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From:shona.wilson@enron.com
To:ted.murphy@enron.com, sally.beck@enron.com, cassandra.schultz@enron.com
Subject:Re: European Financial Operations Monthly Update - August 2000
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Date:Fri, 15 Sep 2000 05:28:00 -0700 (PDT)

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Lisa Fair@ECT
09/15/2000 03:52 AM
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Subject: Re: European Financial Operations Monthly Update - August 2000

European Financial Operations Monthly Update - August 2000

1. Management Overview

SAP implemented in Frankfurt
Spanish Controller, Paulino Martinez Bernal started


2. European Office Summary

Summary of Enron Europe's Remote office activities. This has now been=20
updated to include Enron Metals locations, but has not been updated for=20
recent announcements concerning Japan and Australia.

Please can you inform Lisa Fair of any changes that need to be made and if=
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anyone else should be included on the distribution list.





Norway
Oslo
Started to invoice weather counterparties. Applying MTM accounting for the=
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Weather book
Month end for July was finished on time
Still trying to recruit a new person for accounts payable

Sweden
Stockholm
1 Metals person seeking to relocate to Stockholm office

Finland
Helsinki

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Germany
Frankfurt

SAP live at 1st August 2000, no significant hiccups incurred
AA review of 1999 Enron Energie accounts started
Mobile phone policy implemented
Transfer pricing agreement between ECTRL and Enron Energie drafted

Hamburg & Frankfurt - MG Metals & Recycling

The acquisition of 2 additional yards to expand the MGMR scrap business is=
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pending awaiting Enron approval
MG process mapping and control review being carried out in Frankfurt and=20
Hamburg
Changing the structure of the Frankfurt office from a trading office to an=
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origination office

Hamburg Rudolf Wolff

New company Enron Metals Germany Gmbh being set up for the acquired assets=
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and employees
Changing the structure from a trading office to an origination office

Switzerland
Zurich

Office search ongoing
Transfer pricing agreement between ECTRL and Enron Energie Schweiz drafted

Rheine - Wind
Head Office to be placed in Rheine
Frankfurt assisting in recruitment of Finance Director/Bookkeeper.=20

Lugano
Back office integration planned and started
IT systems being assessed and redesigned
Move to new office due during Q 4

Spain
Madrid=20
Spanish Controller Paulino Martinez Bernal started Aug 24th
MG Brokerage (1 employee) to move into the Madrid office Sept 4
Directo first invoices to be run early Sept
New cost allocation processes, based on the Frankfurt model, to be=20
implemented for October month end
Recruiting for Directo accountant
Enron Wind Espana - manufacteuring facility went live in Toledo on 15 June=
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12 admin/ management employees still located in the Madrid office
Arcos power plant - looking for partners but currently 100% Enron.=20
Construction expected to start Q4/Q1

Portugal
Lisbon
Accounting outsourcing being moved from AA to PwC for EES Portugal Lda unde=
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the global outsourcing contract with PwC =20

Holland
Amsterdam
New office pending, new employees being recruited.
Cost and profit centers being reorganised by management accounts

France
Paris

Italy
Milan=20
Project Caramella - a joint development agreement is being drafted with a=
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local Italien consortium for a land option and potential power plant deal=
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Delays on the office opening due to problems with finding a suitable local=
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property




Romania=20
PE Gas joint venture =01) Bucharest Office
New accounting software is still being fine tuned by local developers
Second release of settlements system to be assessed and an implementation=
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date scheduled
Seven big customers have been taking gas from PEGas since the beginning of=
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the month

Enron Romania
Bank account with Citibank Romania to be opened in September
Gas imports expected in October 2000, to replace the shortages of local gas=
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delivered

Poland
Warsaw=20
Moved into new office
1999 audit date and fee to be agreed with AA
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Russia
Moscow