in this paper, we have investigated the behaviour of gasoline prices in France over the period1980-1990. We have established that the price liberalisation measures introduced in 1985 were successfull inintegrating the domestlc market to the European one, but the process of integration is still in progress. Thebehaviour of the Tax Authorities did not inhibit price flexibility with final gasoline prices respondingsymmetrically to international gasoline price changes
