Gives cities change is much more unlikely

The debate on the management of water in cities has not finished to rage. Once is not custom, it is not the UFC-Que choose which revives pointing the disparities in price charged to the user, but the providers themselves. In particular, the Federation of independent water distributors (IEDF) who, through the municipal campaign, questioned the French on the idea that they were in this sector. It is not the most positive. In fact, people asked at the request of the IEDF by FIFG (72) (1) hold in the first place that it is managed by major groups and little competitive (64).

Deduction of municipal authorities, who manage online service of water, and for 29 of the market, giant Veolia, Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux and SAUR control almost all of the 8,000 service management contracts waters passed by municipalities or their intercommunalités. PME - PMI grouped under the banner of the IEDF does weigh, they, 3 and fear disappear in the short term. 10, The number is passed to 9 last fall, with the purchase of Agur by Veolia.

"Bonus to the outgoing".

"At a time, we were sufficiently numerous to meet 20 of tenders." "Even if nine out of ten contracts escaped us, we had a role of regulator of the market," said Pierre Etchart. The President of the IEDF, name of greater transparency, argues that the share of SMEs dates back to 23 in five years. To achieve his Federation request, among other things, that their reserved, under certain conditions, a part of the subscribers less than 8,000 contracts. Knowing that the 500 to 600 public service delegation contract (DSP), which are renewed annually, come almost exclusively from rural districts and small towns, the IEDF hopes quickly get a bigger share of the cake.

Gives cities change is much more unlikely. "Many contracts have been renewed prior to 1993, when entered into force Act FIR imposing the implementation in the competition," said Michel Desmars, the National Federation of concessionary and governed communities (FNCCR). Moreover, "in 90 of cases, the contract remains the same hands." "There is a bonus for the outgoing," added the expert. Last year, Veolia and was reappointed in its "mandate" to manage the waters of Rennes. It is rare, under contract, that the cloth burning between a community and its delegate. The example the most recent is of Castres, in 2003, has broken with Suez.

The next parliamentary term however reserves a few markets of choice which will be released game. Regularly pinned by the UFC-Que choose, the Union of the waters of Ile-de-France (Sedif), which entrusted to Veolia the largest network (4 million users) of France, will have to launch a call for tenders. In Paris, Bertrand Delanoe announced its intention to entrust to a municipal authority managing the distribution of water in 2009, i.e. once the contract linking the city to Veolia and Suez-Lyonnaise expired. A failure to renew their contract, the other cities will have the opportunity to review the prices charged by their delegated. The Act given the opportunity every five years and some are not deprived of the capture. In 2007, Lyon was in its third tariff revision.