Editorial and corrections policy

A wrong maximum price, and a household compares its quote with a ceiling that does not exist. Here is where our figures come from, who answers for them and what we do when one is wrong.

Responsibility

Radif Partners answers for every price shown, every estimate and every formula. A gap with be.STAT can be reported to contact@mazoutmax.be and is checked against the source.

Primary sources only

Statbel (be.STAT): official tariff of petroleum products, daily, monthly and yearly;
the FPS Economy: the maximum-price framework;
the Chamber of Representatives: parliamentary documents on the programme contract;
the Social Heating Fund: allowance scale and conditions.

No price is taken from a dealer or comparison site.

The estimate, always labelled

Until tomorrow’s tariff is published, the site shows an estimate, called that wherever it appears, with its range and measured error. It is never presented as a tariff.

Checks before publication

Every rebuild checks the series (no missing day, plausible prices), cross-checks the tariffs quoted by the Chamber and reruns the calculations to the cent. A doubtful series blocks the update instead of being shown.

Update rhythm

Tariff: five readings a day. Fund scale: at every change. The date shown comes from the last reading.

Handling errors

Check against the primary source.
Fix the data or code and add a test.
New date on the pages concerned.

Independence

No commercial link with any dealer, filling station or energy supplier. Any such relationship would be stated in the text.

See also the calculation method. Version: 31 October 2026.