The Management Committee has ordered to conduct in January-April 2007 a competitive process for selecting an auditor to perform the statutory annual audit of Gazprom.

The Tender Commission was entrusted with conducting the competitive procedure and reporting on its results in conformity with the bidding rules.

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In 2006 Russia’s Government issued Directive ?202-r “On the Official Publication of the Russian Federation for Publishing Information on the Placement of Orders for the Supply of Goods, Fulfillment of Work and Rendering of Services for Federal Needs” of February 14, 2006 and Directive ?229-r “On the Official Web Site of the Russian Federation for Publishing Information on the Placement of Orders for the Supply of Goods, Fulfillment of Work and Rendering of Services for Federal Needs” of February 20, 2006. The Directives lay down new procedures as regards the publication and placement of competitive process related data.

New editions of the Competitive Bidding Rules and Tender Commission Provisions have been developed in conformity with the changed legislation and based on the practice of application of bidding documents.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit is the auditor of Gazprom since 1995.