EDF / 2019 Universal registration document

1. The Group, its strategy and activities

History and Organisation of the Group 1.2

History of the Group 1.2.1

EDF SINCE 1946

Opening of the French market, first for B2B (2000 to 2004), then for B2C (2007).

On 20 November 2004, EDF becomes a French SA.

Nationalisation of the electricity and gas sectors.

IPO in 2005 and creation of RTE to guarantee non-discriminatory access to the market.

Creation of EDF as an EPIC (1) in accordance with the law of 8 April 1946.

Structural changes in the EDF group

1946

1963

1990

1999

2004

2005

2009

Launch of the commercial-scale nuclear program.

Development of the French industrial base, includinghydroelectric and nuclear power plants.

Development in France International development

Acquisition of British Energy.

Start of the international development, first in South America, then in Europe with the UK (from 1998 onwards), Germany (2001) and Italy (2005).

(1) EPIC : Public Industrial and Commercial Establishment.

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