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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC89) 332 final 
Brussels, 18 September 1989 
Draft 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency 
of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial 
end-users 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. As announced in its communication to the Council on the 
transparency of energy prices (C0M(89)123 30 March 1989), the 
Commission now transmits a proposal for a Council Directive 
concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of 
natural gas and electricity prices charged to Industrial end-users. 
The point of departure for this proposal has been the fact that gas 
and electricity price transparency is not satisfactory in the 
Community's industrial market and puts in danger the realization of 
the internal energy market. 
2. In order to assist the Commission in finalizing the technical 
aspects of the system for gathering and communicating prices, the 
Commission has appointed a select group of experts with balanced 
representation of gas and electricity companies on the one hand and 
industrial users, both small businesses and large firms, on the 
other. 
Except for its first and last meetings which were In plenary,the 
group held meetings from 27 April to 15 June 1989, in separate 
subgroups on gas and electricity. 
3. The intensive work carried out by both subgroups In a spirit of 
full cooperation has allowed the Commission to draw up the two 
technical annexes to the draft Directive. 
1. Gas: The technical annex to the draft Directive defines the 
method which will be used, which is based on that used by the SOEC 
in its gas price surveys. It identifies seven "standard" users 
most representative of the Industrial gas market. It lays down the 
frequency and deadlines for transmitting data, the places where 
the prices will be recorded, and the method of calculating them, 
it determines the elements ensuring an accurate reflection of the 
system of price formation. 
2. E lectr ic i ty: The technical annex to the draft Directive adopts 
the method of standard type used by the SOEC in its electricity 
price surveys and extends it to cover industrial users up to a 
rated capacity of 10 MW. 
For users above 10 MW a new system has been introduced, based on a 
marker pr ice, including private generators. 
The marker price is accompanied by a series of price abatement 
factors (in principle 6%, 8% and 10%) selected among the factors 
used in practice in the category of industrial user in question. 
Independent statistical processing bodies will supply the highest 
and lowest prices recorded in the regions served by several 
d i str ibutors. 
Every two years the distributors or the independent statistical 
processing bodies will supply statistics on the number of users and 
their consumption for each category of quantity or capacity. This 
information, which is for the Commission's use, will not be 
pub Ii shed. 
4. The draft Directive is based on Article 213 of the EEC Treaty, and 
is based on the following essential features: 
no breach of"the confident la I Ity of contracts, 
transmission of up-to-date price data every six months, on 
1 January and 1 July of each year, 
pub Ilcat ion of prices by the Commission (through the SOEC) no 
later than five months after the surveys. 
Within the Commission, the SOEC will be charged with the receipt, 
control and publication of the information provided for in the 
first Article of the Directive. 
Draft 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
concerning a Community procedure to Improve the transparency 
of gas and electricity prices 
charged to industrial end-users 
THE COUNCIL CF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES", 
Having regara to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 213 thereof. 
Having regard to the Commission's draft, 
in cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 
Whereas energy price transparency, to the extent that it reinforces 
the conditions ensuring that competition Is not distorted in the 
Common Market, is essential to the achievement and operation of the 
internal energy market; 
Whereas transparency can help to obviate discrimination between 
users, by increasing their freedom to choose between different 
energy sources and different suppliers; 
Whereas, at present, the degree of transparency varies from one 
energy source and one Community country or region to another, thus 
calling into question the achievement of an internal energy market; 
Whereas, however, th« price paid by industry in the Community for 
the energy which it uses is one of the factors which influence its 
competitiveness and should therefore remain confidential-, 
Whereas the system of standard consumers used by the Statistical 
Office cf the European Communities (SOEC) in its price publications 
and the system of marker prices due to be Introduced for major 
industrial electricity users will ensure that transparency is not 
an obstacle to confidentiality; 
Whereas it is necessary to extend the consumer categories 
used by the SOEC up to the limits at which the consumers remain 
representative; 
Whereas ;n this way the objective of end-user price transparency 
would be achieved without endangering the confidentiality of 
contracts; whereas in order to respect confidentiality, it is 
necessary that at least 3 consumers exist in a given consumption 
category to be able to publish a price; 
Whereas the information in question relates exclusively to the gas 
and electricity consumed by industry for energy end-uses; 
Whereas the undertakings which supply gas and electricity as we I i 
as the industrial gas and electricity consumers remain 
independently of the application of the present Directive - subject 
to the Treaty's competition rules; whereas consequently the 
Commission, in the framework of the powers of application of 
Council Regulation No 17^, as last amended by the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal, can require communication of prices and conditions 
of sale, to the extent that this becomes necessary to ensure compliance 
with the prohibitions decreed by Artie les 85 and 86 of the Treaties; 
Whereas knowledge of the price systems in force forms part of price 
t ransparency ; 
Whereas knowledgeof the distribution of categories of consumers and thei r 
respective market shares also forms part of price transparency; 
Whereas, the communication to the Commission of prices and 
conditions of sale to consumers, accompanied by the price systems 
in operation as well as the distribution of consumers by 
consumption category, is to enable the Commission to be informed in 
order for it to decide, as necessary, on appropriate action or proposals 
in the light of the situation of the internal energy market; 
Whereas the data supplied to the Commission will be more reliable 
if the companies themselves establish this data; 
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Whereas it must be possible to check the reliability of the data 
supplied to the Commission-, 
Whereas transparency can be achieved by publicizing data and by. 
calculating the prices and price systems as widely as possible among 
end-users; 
Whereas to implement energy price transparency the system should be 
based on the proven expertise and methods developed and applied by 
the SOEC regarding the processing, checking and publication of 
the data; 
Whereas, with the prospect of the achievement of the internal 
market in energy, the system of transparency should be rendered 
operational as soon as possible, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
Member States shall take the steps necessary to ensure that the undertakings which 
supply gas or electricity to final industrial consumers, as defined in 
the Technical Annexes I and II, communicate to the Commission in the form 
provided for in Article 3: 
1. gas and electricity prices and sales conditions for industrial end-users, 
2. the price systems in use, 
3. the distribution of consumers and the corresponding volumes by 
category of consumption. 
Article 2 
1. The undertakings referred to in Article 1 shall assemble the data provided 
for in Article 1, points 1 and 2, on 1 January and 1 July of each 
year. This data, drawn up in conformity with the provisions of 
Article 3, shall be sent to the Commission and the competent 
authorities of the Member States within two months. 
2. On the basis of the data referred to in the first paragraph the 
Commission shall publish each May and each November, in an appropriate 
form, the prices of gas and electricity for industrial end-uses in 
the Member States, and the pricing systems used to that end. 
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The .nfcrmaticn provided for in Article 1, point 3, shall be sent 
every two years to the Commission. The first communication shall 
concern the situation as of 1st January 1990. This information 
will not be pubi ished. 
Article 3 
The implementing provisions concerning the form, content and all other 
features of the information provided for in Article 1 are set out in 
Annexes 1 and 2. 
Article 4 
The Commission shall not disclose data supplied to it pursuant to 
Article 1 and covered, by its nature, by the obligation of professional secrecy, 
This provision shall not prevent the publication of such data in an 
aggregated form which does not allow the Identification of individual 
commercial transactions. 
Article 5 
When the Commission notes anomolies or inconsistencies in the data 
submitted under the present Directive, it may ask the Members States to 
allow it to inspect the appropriate disaggregated data supplied by 
undertakings as well as the methods of calculation or evaluation upon which 
the aggregated data is based, in order to understand, or even amend, any 
information deemed irregular. 
Article 6 
Where a specific problem is identified that can be corrected by a 
simple technical adjustment to the corresponding annex, the Commission 
shall make the necessary changes. Such changes shall apply to the 
technical elements only and may under no circumstances affect the general 
system of the method. 
Article 7 
Once a year the Commission shall present a summary report on the 
operation of this Directive to the European Parliament and the Economic 
and Social Committee. 
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Article 8 
Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions 
needed to comply with this Directive no later than 1 July 1990. 
The provisions adopted pursuant to the first paragraph shall make express 
reference to this Directive. 
Article 9 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the CounciI 
The President 
Annex I: Description of the data concerning prices and sales conditions 
requested for gas. 
Annex II: Description of the data concerning prices and sales conditions 
requested for electricity. 
ANNEX I 
Technical Annex on Gas 
Two types of gas are concerned 
(i) natural gas 
(i i) town gas 
2. When these two types of gas are distributed in the same urban area 
or region data should be reported for both except where the 
consumption is not significant (less than 10%). 
3. Only piped distribution is considered. 
4. Prices to be reported are not city gate prices paid by gas 
distributors but prices paid by the end-consumer for supplies 
delivered usually by distribution companies but also in some cases 
by production or transmission companies. 
5. Uses considered are all industrial uses. 
6. Excluded from the system are gas consumers with consumption 
a) for electricity generation in public power plants, 
b) in non-energetic uses (e.g. in the chemical industry), 
c) above 4 186 000 GJ/year (- 1 163 GWh/year). 
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Prices recorded are based on a system of standard consumers ^efined 
basically by the level and the modulâtiont1) (or load factor)\ of 
the gas consumption. 'VV: 
The other characteristics which could play a part in the price \ 
setting (e.g. interruptibiIity) will be determined In every case.^V 
always adopting the solution which is most frequent in practice. 
9. Prices must include meter rental, the standing charge and the 
commodity rate. They do not include the initial Installation charge 
to the consumer. 
10. The following industrial standard consumers, coded l-j to I5, 
have been chosen: 
Annua I consumpt i on Modulât ion 
h 
I2 
I3-1 
I3-2 
I4-1 
I4-2 
Is 4 
41 
41 
413 
418 
4 1S6 418. 
186 
860 
860 
600 
600 
000 60 GJ 
GJ 
GJ 
GJ 
GJ 
GJ 
GJ or 
or 
or 
or 
or 
or 
or 116 300 KWh 
1 163 000 KWh 
11.63 GWh 
11.63 GWh 
116.6 GWh 
116.3 GWh 
1 163 GWh no load factor laid down1 
200 days 
200 days 1 600 h 
250 days 4 000 h 
250 days 4 000 h 
330 days 8 000 h 
330 days 8 000 h 
1 If necessary 115-200 days 
(1) the daily load factor is the number of days which would be required 
to take the entire annual consumption at the maximum daily offtake 
rate: nd - Qa_ 
Qd max 
the hourly load factor is the number of hours which would be 
required to take the entire annual consumption at the maximum 
hourly offtake rate: nh - Qa_ 
Qh max 
n the above formula-. 
Qa » annual volume consumed 
Qd max - maximum daily offtake 
Qh max » maximum hour I y offtake 
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11. Prices are to be recorded in the following places or regions: 
Belgium: Brussels; 
Denmark: Copenhagen; 
FR of Germany: Hamburg, Hannover, Weser-Ems, Dortmund, 
Diisseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Stuttgart, Munich; 
Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, North & East; 
France: Lille, Paris, Strasbourg, Marseille, Lyon, 
Toulouse; 
Ireland: Dubi in; 
Italy: Milan, Turin, Genova, Rome, Naples; 
Luxembourg: Luxembourg city; 
Netherlands: Rotterdam; 
Portugal: L isbon 
United Kingdom: London, Leeds, Birmingham; 
12. Prices recorded are prices based on the tariffs, contracts, 
conditions and rules in force at the beginning of each six-month 
period (January and July) including any eventual rebates. 
13. If there are several possible tariffs, it is the tariff which is 
most advantageous to the consumer that is taken into account, after 
the elimination of the tariffs which are not used in practice or 
which apply only to a neglegible number of users. 
14. When there are only quasi-tariffs, special contracts or freely-
negotiated pr ices, the most commonly found price (most 
representative) for the given supply conditions has to be recorded 
15. Prices have to be expressed in national currency by physical unit 
of gast2). The unit of energy used is measured on the basis of 
the gross calorific value (GCV), as is the practice in the gas 
industry. 
(2),In case the m^ would be used, it woiild be necessary to define its 
energy content in GJ, KWh or therm. 
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16. Two price levels are to be shown:^ 
the pr ice net of tax ; 
the price excluding recoverable VAT but including all other 
taxes. 
17. The level of taxes (excluding recoverable VAT) should be indicated 
as well as an explanation of their application. 
18. An explanation, as detailed as necessary to accurately reflect the 
system of price formation, must be annexed. Special emphasis shall 
be given to any modifications since the previous survey. 
19. In Member States where one gas company covers virtually all the 
industrial sales for that country, the information should be 
collected by that company. In other Member States where one or more 
of the regions Is served by more than one gas company, the 
information should be collected by an independent statistical body. 
(3) The price excluding tax is obtained directly from the tariffs or 
the contracts. The price excluding recoverable VAT includes, where 
payable, other specific taxes. 
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ANNEX II 
Technical Annex on Electricity 
With respect to the reporting of Information relating to electricity 
under this Directive, the following shall apply: 
I. The "Typical Reference Consumer'1 Survey, (for Consumers with up to 
10 MW Maximum Demand). 
1. The existing survey of electricity prices for typical 
reference consumers In the Community carried out by the 
Commission shall be extended to include two categories of 
industrial reference consumer with a maximum demand of 10 MW, 
and the whole survey of industrial consumers, (as described 
below) shall be incorporated in this Directive. 
2. Electricity prices in Member States with a unified national 
tariff shall be surveyed in one location only and for Member 
States with tariffs which vary across the country, prices shall 
be surveyed in a representative sample of locations, as 
fol lows: 
Be Ig Iurn 
Federal Republic 
of Germany 
Denmark 
Spain 
France 
Greece 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
Portugal 
United Kingdom The country as a whole. 
Hamburg, Hanover, Dusse I dorf, 
Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, 
Munich, Western Zone, Southern 
Zone. 
Copenhagen (KB), North Zealand 
(NESA). 
Madrid. 
Lille, Paris, Marseille, Lyon, 
Toulouse, Strasbourg. 
Athens. 
Dublin. 
Northern 
Southern 
Is Iands. 
Grand Duchy (Cegedel). 
Rotterdam (GEB), North Holland 
(PEN)» North Brabant (PNEM). 
Lisbon. 
London, Glasgow, Leeds, 
Birmingham. and Central Italy, 
Italy and the 
Electricity prices shall be surveyed for the following nine 
categories of typical reference industrial consumer: 
Reference Annual Consumption 
Consumer kWh Maximum Demand Annual utilisa 
kW tion, hours 
•»••• " ' • ———^^——•—^———•— •!• al*| 
30 1 000 
50 1 000 
100 1 600 
500 2 500 
500 4 000 
2 500 4 000 
4 000 6 000 
10 000 5 000 
10 000 7 000 30 000 
50 000 
160 000 
1 250 000 
2 000 000 
10 000 000 
24 000 000 
50 000 000 
70 000 000 
The maximum demand is the maximum offtake in any quarter of an hour 
recorded In one year, expressed in kW. The price of supply Is 
calculated for cos 0 - 0.9. In the case of tariffs based on half 
hourly maximum demand, the maximum demand of the reference consumer 
is multiplied by a coefficient of 0.98. In the case of tariffs 
based on a maximum demand expressed in kVA an adjustment is made by 
dividing the reference consumer's maximum demand in kW by the 
coefficient cos 0 - 0.90. 
In the case of tariffs based on maximum demand readings more 
frequent than once a year the capacity charge is multiplied by the 
following coefficients: 
Table of power correction coefficients 
UtiIisa-
tion 
(hours) 
1 000 
1 600 
2 500 
4 000 
5 000 
6 000 
7 000 Monthly 
Max imum 
Demand 
0.81 
0.83 
0.85 
0.90 
0.90 
0.96 
0.96 Two Monthly 
Max imum 
Demand 
0.83 
0.85 
0.87 
0.91 
0.91 
0.97 
0.97 Quarterly 
Max imum 
Demand 
0.86 
0.88 
0.90 
0.95 
0.95 
0.98 
0.98 Average of 
3 highest 
monthly 
Max imum 
Demands 
0.94 
0.95 
0.96 
0.98 
0.98 
0.99 
0.99 Average of 
2 highest 
monthly 
Max imum 
Demands 
0.96 
0.97 
0.98 
0.99 
0.99 
0.995 
0.995 Annua I 
Max im. 
Demand 
1 .0 
1.0 
1.0 
1 .0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
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For tariffs with reductions for "off-peak" periods the following 
"off-peak" consumptions should be assumed In calculating the 
average price per kWh: 
Standard 
consumer 
' a 
'b 
'c 
'd 
'e 
•f 
'g 9 
!h 
1 i Annua 1 
uti 1 i-
sat ion 
hours 
1 000 
1 000 
1 600 
2 500 
4 000 
4 000 
6 000 
5 000 
7 000 Annua I 
Consump-
t Ion 
1000 kWh 
30 
50 
160 
1 250 
2 000 
10 000 
24 000 
50 000 
70 000 Annual Consumption (In 1 000 kWh) 
charged at off-peak rates according 
to the average daily duration of 
off-peak periods in each 24 hours 
7 h 
0 
0 
11 
197 
438 
2 190 
7 140 
13 100 
23 300 8 h 
0 
0 
13 
225 
500 
2 500 
8 160 
15 000 
26 600 9 h 
0 
0 
16 
262 
580 
2 900 
9 120 
17 000 
29 400 10 h 
0 
0 
19 
300 
660 
3 300 
10 080 
19 000 
32 200 11 h 
0 
0 
22 
338 
740 
3 700 
11 040 
21 000 
35 000 12 h 
0 
0 
25 
375 
820 
4 100 
12 000 
23 000 
37 800 
For off peak periods of durations between those shown above, the 
annual consumption of off-peak kWh's should be estimated by 
interpolation. For any further off-peak periods, for example all 
day Sunday, only half of the extra hours should be taken and these 
hours averaged across all days of the year, and the result added to 
the normal off-peak period, before using the table above. 
6. Wherever possible, the price reported should be based on a 
published tariff applicable to the reference consumer category In 
question, tf there are several possible tariffs, the tariff which 
is the most advantageous to the consumer, after the elimination of 
any tariffs wtvtch are not used in practice or which apply only to a 
marginal or negligible number of users, should be applied. Where 
there are only quasi-tar iffs, special contracts, or freely 
negotiated prices, the most commonly found price, (most 
representative) for the given supply conditions should be reported. 
7. Where electricity for a given reference consumer category may be 
supplied at a variety of voltages, that voltage should be assumed 
which is the most representative for the reference consumer 
category in question. This principle should be applied to other 
parameters not specified in this Directive. 
8. The price per kWh should be calculated so as to Include all fixed 
charges payable, (e.g. meter rental, fixed charges or capacity 
charges, etc.), as wet I as the charges for the kWh's consumed. It 
is therefore the total amount payable after any premiums or 
rebates, for the consumption pattern In question, divided by the 
total consumption. Initial connection charges, however, should not 
be included. Although information is to be provided twice yearly, 
the calculation shouki be based on annual consumption figures, to 
avoid seasonal variations. 
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9. P-ices should be given in national currency per kWh : 
- with all taxes excluded 
- with all taxes included, (except recoverable VAT). 
The rates and method of application of taxes, which should 
include any tax whether national, regional or local, levied on 
electricity sales to the consumer, should be reported. 
10. An explanation as detailed as necessary to accurately describe 
the tariff system and how It is applied should be given. Any 
modifications in the system since the previous survey should be 
given special prominence. 
I I. The "Marker Price" Survey, (for Consumers above 10 MW Maximum 
Demand). 
11. To survey industrial consumers with maximum demands above 
10 MW, a new system based on "Marker Prices", as defined below, 
shall be introduced. 
12. For all Member States except the Federal Republic of Germany 
and the United Kingdom, variations in the structure of charges 
and prices charged for large industrial electricity consumers 
across the country are relatively small, and Marker Prices and 
associated information shall be collected and published for the 
Member State as a whole. For the Federal Republic of Germany 
and the United Kingdom there may be significant geographical 
variations and so information for these two Member States shall 
be collected and published by three regions In each case, as 
fo iIows: 
Member State 
Federal Republic of Germany Regions 
North/Central 
West 
South 
Uni ted Kingdom England and Wales 
Scotland 
Northern Ireland 
13. Marker Prices and associated information shall be reported for 
each Member State as described in paragraph 12 above for three 
categories of large industrial consumer, i.e. those industrial 
consumers with maximum demands of about: 
The regions for the Federal Republic are defined as: 
North/Central: Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, 
Niedersachsen and North Hessen. 
West : Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland and 
South Hessen. 
South : Baden Wurttemberg and Bavaria. 
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25 MW, covering consumers with maximum demands between 17,5 MW 
to 37,5 MW. 
50 MW, covering consumers with maximum demands between 37,5 MW 
to 62,5 MW, and 
75 MW, covering consumers with maximum demands between 62,5 MW 
to 75 MW. 
These categories include any industrial consumers which also 
produce a part of their own electricity needs themselves, 
although only information relating to their consumption from an 
electricity utility is required to be reported. 
14. The Marker Price for a given MW category (e.g. 25 MW) Is the 
average price payable per kWh for a notional or "Marker Price" 
industrial consumer of the utility in question with a normal 
maximum demand of about the appropriate size (I.e. 25 MW), but 
before any reductions for "special factors", which should be 
reported separately, (see paragraph 17 below). This "Marker 
Price" industrial consumer should have demand characteristics 
as far as possible representative, (ignoring "special factors") 
of ail the industrial consumers in the category in question 
served by the utility. In order to try to achieve a measure of 
homogeneity, however, the Commission will define demand 
characteristics for "Marker Price" consumers for each category, 
(i.e. 25 MW, 50 MW and 75 MW), which should be adopted by a 
reporting utility where appropriate. If such demand 
characteristics are not appropriate, the utility may define its 
own "Marker Price" consumer demand characteristics, subject to 
the approval of the Commission. These demand characteristics 
refer, for example-, to the load factor, (e.g. "7000 hours", 
where 700Q is the number of hours for which the maximum demand 
would have to be In effect to obtain the annual consumption)., 
and the distribution of consumption by the different tlme-of-
day charge bands, (e.g. peak, off-peak, etc.). 
15. The Marker Prices given should be calculated so as to include 
all fixed charges payable, (e.g. meter rental, fixed charges or 
capacity charges etc.), as well as the charges for the kWh's 
consumed, initial connection charges, however, should not be 
included. Although information is to be provided twice yearly, 
annual consumption figures should be used in order to avoid 
seasonal variations. The way in which the Marker Price is 
calculated, including the Inclusion of any fixed charges, 
should be explained. 
16. For each Marker Price a range of "special factors" which may 
be applied to reduce the price of electricity, (e.g. 
interruptibiIity clauses), should be described and the amount 
of reduction, (e.g. 6%, 8%, 10%,) indicated. These special 
factors should be representative of factors which are in 
reality used by the industrial consumers sup©I led by the 
report rng util ity in the MW catenary bel n$ surveyed. 
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17. In Member States where there is more than one electricity 
utility, these utilities shall each provide Marker Prices and 
the associated Information, (on the demand characteristics of 
the notional "Marker Price" industrial consumer, (paragraph 
15), and on the special factors and their price reductions 
(paragraph 17)), to an independent statistical body. These 
bodies shall then pass on the highest and the lowest Marker 
Price for the Member State,(or for each region if applicable) 
for each MW category, together with the associated information 
for these Marker Prices, simultaneously to the Commission and 
to the national administration. For the other Member States, 
where one national utility covers the whole country, the 
information shall be reported directly and simultaneously to 
the Commission and to the national administration. 
18. In order to preserve confidentiality. Marker Prices and the 
associated Information shall be reported by the independent 
statistical body or the national utility as appropriate (see 
paragraph 18 above) for a given MW category, only where at 
least three consumers in the MW category are present In the 
Member State or region concerned. 
19. Marker Prices should be given In national currency per kWh: 
- with all taxes excluded, and 
- with all taxes, except recoverable VAT, Included. 
The levels of taxes, (excluding recoverable VAT), should be 
indicated as well as an explanation of their application. 
20. Supply utilities should also provide data, once every two 
years, on the number of its consumers in each MW range, (i.e. 
17.5 - 37.5 MW, 37.5 - 62.5 MW, and 62.5 - 75.0 MW), and the 
total annual consumption of these consumers for each range, (in 
GWh). As with the information required under paragraph 18, this 
information shall be passed either via an Independent 
statistical body, which shall collate information for the 
Member State as a whole, or directly and simultaneously to the 
Commission and to the national administration. The information 
required under this paragraph will be provided on a 
confidential basis and will not be published. 
FINANCIAL RECORD 
The Directive has no immediate financial implications. The matter will 
be re-examined when the draft 1991 budget is drawn up, by which time 
the publications and surveys .related to the application of the 
Directive will be published on a six-monthly basis. 
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