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 Statute
RTE was set up on 1st July 2000, as an EDF department with independent
accounts, management and finances. Since 1st September 2005,
under the terms of the Law of 9 August on public service electricity
and gas and electricity and gas companies, RTE has been a state-owned
limited company, a subsidiary of the EDF Group.
The Law of 9 August 2004 states that the network operator:
- retains responsibility for maintaining, operating and
developing the electricity transmission system,
- becomes the owner of its industrial
assets,
- is a company whose capital continues to be held entirely
"EDF, the State or other firms or institutions belonging
to the public sector".
The Decree approving the company's articles of association
appeared in the Official Journal of the French Republic on
31 August 2005. Among other things, it specifies the legal
form, name and purpose of the new company, the composition
of its capital and its method of corporate governance.
A limited company and subsidiary of the EDF Group, the company
RTE EDF Transport is authorised to use the "Réseau
de Transport d’Electricité" commercial brand
or the "RTE" logo.
The missions entrusted to it under the Laws of 10 February
2000 and 9 August 2004 are reaffirmed. |
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