Areva - Reference Document 2016

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PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT

ATTESTATION BY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT

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PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT

Mr. Philippe Knoche Chief Executive Officer of AREVA

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ATTESTATION BY THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT

“I hereby attest, having taking every reasonable measure to this effect, and to the best of my knowledge, that the information contained in this Reference Document fairly reflects the current situation and that no material aspects of such information have been omitted. I attest that, to my knowledge, the financial statements are prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and give a fair presentation of the assets, financial position and operating results of the company and of all consolidated companies, and that the management report of the Board of Directors, whose structure is described in Appendix 7 of this Reference Document, presents a fair picture of the business, income and financial position of the company and of all consolidated companies as well as a description of the main risks and uncertainties they confront. I have received an end-of-engagement letter from the statutory auditors indicating that they have verified information relating to the financial position and the financial statements provided in this reference document and have read the entire report. The end-of-engagement letter does not contain any observations. The historical financial information presented in this document has been the subject of reports by the statutory auditors, which contain observations. Without qualifying the findings on the financial statements, the statutory auditors, in their report on the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 on page 173 of this Reference Document, wish to draw attention to:

p Notes 1.1, 25 and 31, which set out the liquidity situation and the information relating to the application of the going concern principle;

p Note 1.1, which sets out the context of the closing, the implementation of the group’s restructuring project, the quality issues impacting the AREVA NP sites and the signature of the share purchase agreement with EDF fixing the terms and conditions for the sale of New NP;

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