Overview
- Pilar’s 2026 Fiscal Ordinance redefined the Environmental Protection Fee as a 2% charge on each transaction net of VAT, effective December 1.
- The supermarkets’ association ASU requested an urgent meeting, warning of price increases, competitive distortions and an unworkable December 15 deadline for billing-system changes.
- Supermarket chains said they would pass the full charge to shoppers at checkout, with the levy shown as a separate line on receipts.
- Municipal officials defended the measure as necessary funding for public works, street maintenance and local services.
- Local opposition groups prepared court filings as national economic authorities condemned the policy as counter to the government’s tax‑cut agenda.