- Czech Republic: 1) EDF of France is candidate for privatisation of the electricity company CEZ (turnover EUR 1.5 billion in 2000 with an installed capacity of around 10,000 megawatts, amounting to 66% of the country's total capacity). In August, the Czech government put the group up for privatisation. It holds most of the capital as well as six of the eight regional electricity distribution companies. CEZ, whose stock exchange capitalisation reached EUR 5.4 billion at the end of 2000, is...