The Bundeskartellamt has established organizational changes to efficiently apply the newly enacted fuel measures package. The decision-making department V – Competition and Consumer Protection has been relieved of other responsibilities and reinforced in personnel, allowing it to concentrate more on the mineral oil and fuel sector as the 13th decision-making department.

Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt, stated that the restructuring aims to apply the new competition rules in the fuel sector effectively. The 13th decision-making department will consist of three project teams: the Market Transparency Office for Fuels, a team for procedures under § 32f GWB, and a team for procedures under the new § 29a GWB.

The Market Transparency Office for Fuels will consolidate and monitor price data from approximately 15,000 gas stations in Germany, which are required to report any price changes within five minutes. This data will be shared with fuel apps and internally analyzed. Future evaluations will also consider compliance with the 12 o'clock rule, which allows gas stations to raise prices only once a day at noon but to reduce them at any time. Any price increase outside this timeframe will be automatically reported to the relevant state authorities.

In March 2025, the Bundeskartellamt initiated a procedure under § 32f GWB to determine a significant and ongoing disruption of competition in the wholesale fuel market. The duration of this procedure may be shortened due to the recent legislative changes. However, progress can only be made once the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf decides on the legal remedies filed by price information services Argus Media and S&P Global against information orders issued in May 2025.

A third project team will focus on the application of the new § 29a GWB, which prohibits dominant fuel suppliers at the refinery or wholesale level from demanding prices that excessively exceed costs. The process is simplified by a reversal of the burden of proof, requiring companies to disclose their cost structures.