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Conformém ent au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983 
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique 
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983, 
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003 
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents 
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit 
règlem ent. 
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic 
Community and the European Atomic Energy Communit y (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as 
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243, 
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this 
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation. 
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom  1. 
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen 
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgem einschaft (ABI. L 43 vom  15.2.1983, 
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. Septem ber 2003 
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit 
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5 
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben. 
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0M(83> 210 f i n a l  
B ru s s e ls , 11 A p r il 1983
Amended P ro p o s a l f o r  a 
£QUNCI l_r e c o m m e n d a t io n
on th e  m ethods o f s e t t in g  n a tu r a l gas p r ic e s  and t a r i f f s
in  th e  Community
(s u b m itte d  to  th e  C o u n c il by th e  Com m ission p u rs u a n t 
t o  th e  second p a ra g ra p h  o f A r t i c l e  149 o f th e  EEC T re a ty )
COM(83) 210 f i n a l

AMENDEDi i :  '■  ;  '
PROPOSAL FORA COUNCIL RECOMMANDATION
Ì  o n jt he M ethods o f  s e t t in g  n a t u r a l gas p r ic e s  $nd t a r i j f s f i n  th e  Community
TEXT PROPOSED· BY THE· COMtflSSTÙH. $Fv Tisi <
THE-EUROPEAN' COMMUNITIES 1
THE COUNCIL' OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES/ THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,TEXT AMENDED..S¥ THE *  
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Preamble and recitals unchanged
HEREBY RECOMMENDS TO THE MEMBER STATES: HEREBY RECOMMENDS TO THE MEMBER STATES:
(a) that they take appropriate steps,  
if they have not already ddrté’so,  
to ensure that the methods of  
setting natural gas prices and|  
tariffs in the Community are based  
on the following common principles:(a) that they take appropriate steps,  
if they have not already done so,  
to ensure that the methods of  
setting natural gas prices and  
tariffs in the Community are based  
on the following common principles:
Paragraphs 1 to 3 unchanged
4. The two-part tariff system, 4. The two-part tariff system,
consisting of a fixed component to consisting of a fixed component to
•  5 -  '4
cover fixed costs, in particular the cover fixed costs, in particular the
cost of permanent connection to th® cost of permanent connection to the
network, and a component which varies .  network, and a component which varies
with the quantity of gas supplied, with the quantity of gas supplied,
is the system which, of the various is the system which, of the various
tariff options available, should be tariff options available, should be
generally used. generally the_ba§is_fgr_£harges_tg
£20S§S i£_consumers_an3_smaU_,con§yms£§
2i _2i S _ i 2£ _ iD d y s tria l„B U £ B o s e s ·
This should be the case, in particular* ,  This should be the case, in parti-
for categories of consumerswhich have cular, for categories of consumers
homogeneous features from the point of “Mch havs h°»°9««°“s features from
view of use, the stale of consumption the ',0,r’t of vi8u °? us=- the scaLf
and the regularity of offtakes end to °' «0"«*>Pt1on and the regularity of
which tariffs based on these features offtakes and to which tariffs based
would be applied. on ,h4,e ,e*tures “°uld b* applied.
10J C  270, H . 10.1982, p. 11

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF  
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
5. For the other categories of  
consumption subject to tariffs,  
provision should be made for two (or  
more), components which decrease as  
consumption rises, in order to take  
account of economies of scale in  
transport which arise as volume  
increases. The tariffs applied for  
a given location should also vary in  
relation to the off-take characteris­
tics, such as the load factor, in order  
better to pass on the costs.TEXT AMENDED BY THE  
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
5 · £or_large_cgnsumers_of_gas*_where  
ii2§d_costs_fgrm_a_small_gart_gf_tgt§l  
£2§ts4_a_single_tarii f f_should_ngrmal ly  
aggly^but provision should be made for two  
(or more) components which decrease as  
consumption rises, in order to take account  
of economies of scale in transport which  
arise as volume increases. The tariffs  
applied for a'given location should also  
vary in relation to the off-take chararac-  
teristics, such as the load factor, in order  
better to pass on the costs.
5a._In_the_case_gf_non;tariff_sales_to
i§
E9?_£2D§ymers_( i^e. ..contract _sa les) *
B E l£§ § _§ b 2y i2_ £ § Îi§ £ £ _ Ç 2§ t_ a n d _ m a rk e t
conditions.
Remainder of proposal unchanged