Method for the remote automated reading of a fluid meter executed in an automated metering management system in the context of a fluid-distribution service, comprising a fluid meter and a system, referred to as a centralised-meter system, the fluid meter being able to transmit frames in accordance with a wireless communication standard to the centralised-meter system, the centralised-meter system being able to receive said frames and to communicate by powerline with a data concentrator in a first frequency band via a first network of the powerline communication network type, said data concentrator communicating with a management entity of the automated metering management system via a second network, characterised in that, the centralised-meter system comprising a centralised meter and an intermediate unit both associated with said fluid meter, the centralised meter and the intermediate unit being two separate devices able to communicate with one another by powerline in a second frequency band not overlapping said first frequency band via a third network of the powerline communication network type distinct from said first network, the method comprises: - performing (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414) a phase of pairing between the centralised-meter system and the fluid meter wherein the intermediate unit receives each signalling frame sent by the fluid meter and considers that the centralised-meter system and the fluid meter are paired when it receives a signalling frame following a reception of a frame containing information representing a pairing request from the centralised meter and, when it is paired with the fluid meter, instances an emulation application emulating a virtual fluid meter able to communicate directly with the data concentrator on behalf of said fluid meter; - performing an index transmission phase during which the centralised-meter system receives frames from the fluid meter each comprising information representing a fluid-consumption reading, the virtual fluid meter taking responsibility for retransmitting said information representing a fluid-consumption reading to the management entity via the data concentrator. - performing (401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414) a phase of pairing between the centralised-meter system and the fluid meter wherein the intermediate unit receives each signalling frame sent by the fluid meter and considers that the centralised-meter system and the fluid meter are paired when it receives a signalling frame following a reception of a frame containing information representing a pairing request from the centralised meter and, when it is paired with the fluid meter, instances an emulation application emulating a virtual fluid meter able to communicate directly with the data concentrator on behalf of said fluid meter; - performing an index transmission phase during which the centralised-meter system receives frames from the fluid meter each comprising information representing a fluid-consumption reading, the virtual fluid meter taking responsibility for retransmitting said information representing a fluid-consumption reading to the management entity via the data concentrator.