Some 18% of French petrol stations were lacking some type of fuel on Tuesday morning, according to the country's junior energy minister, Maud Bregeon.
French oil major TotalEnergies has set a ceiling on its retail prices in France, below what other brands charge, which led to supply issues at some stations, she said in an interview on news TV channel BFM TV.
There is no overall problem of supply, she said, with only a problem of logistics because of demand changes.
