Universal Registration Document 2021

4.2 Sales to external customers, by product and service group

The Group’s sales are broken down by product and service group as follows:

“Generation/Supply”: energy generation and energy sales to industry, local authorities, small businesses and residential consumers. This segment also includes EDF Trading;
“Distribution”: management of the low and medium-voltage public electricity distribution networks;
“Other”: services and production of equipment and fuel for reactors, energy services (district heating, thermal energy services, etc.) for industry and local authorities, and electricity generation through cogeneration and renewable energy sources (e.g. wind turbines, photovoltaic panels, etc.).

(in millions of euros)	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros)2021 :	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros) External sales:	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros) France ⁽²⁾	Generation – Supply 31,678	Distribution 16,960	Other ⁽¹⁾ 377	Total 49,015
(in millions of euros) International and Other activities	Generation – Supply 27,292	Distribution -	Other ⁽¹⁾ 8,154	Total 35,446
SALES	SALESGeneration – Supply58,970	SALES Distribution 16,960	SALESOther ⁽¹⁾8,531	SALES Total 84,461

(in millions of euros)	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros)2020 :	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros) External sales:	Generation – Supply	Distribution	Other ⁽¹⁾	Total
(in millions of euros) France ⁽²⁾	Generation – Supply 27,261	Distribution 15,731	Other ⁽¹⁾ 298	Total43,290
(in millions of euros) International and Other activities	Generation – Supply 18,601	Distribution -	Other ⁽¹⁾ 7,140	Total25,741
SALES	SALESGeneration – Supply45,862	SALES Distribution 15,731	SALESOther ⁽¹⁾7,438	SALESTotal69,031

(1) “Other” groups of services include Framatome.

(2) France comprises the two operating segments France – Generation and Supply and France – Regulated activities (see note 4.1).

Note 5 Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation

(in millions of euros)	Notes	2021	2020
Sales	SalesNotes5.1	Sales202184,461	Sales202069,031
Fuel and energy purchases	Fuel and energy purchasesNotes5.2	Fuel and energy purchases2021(44,299)	Fuel and energy purchases2020(32,425)
(in millions of euros) External services	Notes	2021 (14,145)	2020 (13,072)
(in millions of euros) Other purchases (excluding external services, fuel and energy)	Notes	2021 (3,698)	2020 (3,524)
(in millions of euros) Change in inventories and capitalised production	Notes	2021 8,987	2020 7,888
(in millions of euros) (Increase)/decrease in provisions on other external expenses	Notes	2021 261	2020 247
(in millions of euros)Other external expenses ⁽¹⁾	Notes	2021(8,595)	2020(8,461)
(in millions of euros)Personnel expenses	Notes5.3	2021(14,494)	2020(13,957)
(in millions of euros) Payroll taxes	Notes	2021 (301)	2020 (292)
(in millions of euros) Energy taxes	Notes	2021 (1,672)	2020 (1,635)
(in millions of euros) Other non-income taxes ⁽²⁾	Notes	2021 (1,357)	2020 (1,870)
(in millions of euros)Taxes other than income taxes ⁽³⁾	Notes	2021(3,330)	2020(3,797)
(in millions of euros)Other operating income and expenses	Notes5.4	20214,262	20205,783
OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION	OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATIONNotes	OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION202118,005	OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION202016,174

(1) After elimination of the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates and the scope of consolidation, other external expenses increased by 1.3% compared to 2020.

(2) Taxes other than income taxes mainly concern France and essentially comprise land tax and the French business taxes on land and value added.

(3) After elimination of changes in foreign exchange rates and scope of consolidation, taxes other than income taxes decreased by 12% compared to 2020, principally due to lower generation taxes introduced in France’s economic recovery plan.

The Group’s consolidated operating profit before depreciation and amortisation for 2021 amounts to €18,005 million, an organic increase of 11.3% from 2020.

Universal Registration Document 2021

6. Financial statements

4.2 Sales to external customers, by product and service group

Note 5 Operating profit before depreciation and amortisation