Universal Registration Document 2021

8.1 Person responsible for the Universal Registration Document and the Certification

8. Additional information

8.1 Person responsible for the Universal Registration Document and the Certification

8.1 Person responsible for the Universal Registration Document and the Certification

8.1.1 Person responsible for the Universal Registration Document

Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF.

8.1.2 Certification from the person responsible for the 2021 Universal Registration Document containing the annual financial report

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this Universal Registration Document accurately reflects the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its meaning.

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting standards and that they give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and the income of the Company and of all the companies included in the consolidation, and that the management report included in this document presents a true and fair view of the business trends, income and financial position of the Company and of all the companies included in the consolidation and a description of the main risks and uncertainties they face.

Jean-Bernard Lévy,

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EDF

8.2 Auditors – Statutory Auditors

Deloitte & Associés

6, Place de la Pyramide, 92908 Paris – La Défense Cedex, represented by Mr Damien Leurent and Mr Christophe Patrier.

KPMG SA

Tour EQHO, 2, avenue Gambetta, CS 60055, 92066 Paris – La Défense Cedex, represented by Mrs Marie Guillemot and Mr Michel Piette.

The Statutory Auditors were initially appointed by decision of the Shareholders’ Meeting of 6 June 2005 for a period of six fiscal years expiring at the end of the Shareholders’ Meeting ruling on the financial statements covering the fiscal year closing 31 December 2010.

Their terms of office were renewed by a decision of the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of 24 May 2011 until the Shareholders’ Meeting ruling on the financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2016 then again by the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of 18 May 2017 for a further period of six fiscal years expiring at the end of the Shareholders’ Meeting ruling on the financial statements covering the fiscal year closing 31 December 2022.

The aforementioned Statutory Auditors consequently certified the financial statements reproduced in this Universal Registration Document.

8.3  Publicly available documents and financial reporting calendar

The Company’s press releases, annual reports, including historical financial information relating to the Company and any related updates filed with the AMF, are available on the Company’s website: www.edf.fr and a copy may also be obtained at the Company’s registered office at 22-30, avenue de Wagram, 75382 Paris Cedex 08 (France).

EDF’s LEI number is 549300X3UK4GG3FNMO06.

All of the regulated information published by the Company, pursuant to Article 221–1 et seq. of the AMF’s general regulation, is available at the following address: www.edf.fr

Finally, the documents and information referred to in Article R. 225-73-1 of the French Commercial Code, are available on the Company’s website in the section dedicated to Shareholders’ Meetings.

The Company has imposed a 15-day embargo period prior to the announcement of the annual and half-year results and before the quarterly results (“quiet period”) during which no new information regarding the business development and EDF’s results shall be disclosed to financial analysts and investors so as to avoid the release of incomplete financial information enabling the recipients to anticipate EDF’s results prior to their official publication.

In application of Article 19 of regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017, the following information is incorporated by reference in this Universal Registration Document:

  • the main headings provided for in Appendices 1 and 2 of the delegated regulation (EU) 2019/980 of 14 March 2019;
  • the information making up the annual financial report provided for in Articles L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and 222-3 of the general regulations of the AMF (French Financial Markets Authority);
  • the information making up the management report of the Board of Directors provided for by the French Commercial Code, including the statement of non-financial performance (DPEF) and the annual report on corporate governance;
  • the 2020 Universal Registration Document (URD 2020) of the EDF group filed with the AMF on 15 March 2021 under number D-21-0121 and the 2019 Universal Registration Document (URD 2019) of the EDF group filed with the AMF on 13 March 2020 under number D-20-0128, which can be consulted on the https://www.edf.fr/ website;
  • the EDF group’s consolidated financial statements (under international accounting standards) for the year ended 31 December 2020 and the Statutory Auditors’ report on those financial statements, which are to be found in chapter 6, sections 6.1 (pages 296 to 418) and 6.2 (pages 419 and 422) of the 2020 Universal Registration Document;
  • the EDF group’s consolidated financial statements (under international accounting standards) for the year ended 31 December 2019 and the Statutory Auditors’ report on those financial statements, which are to be found in chapter 6, sections 6.1 (pages 278 to 393) and 6.2 (pages 394 and 398) of the 2019 Universal Registration Document;
  • the review of the EDF group’s financial position and results for the year ended 31 December 2020, as presented in chapter 5 (pages 266 to 293) of the 2020 Universal Registration Document;
  • the review of the EDF group’s financial position and results for the year ended 31 December 2019, as presented in chapter 5 (pages 244 to 275) of the 2019 Universal Registration Document.