2003 consolidated sales amounts to Euro2898.9m, down 1.1 per cent compared with figures for 2002, but up +3.4 per cent on a like-for-like basisand at constant exchange rates.

Business was better than expected at the year’s end in France; previous trends on other markets persisted with the decline in the USA and growth continued in Southern Europe and in emerging countries, with the exception of India.

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