SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to discontinue French TRS natural gas assessments

Following industry consultation, S&P Global Platts has decided to align its naming convention for its French natural gas market assessments to reflect an industry-wide trading framework change due to take effect November 1, 2018, in line with announcements made by the French Commission de Regulation de l'Energie - CRE.

On November 1, 2018, the PEG Nord and TRS hubs will merge to form a single gas hub to be named Trading Region France - TRF. As a result the French TRS assessments will be discontinued, and all reported trading activity on the French gas hub will form part of the Platts French PEG assessment.

For the French TRS market, Platts is to make the following changes:

- On October 1 2018, the French TRS month-ahead assessment (GPSTM00) will be discontinued. The last day of publication will be September 28, 2018.

- On October 31, 2018, the French TRS day-ahead assessment (GPSTD00) and the weekend assessment (GPSTT00) will be discontinued. The last day of publication for the day-ahead assessment will be October 30, 2018, with the last day of publication for the weekend assessment on October 26, 2018.

The above changes will apply to all related symbols, including flow date symbols, currency and unit conversions and monthly averages, and to the historical data series for TRS.

Platts continues to invite comments and queries to power@spglobal.com with copy to pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing. Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not market as confidential available upon request.