The present Ordinance implements the Energy Industry Act of 7 July 2005 (BGBl. I p. 1970). In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the establishment of the method to determine charges to access electricity supply networks. The text consist of 33 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Method to determine charges for electricity net access (2); Comparative method (3); Duties of net operators (4); Other provisions (5).