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About Crédit Agricole Public Sector SCF

Crédit Agricole Public Sector SCF is a specialist lending vehicle within the Crédit Agricole Group that concentrates on providing medium- to long-term financing to public-sector counterparties, including central and local governments, municipalities and public utilities, as well as financing infrastructure and social-housing projects; it operates as part of the group’s wholesale and structured-finance activities, sources funding through parent-group channels and capital markets, and is subject to French banking and financial regulation with reporting and risk management integrated into group disclosures. Its product set typically includes direct loans, structured financings and portfolio acquisitions tailored to sub-sovereign credit profiles, and its business model is shaped by the credit quality of public borrowers, interest-rate and liquidity conditions in wholesale markets, and regulatory capital requirements imposed on the group. Credit exposures are concentrated in public-sector credits, which reduces certain idiosyncratic borrower risks but creates sensitivity to sovereign and regional fiscal stress, changes in public investment cycles and political risk; funding reliance on wholesale markets and parent support means market access and group creditworthiness materially affect its terms and pricing. For counterparties and investors, relevant considerations are the entity’s role within Crédit Agricole’s organizational structure, the latest group financial statements and rating-agency analyses for up-to-date information on capitalization and support, and the specific contract terms and covenants that determine credit risk and liquidity treatment in any transaction.