Energy: networks, permissions and contracts · France / Switzerland
Business electricity: market status and supply terms
A business electricity decision starts with the actual customer, consuming sites and current supply position. France’s tariff and market framework differs from Switzerland’s basic-supply and market-access rules. Assemble eligibility evidence, consumption, existing contracts and previous choices before comparing duration, power, volume and prices. Separate energy from network and other charges. The output supports the customer’s purchasing decision rather than a supplier’s operating authorisation.
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What tariff, basic-supply or market status is recorded?
France: distinguish market supply from a regulated tariff and its statutory eligibility evidence. Switzerland: preserve basic-supply or market-access status under LApEl 6; neither status follows automatically from the label professional customer.
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Which consuming sites and legal customer form the purchase perimeter?
France: identify the legal purchaser and consuming sites under the site-based choice framework. Switzerland: define the final customer and relevant economic/geographical site; a group contract does not prove that every establishment shares the same market status.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
What tariff, basic-supply or market status is recorded?
France: distinguish market supply from a regulated tariff and its statutory eligibility evidence. Switzerland: preserve basic-supply or market-access status under LApEl 6; neither status follows automatically from the label professional customer.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Which consumption and eligibility evidence matters in the selected country?
France: compare consumption, power and the workforce or financial evidence relevant to the chosen tariff route. Switzerland: OApEl 11 uses the relevant actual annual site consumption; the worksheet does not determine eligibility from an unexplained aggregate figure.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Customer supply-status and commitment comparison
Synthetic example: fictional records. Customer supply-status and commitment comparison.
Synthetic example: fictional records · Customer supply-status and commitment comparison
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Customer and sites
- Business A, sites S1 and S2
- Status and current contract
- Supply C1, term to verify
- Proposed commitments
- Duration D1, power P1, volume V1
- Price and exit
- Offer F1, renewal R1
The output supports the customer’s purchasing decision rather than a supplier’s operating authorisation.
What duration, volume and power commitments appear in the offer?
France: compare duration, volume, power and consequences of contractual deviations. Switzerland: retain the equivalent actual supply commitments; a unit price or forecast alone does not show every obligation accepted by the customer.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
A business electricity decision starts with the actual customer, consuming sites and current supply position. France’s tariff and market framework differs from Switzerland’s basic-supply and market-access rules. Assemble eligibility evidence, consumption, existing contracts and previous choices before comparing duration, power, volume and prices. Separate energy from network and other charges. The output supports the customer’s purchasing decision rather than a supplier’s operating authorisation.
How are energy, network and other charges separated?
France: separate energy, network and other charges with periods and units. Switzerland: LApEl 6 distinguishes the relevant tariff components; this documentary record does not create an applicable tariff or infer a full breakdown from a total bill.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
What previous choice or contract may constrain a change?
France: examine the existing contract and conditional switching rules, including L331-3. Switzerland: OApEl 11 generally gives market choice a definitive basic-supply consequence, with an express RCP exception; do not promise either unrestricted return or a universal prohibition.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Preparation reference: Customer supply-status and commitment comparison
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| Which consuming sites and legal customer form the purchase perimeter? | France: identify the legal purchaser and consuming sites under the site-based choice framework. Switzerland: define the final customer and relevant economic/geographical site; a group contract does not prove that every establishment shares the same market status. |
| What tariff, basic-supply or market status is recorded? | France: distinguish market supply from a regulated tariff and its statutory eligibility evidence. Switzerland: preserve basic-supply or market-access status under LApEl 6; neither status follows automatically from the label professional customer. |
| Which consumption and eligibility evidence matters in the selected country? | France: compare consumption, power and the workforce or financial evidence relevant to the chosen tariff route. Switzerland: OApEl 11 uses the relevant actual annual site consumption; the worksheet does not determine eligibility from an unexplained aggregate figure. |
| What duration, volume and power commitments appear in the offer? | France: compare duration, volume, power and consequences of contractual deviations. Switzerland: retain the equivalent actual supply commitments; a unit price or forecast alone does not show every obligation accepted by the customer. |
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Which termination, renewal and replacement-supply terms remain unclear?
France: retain termination, renewal, notice and replacement-supply terms for the actual site. Switzerland: identify the relevant exit or return branch and prior choices. Unknown continuity or contract consequences remain unresolved rather than becoming an assumed completed change.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Why is this customer decision separate from a supplier’s permission to sell?
France: the purchaser’s supplier choice is separate from the seller’s permission to supply. Switzerland: preserve the same actor distinction between customer status, network access and supplier activity; this preparation does not authorise an undertaking to sell electricity.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
What other questions arise in this file?
What tariff, basic-supply or market status is recorded?
France: distinguish market supply from a regulated tariff and its statutory eligibility evidence. Switzerland: preserve basic-supply or market-access status under LApEl 6; neither status follows automatically from the label professional customer.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
What duration, volume and power commitments appear in the offer?
France: compare duration, volume, power and consequences of contractual deviations. Switzerland: retain the equivalent actual supply commitments; a unit price or forecast alone does not show every obligation accepted by the customer.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
What previous choice or contract may constrain a change?
France: examine the existing contract and conditional switching rules, including L331-3. Switzerland: OApEl 11 generally gives market choice a definitive basic-supply consequence, with an express RCP exception; do not promise either unrestricted return or a universal prohibition.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Why is this customer decision separate from a supplier’s permission to sell?
France: the purchaser’s supplier choice is separate from the seller’s permission to supply. Switzerland: preserve the same actor distinction between customer status, network access and supplier activity; this preparation does not authorise an undertaking to sell electricity.
Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3input-fr : 6, 13input-fr : 11
Which official references should you consult?
- Code énergie: commercialisation L331–L338 : L331-1, L331-2, L337-7, L331-3www.legifrance.gouv.fr
- input-fr : 6, 13www.fedlex.admin.ch
- input-fr : 11www.fedlex.admin.ch
Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026