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12/02/2016 14:40

Eurotunnel Celebrates the 30th Anniversary       of the Treaty of Canterbury
      Eurotunnel (Paris:GET) today celebrates the 30th Anniversary       of the Treaty of Canterbury, the document which set in motion the       creation of one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th       century, the Channel Tunnel.    
      As early as 1982, Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister in the government of       Franois Mitterrand and a major force in the development of the project,       had brought a new drive to the discussions regarding a connection       between the two signatories to the Entente Cordiale. The Treaty of       Canterbury, which was signed thirty years ago today, in the Chapter       House at Canterbury Cathedral, by Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe and       his French counterpart Roland Dumas, in the presence of Margaret       Thatcher and Franois Mitterrand, authorised the construction of the       Fixed Link beneath the Channel and set the terms for its construction       and operation.    
      Those 32 miles have transformed Europe forever and have become a symbol       of extraordinary determination and political courage and also of the       capacity that men and women of vision to transform the world.    
      Today more than 366 million people and 73 million vehicles have been       through the Channel Tunnel.    
Jacques Gounon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe       Eurotunnel SE stated Beyond the symbolic nature of this       anniversary, we should also recognise the quality of thought and       drafting that went into the Treaty of Canterbury which was both       visionary and pragmatic and which underlines its importance 30 years       later.
Eurotunnel Contacts:
For       UK media enquiriescontact
John Keefe on + 44 (0)       1303 284491
or
For other media enquiries contact
Anne-Laure       Desclves on +33(0)1 4098 0467
or
Email: press@eurotunnel.com
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For       investor enquiries contact:
Jean-Baptiste Roussille on       +33 (0)1 40 98 04 81
Email: jean-baptiste.roussille@eurotunnel.com
or
Michael       Schuller on +44 (0) 1303 288749
Email:Michael.schuller@eurotunnel.com
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