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Crédit <strong>Agricole</strong> S.A.Update of the 2011 registration document - A032. Cost of riskThe cost of risk of Crédit <strong>Agricole</strong> S.A. and its subsidiaries totalled €2.93 billion in the first half of 2012,compared with €1.95 billion in the first half of 2012 (+50%).This sharp increase relates primarily to International Retail Banking and Specialised Financial Services. InGreece, the inclusion of state-owned companies guaranteed by the government within the framework of thesovereign debt exchange is reflected by the impairment of loans granted by Emporiki in the amount of 320million euros. In addition, due to the unfavourable development of the economic climate in Greece andCyprus, Crédit <strong>Agricole</strong> S.A. has booked a provision for country and business line risk of 314 million euros.Additional provisions were booked during the first half of 2012 for Agos representing a total of 364 millioneuros.Detailed operations affecting the cost of risk are set out in Note 3.8 to the consolidated financial statements.Market riskMarket risk measurement and management internal methods are described pages 196 to 201 of the 2011Registration document.Market risk is the risk of a negative impact on the income statement or the balance sheet caused byadverse fluctuations in the value of financial instruments following changes in market parameters, inter alia:- interest rates: interest rate risk is the risk of a change in the fair value of a financial instrument or thefuture cash flows from a financial instrument due to a change in interest rates;- exchange rates: currency risk is the risk of a change in the fair value of a financial instrument due to achange in exchange rates;- prices: price risk is the risk of a change in the price or volatility of equities and commodities, baskets ofequities and stock indices. The instruments most exposed to this risk are variable-income securities,equity derivatives and commodity derivative instruments;- credit spreads: credit risk is the risk of a change in the fair value of a financial instrument resulting frommovement in the credit spreads of indices or issuers. For more complex credit products, there is also therisk of a change in fair value arising from a change in the correlation between issuer defaults.Page 112 sur 237

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