The Malagasy Office of Hydrocarbons (OMH) is imposing new restrictions. The purchase of fuel in portable containers is now strictly limited. The OMH is tightening rules on fuel purchases in mobile containers. Across the country, the purchase of premium gasoline and diesel outside a vehicle's tank, particularly in drums or jerry cans, is now subject to a limit set by an OMH circular note dated July 9. It specifies: "The maximum authorized volume is limited to a daily quantity of 100 liters per buyer, all products combined." This 100-liter cap applies to all buyers without exception. However, the decision particularly affects "large clients." "This measure had to be taken because professional clients (B2B) supply themselves directly at service stations. Yet prices there are subsidized, which considerably increases the state's debt," explains the OMH. Currently, there is a gap between the displayed pump price and the calculated reference price (PRC), the theoretical real fuel rate calculated automatically each month based on international barrel prices and exchange rates. At real price "Large clients," whose supply should normally be delivered directly by distributors, must pay for their fuel at the real market price. "To preserve their profitability, some companies bypass the normal circuit and buy fuel directly at service stations." The OMH indicates that presenting supporting documents no longer entitles exceeding this threshold at service station pumps, and that managers and pump attendants have a legal obligation to refuse to deliver any cumulative volume exceeding 100 liters in mobile containers for the same customer. The OMH announces intensified spot checks across the national network. "Any failure to comply with these provisions will expose the service station operator and the distribution company to administrative and financial sanctions provided for by current regulations, which may include temporary suspension or permanent withdrawal of the service station's operating certificate," warns this body. This decision comes as the Strait of Hormuz closes again, which could once more disrupt fuel supplies. The OMH reassures that "there is no supply problem. A tanker just set sail on July 7 and another vessel is expected before the end of the month." Miangaly Ralitera