Under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme ... - Finance - EDF

GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Application has been made to the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") to
approve this document as a base prospectus. Application will be made in certain
circumstances to Euronext Paris for Notes issued under the Programme to be
admitted to trading on Euronext Paris.
This Base Prospectus received the visa No. 12-240 on 1 June 2012 from the AMF.
Euronext Paris is a regulated market for the purposes of the Directive 2004/39/EC.
The Final Terms applicable to each Series of Notes admitted to trading on Euronext
Paris will be filed with the AMF. If the Final Terms in relation to a Series of Notes do
not specify the aggregate nominal amount of Notes admitted to trading on Euronext
Paris, the relevant Final Terms will indicate the manner in and date on which such
amount will be made public in accordance with Article 212-27 of the general
regulations of the AMF.
2. No authorisation procedures are required of Electricité de France by French law for
the establishment or update of the Programme. However, to the extent that Notes
issued under the Programme may constitute obligations under French law, the issue
of such Notes will be authorised in accordance with French law. A resolution of the
conseil d'administration dated 12 December 2011 authorises the issue of Notes up to
a maximum aggregate amount of Euro 12 billion.
3. Save as disclosed in this Base Prospectus, neither the Issuer nor any of its fully
consolidated subsidiaries is or has been involved in any governmental, legal or
arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings which are pending or
threatened of which the Issuer is aware), during a period covering at least the
previous 12 months which may have, or have had in the recent past, significant
effects on the financial position or profitability of the Issuer or any of its fully
consolidated subsidiaries.
4. Since the date of the last published audited consolidated financial statements of the
Issuer, and save as disclosed in this Base Prospectus, there has been no material
adverse change in the prospects of the Issuer and no significant change in the
financial or trading position of the Issuer and its fully consolidated subsidiaries.
5. The consolidated financial statements for the years ending 31 December 2010 and
31 December 2011 of the Issuer have been audited by Deloitte & Associés and
KPMG SA. The audit reports relating to the 2010 consolidated financial statements
draw attention to certain notes to the financial statements relating to the valuation of
long-term provisions relating to nuclear electricity production, as well as the changes
in accounting principles and the conditions of consolidation of financial information
related to Italian entities in respect of the audit report to the 2010 consolidated
financial statements. The audit report relating to the 2011 consolidated financial
statements draw certain notes to the financial statements relating to the valuation of
long-term provisions relating to nuclear electricity production. KPMG SA and Deloitte
& Associés are members of the Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux
Comptes.
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