PUTRAJAYA – The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry is coordinating appeals from certain transport sectors that want to participate in the Subsidised Diesel Control System to be forwarded to the appeals committee.
Its minister, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the matter would then be brought to the cabinet meeting for consideration.
He said immediate approval will be given to applications that are complete, covering 33 types of public land transport and goods.
The application can be made online and the approval letter will be issued immediately to allow the successful transport companies to apply for the fleet card through the same system.
“The application process is easy and fast because the company only needs to fill in forms. The confirmation can then be made immediately through integration with the Road Transport Department (JPJ) system,” he said in a statement here today.
He urged companies on the list of the 33 types of public land transport and qualified goods for Subsidised Diesel Control System to apply immediately.
“For approvals obtained before June 30 2024, the transport companies are to apply for reimbursement of expenditure rates on subsidy prices through proof of purchase receipts until they receive the fleet cards from selected oil companies,” he said.
Based on a statement issued by the Finance Ministry on June 12, refund payments will be implemented from July for those who registered and received the system’s approval before and on June 30, with the claim application and reimbursement procedures to be notified later.
Armizan said that in the event of misuse of the fleet card, the Domestic Trade Ministry will not hesitate to take strict action, including withdrawing the card’s approval.
He said the ministry also insists that all dealers, especially those who receive diesel subsidy facilities through the fleet card, do not raise prices following the setting of the new diesel price.
As of 8am today, the total number of public transport vehicles and goods approved for diesel subsidy under the system is 226,957 involving 75,541 companies. – June 23, 2024