State enterprise

A state enterprise is a Entreprise whose Capital is held mainly by the State.

Belgium

In Belgium, the state enterprises vary mainly according to two criteria:

the legal status and methods of management:

Public limit company of public law
public service
participations
…

nature of the public authority owner:

federal state
area
common community
Inter-commune
…

Canada

France

The state enterprises can have the statute of Public limit company (SA), with capital mainly public, or can be Public corporation related to commercial industrial and (EPIC).

The French State holds the following participations:

Undertaken with dimensions (full value of approximately 200 billion euros in May 2007):

EDF: 100% in 2000, 87,32% in 2007
GDF: 100% in 2000, 79,78% in 2007
Group Air France-KLM: 18,57 in 2007 (Air France: 57% in 2000)
Areva: 84,19% in 2007; exit of the regrouping of ECA Industries (100% in 2000), Cogema (82,3% in 2000) and Framatome (23% in 2000)
France Telecom: 60% in 2000,18,8% in 2006, 32,45% in 2007
Thalès: 33,4% in 2002,31,3% in 2006, 27,30% in 2007 (and Thalès 25% of DCNS hold)
Safran: 30,85% in 2007 (+ 7,4% with Areva)
Eramet: 26,25% in 2006 ( via Areva)
Renault: 44% in 2000, 15,01% in 2007
EADS: 15,04% in 2007
Airports of Paris: 70% in 2006, 68,39% in 2007
STMicroelectronics: 10,9% in 2007 ( via Areva)
CNP Insurances: 60% in 2000, 1,18% in 2006

Undertaken not - dimensioned:

the Postal bank: 100% in 2006 ( via La Poste)
Nexter: 100% in 2006
SNPE: 100% in 2006
Charbonnages de France: 100% in 2006
EMC: 100% in 2006
DCNS: 75% in 2007 (the 25% remainders being held by Thalès)
the Frenchwoman of the plays: 72% in 2007
International market of Rungis (Semmaris): 56,85% in 2007 (which should go down to 33,17% after the partial transfer to Altaréa)

Other state enterprises (not of the public limit companies like the preceding ones but, in general, of EPIC; public at 100%, directly or not):

Deposit and consignment office (particular status; have many companies or participations: CNP Insurances (36,49%), Savings bank Group, Transdev, Company of the Alps, CNR (29,43%), TDF (24%)…)
Media: France Televisions, France 24 (50%), Arte France, TV5, Radio France, RFI
Transports: RF, the SNCF, the RATP, La Poste
etc

These participations are managed by the Agence of the participations of the State (APE), satellite of the Head office of the Treasury and the Economic policy (DGTPE). After 1986, and during the Années 1990 and 2000, the State sold part of these participations, inter alia by vague of privatizations, which allowed recapitaliser certain companies (capital growth of EDF for example), opening certain sectors with competition (France Telecom for example) and reducing the Budget deficit in order to slow down the progression of the national Debt of France.

Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg holds: Arcelor: 5,6% of the capital in 2006.

Mali

The Republic of Mali holds: the National office of the stations.

Mexico

The United States of Mexico holds: Pemex.

Nauru

The Republic of Nauru holds: Nauru Phosphates Corporation.

Sweden

The Kingdom of Sweden holds: Systembolaget.

Switzerland

The Swiss Confederation holds: La Poste Switzerland. See the category: : Category: Swiss state enterprise.

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