EDF: Sales for the first 9 months of 2010

At constant scope and exchange rates, organic growth in Group sales was 3.8%. The first nine months of 2010 were characterised by an increase in the volume of electricity sales and by prices that are generally on a downward trend internationally.
During the first 9 months of 2010, France accounted for 49% of EDF Group sales while international sales and other activities accounted for 51%.
The EDF Group, one of the leaders in the energy market in Europe, is an integrated energy company active in all businesses: generation, transmission, distribution, energy supply and trading. The Group is the leading electricity producer in Europe. In France, it has mainly nuclear and hydraulic production facilities where 95% of the electricity output involves no CO2 emissions. EDF's transport and distribution subsidiaries in France operate 1,285,000 km of low and medium voltage overhead and underground electricity lines and around 100,000 km of high and very high voltage networks. The Group is involved in supplying energy and services to around 38 million customers around the world, including close to 28 million in France. The Group generated consolidated sales of €66.3 billion in 2009, of which 49% in Europe excluding France. EDF is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and is a member of the CAC 40 index.