At the end of its appraisal, the CRE recommended the implementation of a new pricing structure with priority given:
• to extending the scope of supply used to calculate the costs covered by regulated rates so that these costs are more representative of the GDF SUEZ's European portfolio mainly by including sources of liquefied natural gas which is naturally sold on the French and European market;
• to increasing the proportion of index-linked supplies. Increasing the weighting of the gas market price in the pricing formula to 30% would achieve a formula that is more representative of GDF SUEZ's supply portfolio;
• to distributing retrospectively observed differences between the operator and consumers subject to the principle of cost recovery.