Twenty participants out of 42 have acquired, in auction, the totality of the 1,200 megawatt electricity generation capacity proposed by the French public producer, EDF. Further auctions will be organised for November to gradually reach a sale of 6,000 MW by 2003. We recall that the French electricity company has pledged to the European Commission that it will disinvest a considerable part of its power station capacity for acquisition of a 34.5% stake in the capital of the German electricity...