[en] The April 12, 1999 decree gave propane gas distributors the possibility to become public operators for distribution network. It enabled 28 000 French municipalities not supplied by natural gas network to have access to propane gas. What is the challenge for concession firms and for licensors? What has this evolution brought two years after the first public operators agreements signed by the French Ministry of Industry (number of certified operators, tenders for concessions, municipalities connected and number of subscribers)? What are the operator proposals in technical and tariff terms? Outlook for market evolution: number of subscribers connected in the two years to come?