Paris, Monday, July 2, 2007 – At 12 o'clock midday today, Gaz de France had already received more than 6,000 new contract requests for its free market offer. 524 customers have already signed up and will consequently be switching over to the new free market regime in the next few days. Gaz de France has particularly watched over conceiving offerings that meet at best clients' expectations.

Customers have expressed particular interest in the solution offered by Gaz de France that guarantees fixed gas and electricity energy prices throughout the life of the contracts. This solution allows customers to know exactly where they stand as far as their energy budgets are concerned.

The deregulation of the markets has also made it possible to demonstrate that the structural new organization first launched more than two years ago within the company has been efficient. The conditions of independence, openness and non-discrimination vis-à-vis all operators have been applied in compliance with the requirements of the second gas directive transposed into French law in 2003 and 2006.

For the past two years, Gaz de France has strived to ensure that the deregulation of the market proceeds as simply and clearly as possible for consumers, and to give them the benefit of new attractive service offerings, fitting their projects and needs.


Company profile :

The Gaz de France Group is a major player in the European energy market. Ranked first in the distribution of natural gas in Europe, Gaz de France employs almost 50,000 people and generated, in 2006, sales of €27.6 billion. The group boasts a portfolio of approximately 13.9 million customers, 11.1 million of whom are based in France. First listed on the Paris Bourse in July 2005, Gaz de France entered the CAC 40 and the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 indexes in September 2005.


Press Contact :

Jérôme Chambin
Tel: 33-1 47 54 24 35
E-mail: jerome.chambin@gazdefrance


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