Urban transport compensation for fuel approved, Government decision published
At the meeting of the Council of Ministers on May 13, 2026, among the decisions approved was the determination of procedures, documentation and the amount of compensation for urban and intercity transport companies, following the increase in fuel prices.
According to the decision, the compensation of two hundred and fifty million lek will be borne by
the reserve fund of the state budget and the budget of the Municipality of Tirana. The decision clearly defines the criteria and the method of application to benefit from the compensation.
The following is the decision announced after the government meeting:
DECISION
ABOUT
DETERMINATION OF PROCEDURES, DOCUMENTATION AND COMPENSATION MEASURES FOR CITY, RING AND INTERCITY TRANSPORT LINE COMPANIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE SPECIAL SITUATION IN THE HYDROCARBON MARKET
In support of Article 100 of the Constitution and Article 14 of Law No. 87/2025, “On the 2026 Budget”, upon the proposal of the Minister of Infrastructure and Energy and the Minister of Finance, the Council of Ministers
DECIDED:
I. GENERAL
1. Compensation of transport companies for urban, suburban and intercity lines, at the rate of 50 (fifty) lek per liter of fuel, for a three-month period, March, April, May 2026. The compensation is made for the amount of fuel consumption for the period March, April, May 2026, but not more than the amount consumed for the same period in 2025, for each of the companies.
2. The financial effects, of 250,000,000 (two hundred and fifty million) leks, will be borne by:
a) the state budget reserve fund;
b) the budget of the Municipality of Tirana, respectively, for the companies of the urban lines of Tirana.
II. CRITERIA AND DOCUMENTATION FOR RECEIVING COMPENSATION
1. The request to benefit from the financial compensation, defined in point 1, of chapter I, of this decision, is made by the subject every month to the tax administration, under whose jurisdiction he is registered, which verifies the submitted documentation.
2. Requesting entities must submit to the tax administration, under whose jurisdiction they are registered, the following documentation:
a) The request, according to Annex No. 1, attached to this decision;
b) Copy of the relevant valid license for urban, suburban and intercity transport;
c) Identification data of the taxpayer equipped with NIUS;
ç) The name of the bank where the beneficiary entity has its current bank account;
d) IBAN of the bank account, no more than 28 characters and in the currency Lek;
dh) For companies that only carry out urban, suburban and intercity transport activities, copies of physical fuel supply invoices for the period March, April, May of 2025 and 2026;
e) For companies that, in addition to urban, suburban and intercity transport activities, also carry out other activities, in addition to copies of physical fuel supply invoices for the period March, April, May of 2025 and 2026, they must also submit:
i. self-declaration of the amount of fuel used for urban, suburban and intercity transport;
ii. copies of fuel receipts during the months of March, April, May of 2025 and 2026, used for urban, suburban and intercity transportation, according to vehicle license plates.
3. Requests from entities are submitted after the 10th (tenth) of the following month, starting from April 2026.
4. In the event that it is determined that the documents submitted by the entity are incomplete or have deficiencies, the tax administration, within 5 (five) working days, returns the request in order to complete the documentation.
5. The tax administration, after verifying the documentation, specified in point 2 of this chapter, sends to the relevant treasury branch, within 15 (fifteen) working days, the expenditure orders, attaching the summary list of beneficiary entities, according to the second-tier banks, where the beneficiaries have their bank account.
6. When the expenses are borne by the Municipality of Tirana, the tax administration, after verifying the documentation specified in point 2 of this chapter, sends, within 10 (ten) working days, to the Municipality of Tirana, in its entirety, the administered documentation and the summary list of beneficiary entities and values.
7. The Municipality of Tirana, within 10 (ten) working days, sends the expenditure orders to the relevant treasury branch, attaching the summary list of beneficiary entities, according to the second-tier banks where the beneficiaries have their bank account.
8. For companies registered after May 2025, the highest fuel consumption value for the period January - February 2026 will be taken as the reference value for compensation.
9. In order to avoid abuse, tax administration structures may also conduct on-site verifications, in case of inaccuracies in the documentation submitted in the request.
10. The treasury structure in the branch, after receiving the expenditure order with the list of beneficiaries, according to point 5 of this chapter, makes the payment within 5 (five) working days.
III. FINAL ISSUES
1. Compensation requests will be accepted until August 1, 2026.
2. The financial effects, of 250,000,000 (two hundred and fifty million) leks, will be borne by:
a) the reserve fund of the state budget, in the amount of 120,000,000 (one hundred and twenty million) lekë;
b) the budget of the Municipality of Tirana, respectively, for the companies of the urban lines of Tirana, in the amount of 130,000,000 (one hundred and thirty million) lek.
3. The Ministry of Finance, the Municipality of Tirana and the General Directorate of Taxes are responsible for the implementation of this decision.
This decision enters into force immediately and is published in the "Official Gazette".
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