Gas prices 1980-1986

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1980-1986 This publication is also available in the following language:
FR ISBN 92-825-6229-8
Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication
Manuscript completed in April 1986
For all information concerning this publication, contact:
F. Desgardes — Tel. Luxembourg 430 11, ext. 3102
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1986
ISBN 92-825-6228-X
Catalogue number: CA-45-86-894-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1986
Reproduction is authorized, except for commercial purposes, provided the source is
mentioned
Printed in Luxembourg CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 5
II. CONDITIONS AND METHODS 7
1. Scope and Locations
2. Units of measurement of energy 8
3. Standard consumers 9
4. Definition of the price Levels recorded 12
III. UNITS OF VALUE 15
1. The European currency unit (ECU)
2. The purchasing power standard (PPS)6
3. Prices in "current" and "constant" PPS 1
4. Price series7
IV. TAXATI ON9
1. VaLue-added tax 1
2. Specific taxes 20
V. GAS PRICES IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES1
1. FR of Germany2
2. France8
3. ItaLy 37
4. The NetherLands 4
5. Belgium 5
6. G.D. of Luxembourg 6
7. United Kingdom6
8. Ireland 73
9. Denmark
10. Spain 81
11. Portugal 9
VI. COMMUNITY COMPARISON AND CONCLUSIONS 95
VII. STATISTICAL ANNEX I
Tables :
: Household and industrial prices by country Ill
: Conversion factors for PPS, ECU and
GDP price indices XXXVI
: International comparison (EUR 12) XXXVISYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
-/ Nil
0 Data less than half the unit used
■ No data avai lable
1980 = 10CI reference year
* Natural gas
+ Gasworks gas
3
m cubic metre
kilowatthour . kWh
Gwh gigawatthour(10 kWh)
h hour
megajoule , MJ
gigajoule(10 MJ) GJ
number n
gross calorific value GCV
NCV Net c value
BFR Belgian franc
Danish crown DKR
German mark DM
Escudo ESC
French franc FF
Dutch gui Ider HFL
Irish pound IR£
Luxembourg franc LFR
Italian lira LIT
Peseta PTA
UK£ Pound sterling
Purchasing power standard PPS
European currency unit ECU
EUR 12 Total of the member countries of the European
Communities
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities INTRODUCTION
The present publication is a complete updating of the study "Gas Prices"
1980-1985" published by Eurostat in 1985.
It contains the most recent prices, valid in 1986 together with a time
series going back to 1980.
The text describes all recent changes in tariffs, taxation, supply and
conditions of sale liable to affect consumer price levels.
The scope of the study has been widened to include Spain and Portugal
with as complete a description as possible of the structure of the gas
industry, tariffs and taxes in these two new Member States.
The definitions and methods remain the same as those used in previous
studies, so that the formation and development of gas prices can be
observed over a very long time series.
For reasons of economy this publication is only available in two
languages : English and French.
The survey on which the study is based was conducted by the Statistical
Office of the European Communities and would not have been possible
without the cooperation of the gas companies and the Energy Institute of
Cologne University, to whom we express our sincere thanks.
Our special thanks to the many government departments and gas companies
in Spain and Portugal who willingly cooperated in this study and provided
so much information, even before the two countries joined the European
Economic Community which enabled early publication of the results. II. CONDITIONS AND METHODS
1. SCOPE AND LOCATIONS
The present study aims to show the actual price of gas paid by the
consumer in the member countries of the European Economic Community.
Two types of gas are concerned :
(i) Natural gas (methane);
(ii) Gasworks gas.
Contrary to natural gas, which is a primary ener^, . <urce extracted from
naturally occuring gasfields, gasworks gas is a derived energy source
manufactured from coal, petroleum products or from cracked, reformed or
mixed natural gas.
The present study is not concerned with liquified petroleum gas (butane,