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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549
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Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


FORM 11-K



[X]
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

[ ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]


Commission file number  1-9300
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A.           Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES BARGAINING EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN


B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES INC.
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 30339



 

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Exhibit Index: Page 4





The Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees' 401(K) Plan (the "Plan") is a plan which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended (ERISA).  Accordingly, the following items are filed herewith as part of this annual report:

Audited financial statements:

Report of Banks, Finley, White & Co., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at December 31, 2006 and 2005
Statement of Change in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2006
Notes to Financial Statements
Schedule of Assets at December 31, 2006
Signature
Exhibit 23 – Consent of Banks, Finley, White & Co., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm






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SIGNATURES

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Global Retirement Programs Committee, which Committee administers the employee benefit plan, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES BARGAINING EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN
(Name of Plan)
 
 
 
By:           /S/ JOYCE KING-LAVINDER
Date:  June 27, 2007
Joyce King-Lavinder
Member, Global Retirement Programs Committee



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Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number
 
 
Description
Exhibit 23
 
Consent of Banks, Finley, White & Co., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 

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Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
As of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and For the Year ended December 31, 2006
Together with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Financial Statements
And Supplemental Schedule

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and For the Year ended December 31, 2006




Contents


Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
1
Financial Statements
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
2
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
3
Notes to Financial Statements
4
   
Supplemental Schedule
 
Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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To the Global Retirement Programs Committee
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia:


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2006 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held at end of year is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/S/ BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO.
June 22, 2007.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits


   
December 31
 
   
2006
   
2005
 
Assets
           
Investments in Master Trust:
           
   Investments, at fair value
  $
33,909,338
    $
29,409,729
 
   Wrapper contracts, at fair value
   
8,987,152
     
9,082,536
 
Total investments in Master Trust
   
42,896,490
     
38,492,265
 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
   
135,329
     
87,021
 
Participant loans
   
2,175,419
     
1,979,338
 
Net assets available for benefits
  $
45,207,238
    $
40,558,624
 



See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year ended December 31, 2006

Additions to net assets attributed to:
     
Investment income:
     
  Investment income in Master Trust
  $
1,264,109
 
  Net realized and unrealized appreciation of assets
   
3,989,483
 
         
Total investment income
   
5,253,592
 
         
Contributions:
       
  Employer contributions
   
430,314
 
  Participant contributions
   
1,868,379
 
         
Total contributions
   
2,298,693
 
         
Transfers from other Company sponsored plans
   
13,744
 
         
Total additions
   
7,566,029
 
         
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
         
  Distributions to Participants
   
2,874,427
 
  Administrative expenses
   
42,988
 
         
Total deductions
   
2,917,415
 
         
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
   
4,648,614
 
         
Net assets available for benefits:
       
  Beginning of year
   
40,558,624
 
  End of year
  $
45,207,238
 




See accompanying notes to the financial statements.




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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Notes to Audited Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

1. Description of Plan

The following description of the Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan’s Summary Plan Description for a more comprehensive description of the Plan’s provisions.

General

The Plan is sponsored by Hondo, Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (the “Company”).

The Plan was formed effective July 1, 1984 and restated effective January 1, 1997.  The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering certain employees of the Company.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended (“ERISA”).

Contributions

The Plan allows a participant to contribute from 1% to 15% of compensation, as defined. The Company matches participant contributions as provided for in the various collective bargaining agreements. Contributions are subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) limitations. All contributions are invested as directed by participants.

Eligibility

Each employee who is eligible for the Plan under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the Company and such bargaining unit shall become a participant on the entry date (the first day of the calendar quarter following date of hire) at which time the participant may elect to begin compensation deferrals.

Vesting

Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Vesting in the Company’s matching contribution portion of their accounts plus actual earnings thereon is based on years of service.

A participant is 100% vested after three years of credited service. All participants become fully vested upon death, total disability or retirement.
 
 
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


1. Description of Plan (continued)

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, rollover contributions, if any, and allocations of the Company’s contribution and Plan investment results; however, each account is also charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account balance.

Forfeited balances of terminated participants’ non-vested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions. The balance of forfeited non-vested accounts was approximately $153,147 and $115,202 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Participant Loans

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 and up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms generally range from one to five years for general purpose loans and extend up to 15 years for principal residence loans. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with the interest rates charged by persons in the business of lending money for loans which would be made under similar circumstances. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions and the interest paid is applied directly to the participant’s account balance.

Withdrawals and Benefit Payments

Distributions of a participant’s fully vested account balance shall be made during the period following his or her retirement, total disability, death or termination of employment.

Distributions to participants shall be made in a single lump sum or a series of installments over a certain period measured by the life expectancy of the participant. The amount of distribution under the Plan shall be equal to the participant’s vested account balance.

If the participant has any loan balance at the time of distribution, the amount of cash available to the participant or beneficiary shall be reduced by the outstanding principal balance of the loan.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


1. Description of Plan (continued)

Withdrawals and Benefit Payments (continued)

Prior to retirement, a withdrawal from the balance of a participant’s pre-tax contribution account would be available only for a financial hardship.

Plan Termination

The Company expects to continue the Plan indefinitely but has the right under the Plan agreement to discontinue contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan. In the event of Plan termination, all participants become fully vested and shall receive a full distribution of their account balances.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared using the accrual method of accounting.

Valuation of Investments

The Plan participates in the Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust (the “Master Trust”) with similar retirement plans sponsored by the Company and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, whereby investments are held collectively for all plans by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Trustee”). Each participating plan’s investment in the Master Trust is equal to the sum of its participant account balances in relation to total Master Trust investments.

Short-term investments are stated at fair value, which approximates cost and is based on quoted redemption values determined by the Trustee. Mutual funds and the common stock of The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. are valued based on quoted market prices on national exchanges on the last business day of the Plan year. Investments in collective trusts are stated at fair value, based on quoted redemption values as determined by the Trustee. Participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Valuation of Investments (continued)

The INVESCO Stable Value Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate account which invests primarily in wrapper contracts (also know as synthetic guaranteed investment contracts) and cash equivalents.

Contracts within the Fund are fully benefit-responsive and are therefore reported at fair value on the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits in accordance with FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. AAG INV-1 and the Statement of Position (SOP) 94-1-1 – Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans.

In a wrapper contract structure, the underlying investments are owned by the Fund and held in trust for Plan participants. The wrapper primarily represents a diversified portfolio of corporate and government bonds, and common/collective trusts. The Fund purchases a wrapper contract from an insurance company or bank.  The wrapper contract amortizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying fixed income investments, typically over the duration of the investments, through adjustments to the future interest crediting rate (which is the rate earned by participants in the Fund for the underlying investments). The issuer of the wrapper contract provides assurance that the adjustments to the interest crediting rate do not result in a future crediting rate that is less than zero. An interest crediting rate less than zero would result in a loss of principal or accrued interest.

The key factors that influence future interest crediting rates for a wrapper contract include:

·  
The level of market interest rates
·  
The amount and timing of participant contributions, transfers and withdrawals into/out of the wrapper contract
·  
The investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that back the wrapper contact
·  
The duration of the underlying investments backing the wrapper contract

Wrapper contract’s interest crediting rates are typically reset on a monthly or quarterly basis.




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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Because changes in market interest rates affect the yield to maturity and the market value of the underlying investments, they may have a material impact on the wrapper contract’s interest crediting rate. In addition, participant withdrawals and transfers from the Fund are paid at contract value but funded through the market value liquidation of the underlying investments, which also impacts the interest crediting rate.  The resulting gains and losses in the market value of the underlying investments relative to the wrapper contract value are represented on the Plan’s Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as the “Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts”.  If the Adjustment from fair value to contract value is positive for a given contract, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is greater than the market value of the underlying investments.  The embedded market value losses will be amortized in the future through a lower interest crediting rate than would otherwise be the case.  And if the Adjustment from fair value to contract value figure is negative, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is less than the market value of the underlying investments.  The amortization of the embedded market value gains will cause the future interest crediting rate to be higher than it otherwise would have been.

All wrapper contracts provide for a minimum interest crediting rate of zero percent.  In the event that the interest crediting rate should fall to zero and the requirements of the wrapper contract are satisfied, the wrapper issuers will pay to the Plan the shortfall needed to maintain the interest crediting rate at zero.  This helps to ensure that participants’ principal and accrued interest will be protected.

Examples of events that would permit a wrapper contract issuer to terminate a wrapper contract upon short notice include the Plan’s loss of its qualified status, un-cured material breaches of responsibilities, or material and adverse changes to the provisions of the Plan.  If one of these events was to occur, the wrapper contract issuer could terminate the wrapper contract at the market value of the underlying investments.









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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

At December 31, 2006, contract value approximated fair value. Contract value represents contributions made under the contracts, plus earnings, less withdrawals and administrative expenses. The weighted-average yield was approximately 5.1%, for the year ended December 31, 2006. The crediting interest rate was approximately 5.0%, at December 31, 2006.  Participants investing in the Fund are subject to risk of default by issuers of the wrapper contracts and the specific investments underlying the wrapper contracts.  There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise.

The fair values of the underlying assets of the wrapper contracts and the adjustment to contract value are as follows:
 
   
December 31
 
   
2006
   
2005
 
Fair value of the underlying assets of the wrapper contracts:
 
Fixed income securities
  $
289,624
    $
12,032
 
Short Term Investment Fund
   
101,240
     
77,249
 
US Treasury Note
   
202,241
     
200,121
 
Common/Collective Trusts
   
8,394,047
     
8,793,134
 
Fair value of the wrapper contracts
   
8,987,152
     
9,082,536
 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value
   
135,329
     
87,021
 
Contract value
  $
9,122,481
    $
9,169,557
 

Administrative Expenses

Certain administrative expenses are paid by the Plan, as permitted by the Plan document. All other expenses are paid by the Company.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.





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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


3. Investments


As of December 31, 2006, the Plan’s investment in the Master Trust was $42,896,490.  The Plan’s investment in the Master Trust (including investments bought, sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in fair value by $3,989,483.

The fair value of investments that individually represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2006 is as follows:

Investment in Master Trust                                                                                                       $42,896,490

4. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust
 
The Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Master Trust was approximately 3.1% at December 31, 2006.
 
The condensed statement of net assets for the Master Trust is as follows
 
 
 
December 31
 
Investments at fair value:
 
2006
   
2005
 
Common/Collective trust funds
  $
56,269,575
    $
43,618,332
 
Registered Investment Companies
   
803,431,859
     
526,298,689
 
Company Stock
   
261,347,291
     
274,630,754
 
Corporate Stock
   
70,301,064
     
74,406,506
 
CICS Self-Directed Accounts
   
16,835,008
     
10,429,615
 
50/50 Fund*
   
-
     
136,080,530
 
Stable Value Fund
   
181,997,807
     
190,268,842
 
Stable Value Fund Book Valuation Adjustment
   
2,829,841
     
1,880,929
 
    $
1,393,012,445
    $
1,257,614,197
 


* The 50/50 Fund was disaggregated November 30, 2006.  Shares were allocated in-kind to the existing CCE Stock Fund (Company) and The
Coca-Cola Company Stock Fund (Corporate).


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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)

 
4. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust (continued)
 
The condensed statement of changes in net assets for the Master Trust is as follows:
 
   
2006
 
Additions:
     
  Interest and dividend income
  $
44,789,527
 
  Participant contributions
   
90,913,757
 
  Company contributions
   
16,943,724
 
  Transfer from Central Coke 401(k) Plan
   
5,905,812
 
  Net appreciation in fair value of investments
   
119,235,298
 
Total additions
   
277,788,118
 
         
Deductions:
       
  Distributions to Participants
   
140,386,032
 
  Administrative expenses
   
2,003,838
 
Total deductions
   
142,389,870
 
         
Net increase
   
135,398,248
 
         
Net assets available for benefits:
       
  Beginning of year
   
1,257,614,197
 
  End of year
  $
1,393,012,445
 


 









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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)

 

4. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Defined Contribution Plans Master Trust (continued)
 

Investments, including investments bought, sold, as well as held during the year ended December 31, 2006 by the Master Trust, appreciated in fair value as follows:

 
 
Net Appreciation
in Fair Value
 
       
Common/Collective trust funds
  $
7,428,643
 
Registered Investment Companies
   
64,236,356
 
Company Stock
   
17,441,706
 
Corporate Stock
   
4,369,140
 
Stable Value Fund
   
8,394,373
 
50/50 Fund
   
17,365,080
 
Total investment income
  $
119,235,298
 

Between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006, the Master Trust had the following transactions relating to common stock of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.:


   
Shares
   
Fair Value
   
Realized Gain
 
Purchases
   
1,434,250
    $
29,262,230
     
-
 
Sales
    (6,550,668 )     (119,737,344 )   $
12,044,628
 
Dividends received
   
-
    $
3,007,664
     
-
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2006
   
12,798,865
    $
261,347,291
         

Between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006, the Master Trust had the following transactions relating to common stock of The Coca-Cola Company:

   
Shares
   
Fair Value
   
Realized Gain
 
Purchases
   
43,055
    $
1,921,080
     
-
 
Sales
    (697,684 )     (16,040,294 )   $
12,308,758
 
Dividends received
   
-
    $
1,886,669
     
-
 
                         
Balance at December 31, 2006
   
1,457,009
    $
70,301,064
         
 
 
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan
 
Notes to Audited Financial Statements (continued)


5. Income Tax Status

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated May 9, 2003, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

6. Risks and Uncertainties

The Master Trust invests in various investment securities as directed by participants.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.


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Supplemental Schedule

   
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Bargaining Employees’ 401(k) Plan

EIN: 35-1526476    Plan Number: 003
Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2006

*LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
$2,175,419




           * Parties in Interest
















      
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