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abertis also has a minority stake in a series of concessions with a total of 229 kilometres: Autema, Túnel del Cadí and Ciralsa (Alicante by-pass). Also plays an active role in Trados 45 (M-45 Section II), Accesos de Madrid and Henarsa, concessions companies which manage the new access routes to the city of Madrid

In 2006, abertis acquired the French concessions company sanef (Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l’Est de la France), after the French government awarded the privatisation contract to Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport (HIT), led by abertis with a 52.5% stake, and with fellow shareholders as Caisse de Dépôts, the insurance group AXA, the French investment fund Predica, and FFP, a company controlled by the Peugeot family.

The acquisition of sanef by the abertis group has meant an increase in the motorways managed by abertis by some 1,743 km of toll roads in northern France, a densely populated area with a highly dynamic economy. sanef manages four of the seven access lanes for each motorway in the north of France, an area of great economic dynamism and with a high population density. sanef manages four of the seven motorway access routes to the Ile de France (the Paris region) and also the traffic connecting Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg with the north of France and the United Kingdom.

abertis also boasts a strategic presence in Europe’s top motorway operators, such as Italy’s Atlantia and Portugal’s Brisa, in which it has a 6.7% and 14,58% stake, respectively.

In the UK, it has presence with a 25% stake in operator RMG, holder of the concessions over the A1-M (21 km) and the A419/417 (52 km).

abertis controls operators GCO (Argentina) and Autopistas de Puerto Rico. GCO holds the concession over the Autopista del Oeste, the western access to the city of Buenos Aires, whilst in Puerto Rico abertis holds the concession over the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge.

abertis is also present through stakes in the following operators in Chile, Colombia and Argentina:

· Elqui (25%), owner of the 229-km concession in Los Vilos – La Serena in Chile.

· Gesa (51%) is dedicated to the management, maintenance and operation of roadways and motorways in Chile (principally the Los Vilos – La Serena stretch and the northern access to Concepción), as well as the associated service areas.

· Coviandes (39%), Santa Fe de Bogotá – Villavicencio, (86 km), in Colombia.

· Ausol (45%), owner of the 119 km acceso norte (northern access) to Buenos Aires, in Argentina.