This measure aims to relieve Burgundy-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, two regions strongly affected by the fuel shortage.
The Minister for Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced this Wednesday morning the requisition of the Feyzin fuel depot, in the Lyon metropolitan area, to deal with shortages at service stations.
This measure aims torelieve Burgundy-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes“, two of the three regions (with Ile-de-France) where there are still the most difficulties in service stations, indicated the minister on Franceinfo. “There are still three regions on which we will have to restore energy“, she said of these territories.
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Those are “ten peoplewhich are requisitioned in Feyzin, specifies Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The fuels will be transported by train to Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, underlined the minister. His cabinet later clarified that the employees are requisitioned for this morning and this afternoon, “which will allow deliveries by trucks and trains all day long“.
“Today, it is not necessary to requisition in Dunkirk for example, because the situation in Hauts-de-France has improved“said Agnès Pannier-Runacher. From 55% of stations in the region that lacked at least one product (petrol or diesel) at the height of the crisis, we have now fallen to less than 20%, according to the minister.
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22.8% of resorts in difficulty in France
At the national level, the rate of stations in difficulty rose to 22.8% on Tuesday evening. “An improvement is observed“said the Minister. Tuesday noon, the rate was 24.8%.
The large Feyzin depot, a key link in the supply of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regions, had already been requisitioned once on Monday. The Dunkirk depot had also been requisitioned on Monday, after having been at the end of last week.
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This Wednesday morning, the day after a day of interprofessional mobilization for a rise in wages and against requisitions, the strike in the refineries and depots of TotalEnergies still concerned the sites of Normandy, La Mède, Feyzin (the depot, the refinery being shut down for technical reasons) and Flandres (depot).
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