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[28] This draft law has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies but is still before the Senate.

The draft bill (if adopted) would see the establishment of a Competition Commission with responsibility for investigating and prosecuting anti-competitive practices falling under the scope of the competition bill, while the current broadcasting and telecommunications authorities would enjoy concurrent jurisdiction for matters relating to either of those distinct areas. The bill would also see the establishment of a Competition Tribunal.

Furthermore, the reports by the deputy and senator who acted as rapporteurs on the draft law before the National Assembly and the Senate respectively had stressed the positive effect of restructuring EDF's balance sheet on the debt-equity ratios: the first report had judged the equity (FRF 24,2 billion) to be insufficient in relation to the loan debts (FRF 131,9 billion) and the net assets (FRF 696,4 million); the strengthening of own funds had given EDF a balance-sheet structure that better reflected its economic reality, while enabling more relevant comparisons with its European competitors; the second report, moreover, had stressed ...[+++]the positive effect for EDF of greater credibility among the financial community and with its potential partners.

Furthermore, the preparatory documents submitted by the French authorities and referred to in recital 104 show that the Council of State took the view in 1997 that non-legislative provisions should be eliminated from the draft law; a draft amendment designed to limit the amounts that the state could collect from EDF under the Act was also rejected.