bill returns to the Senate floor's agenda.
In addition to this topic, the committees also discussed the insurance bill, sent by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. After a debate with the Superintendent of Insurance and directors of the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), focusing on the sanctions regime and regulatory framework for bail and surety, they decided to postpone the issuance of the opinion for eight days, awaiting a revised proposal from the BCP.
The session ended prematurely due to a lack of quorum, preventing deliberation on the regulation of armored vehicles and protective equipment, which will be analyzed later with the Commission for the Fight against Drug Trafficking.