1. Alain Gallais, Insee (France) head of PPI division 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group Warsaw, Poland Water supply and sewerage in France

2. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Classifications Section E - WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION SERVICES ACTIVITIES (NACE)  36 Water collection, treatment and supply  37 Sewerage PRODUCTS (CPA 2008)  36.00.11drinking water  36.00.12non-drinking water  36.00.20treatment and distribution services of water through mains  36.00.30trade services of water through mains  37.00.11sewage removal and treatment services  37.00.12treatment servics of cesspools and septic tanks  37.00.20sewage sludge => Goods (?) and Services

3. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (1) Water withdrawn, collected, consumed ? The business statistics differ much from the ecological approach…

4. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (2) Price is very sensitive to quantities: fixed costs = 80% of total costs but fixed revenue = 20% of total revenue And quantities are decreasing… Price will increase… What about productivity? Cost- efficiency?

5. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (3) Public and private bodies in Europe  Apparently opposite cases in United Kingdom and in the Netherlands.  “Delegation of public services” begins in Poland, with French firm SAUR  Water supply  Sewerage

6. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (4) A coproduction between public and private bodies (FR)  The local authorities are always responsible for the management of water services on their territory, but they can delegate to private operators or not  Public bodies are always owners of the facilities : they pay the investments  In case of “delegation of public service” each of the public and the private bodies records its share in its turnover.

7. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (5) Local authority Private operator Final consumer Sale of a good (36.00.1) Sale of a service (36.00.2) or of a good (36.00.3) The private operator appears as a subcontractor. Direct payment to public body

8. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (6) “Delegation of public service” and payment to private operator Local authority Final consumer Sale of a good (36.00.1) in 2 parts on the same invoice Sale of a service (36.00.2) or of a good (36.00.3) The private operator and the public body appear as co-producers. Other private operator Private operator

9. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (7) An example of a water bill

10. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (8) Exemple: Nantes and suburbs  595 000 inhabitants  24 municipalities  Sewerage  15 « delegation management » contracts  2 « interested governance » contracts ♦1 for purification plant management ♦1 for sludge enhancing  Water  2 « delegations management » contracts  5 « pure management » contracts  But same price for all inhabitants

11. 4 th Oct 2012 27 th Voorburg Group, Warsaw, Poland Market characteristics (9) An oligopolistic market (3 companies account for 66% in water industry and 46% in sewerage industry, and even more when they are measured as groups) and a strong professional organisation

12. Thank you for your attention Contact M. Alain Gallais Tél. : (+ 33) 01 41 17 58 55 Courriel : alain.gallais@insee.fralain.gallais@insee.fr Insee 18 bd Adolphe-Pinard 75675 Paris Cedex 14 www.insee.fr Informations statistiques : www.insee.fr / Contacter l’Insee 09 72 72 4000 (coût d’un appel local) du lundi au vendredi de 9h00 à 17h00 Water supply and sewerage in France