The FINANCIAL -- At the Gazprom headquarters Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Vladimir Kovalchuk, Chairman of the Gazprom Interregional Trade Union (ITU) signed the General Collective Agreement of Gazprom and its subsidiary companies for 2013 to 2015.

The Agreement governs the relations between the employees and the employer within the of social partnership system established in Gazprom. Particularly, it determines allowances, guarantees and compensations provided by the Company to its employees, including health care. As Gazprom announced, special attention in the document is given to labor protection.

The General Collective Agreement covers the employees of the Company and its fully-owned subsidiaries engaged in natural gas production, transportation, processing, storage and marketing, as well as the employees of the Company's Interregional Trade Union Council and trade unions of subsidiary companies.“Gazprom's success is due to the efforts given by each and every employee of our Company. A close-knit and highly qualified team able to perform the tasks of any difficulty is our honor and the main strategic advantage in the tough competition for global leadership.

That is why we pay great attention to providing a decent level of social security for the Company's employees. The General Collective Agreement is the main document in this undertaking,” Alexey Miller said.

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