NEW MEASURES AGAINST RISING ENERGY PRICES
The law is amended, definitively reducing the VAT on heating gas from 25% to 13%. VAT on food is also reduced from 13% to 5% on fresh meat and fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables, edible oils and fats, baby food, agricultural costs, seedlings, fertilizers and pesticides, while VAT it is further lowered from 25% to 5%. on butter and margarine. The VAT on sanitary pads and tampons is also reduced from 25% to 13%. The VAT on tickets for sporting, cultural and other events is also reduced by 25 and 13 to 5 percent.
Pensions
As for pensioners, there will be a 50% increase on the payment pensions for the lowest incomes, and a 5% decrease on the payment of pensions for the highest incomes.
