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 gas transmission and gas distribution 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).