By Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & Manuel Klop Published: 06/01/2009

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The differences of approach between EU countries, even those which have embraced liberalisation and third party access with relative enthusiasm, are a matter of great importance to the success of the evolution of a single European gas market. For these reasons this paper on the "gaps" between the Dutch and the British approach is a welcome contribution to the Natural Gas Programme's work on European gas liberalisation following the papers by: Lohmann on Germany, Haase on regulatory regimes, Cavaliere on Italy and Hunt on entry-exit tariffs. The fact that this publication sets out the evolution of the Dutch tariffication methodology using original sources, is a particularly important contribution to the literature on European gas liberalisation.