61.  Final losses, if any, will be assumed by the French state.

62.  The result did not include a planned re-capitalisation by the French state which has yet to be approved by the Commission of the European Union.

63.  There have been reports that the French state is trying to organise a rescue.

64.  Van Miert has ordered an enquiry into the proposed rescue of the group, which was the subject of a major bailout by the French state last year.

65.  It also imposed conditions requiring the French state to reduce its commercial presence abroad, and notably in Europe, significantly and to restructure its operations.

66.  Several sources said that the French state and France Telecom together would retain a majority holding in Bull.

67.  The Credit Lyonnais, which is controlled by the French state, is restructuring its activities to recover from severe losses last year.

68.  The Disneyland Paris theme park east of Paris spends almost as much on promoting itself as the entire French state, it said.

69.  The French state sold four percent of the oil group Total by tender to banks on Wednesday, the economy ministry said.

70.  The French state would retain a special share to protect national defence interests.