1. Dominique LAPEYRE de CHAVARDES WMO expert meeting / 5-7 december 2007

2. Météo-France and the weather risk management (1)  Météo-France and the “weather” market : a long lasting relationship  WRMA Member since 1999  Partnership with POWERNEXT and launch of weather indices for energy traders  Interest and co-fundation with POWERNEXT and Caisse des Dépôts of CO2 association for CO2 market development  Joint venture with NYSE Euronext : METNEXT And  A position of scientific and commercial partner for weather market  A position of third party for “Cat” market (Cat bonds)  Contribution to the market education

3. Météo-France and the weather risk management (2) A dedicated task force through a joint venture: METNEXT METNEXT METNEXT, 2 shareholders with 2 complementary skills NYSE Euronext: A leading worldwide actor in the index markets Météo-France: A leading NWS, involved in commercial activities METNEXT METNEXT, 2 main and specific activities “Corporate Solutions”: For companies, to manage their weather impact through adapted weather forecasts “Finance & Insurance”: For Brokers and Risk Takers, to facilitate the parametric approach of the weather risk transfer

4. Météo-France and the weather risk management (3) METNEXT METNEXT Finance & Insurance: Today services: Help the OTC market to develop with a tailored business model for Risk Takers and Brokers Get prepared for organized markets with NYSE Euronext, through a copyrighted index creation methodology Investigate with NYSE Euronext the involvement in commodities and CO2 market

5. Example (1): PowernextWeather indices PowernextWeather indices, based on temperature variations weighted by population… for Energy traders on France, UK, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal

6. Example (2): For Tourism Tour operators willing to provide for their customers… a “sun insurance” a “sun insurance” Météo-France has been the weather expert for their brokers and Risk takers in order to determine the most adequate underlyers. Météo-France is also the Third party to guarantee the values, both in the relationship with the travellers and with the risk taker. A business model which makes the weather costs become variable costs for the brokers and the risk takers

7. Contacts METNEXT Palais de la Bourse, Place de la Bourse F – PARIS 75002 Tel: +33 1 49 27 56 77 Finance@metnext.com METEO-FRANCE Group 42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis F 31057 –TOULOUSE Cedex 01 Tel: + 33 5 61 07 80 70 Weather@meteo.fr