The Industry, Research and Energy Committee is supporting the liberalisation of the gas market along the lines of a recent Commission compromise proposal, which aimed to address concerns of countries opposed to "full ownership unbundling" (the complete separation of gas suppliers from gas transmission networks) without going as far as the so-called "third option" supported by those countries.
Eiropas Parlamenta atbildīgā komiteja ir atbalstījusi gāzes tirgus tālākas liberalizācijas variantu, kas ir tuvs Eiropas Komisijas piedāvātajam kompromisam un prasībās par lielo uzņēmumu sadali nesniedzas tik tālu kā Parlamenta jūnija planārsesijā atbalstītais elektrības tirgus modelis.