Nr 412 - Report on the behalf of the Commission of economic affairs on the bill project aiming at disconnecting gas price from that of oil for the determination of natural gas regulated tariffs (nr 285)

After having outlined that the natural gas price has never been so low on the international markets, notably much lower that the price paid within the frame of long term contracts, whereas French households had to face a rather strong price increase, the author shows that this paradox is due to the fact that long term contracts are prevailing and that these prices are indexed to oil products. Although he acknowledges that this situation may endure, he proposes a bill which aims at getting rid of this situation, and at enabling French citizens to benefit from this decrease of gas price on international markets