ȜȜ I Financial Report I 2011 FINANCIAL REPORT I 2011 CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP
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Contents CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS GROUP
Notion of Group 2 Consolidated fi nancial statements 3 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTION OF GROUP AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL
The French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) STATEMENTS defi nes Caisse des Dépôts as “a state-owned group at the service of the public interest and the country’s economic development. The said group In compliance with Article L.518-15-1 of the French Monetary and fulfi ls public interest functions in support of the policies pursued by the Financial Code: State and local authorities, and may engage in competitive activities. […] “Each year, Caisse des dépôts et consignations shall present its company and consolidated fi nancial statements, audited by two statutory auditors, Caisse des dépôts et consignations is a long-term investor promoting to the Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate.” business development in line with its own patrimonial interests.
Caisse des dépôts et consignations is closely supervised by the French Parliament and the legislative process”.
The Group is therefore unique as a public institution with subsidiaries and affi liates that operate in the competitive sector.
From an accounting perspective, Caisse des Dépôts comprises two report- ing entities: ➨the Central Sector, which consolidates the entities over which Caisse des Dépôts exercises exclusive or joint control or signifi cant infl uence, and whose consolidation has a material impact on the Group fi nancial state- ments;
➨the Savings Funds sector which prepares separate fi nancial statements.