Staff representatives on EDF board challenge Hinkley Point decision - CGT

PARIS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - France's CGT trade union said on Wednesday that five staff representatives on the board of utility EDF (Paris: FR0010242511 - news) had filed a legal challenge to the company's decision to go ahead with its Hinkley Point nuclear project in Britain.

EDF's board narrowly voted in July to proceed with a controversial project expected to cost 18 billion pound ($23.63 billion) to build two nuclear reactors.

"Some administrators discovered they did not benefit from the same level of information as the CEO and government representative," CGT said in a statement, adding that there may be conflict of interest because some other administrators, through their links with EDF, could be interested in bids for the project.

A law firm representing the five administrators, said the case would be heard on Sept. 5.

($1 = 0.7617 pounds) (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Brian Love)