An établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (French pronunciation: [etablismɑ̃ pyblik a kaʁaktɛʁ ɛ̃dystʁijɛl e kɔmɛʁsjal], EPIC; lit.
'public institution of an industrial and commercial nature') is, in France, a category of public undertaking.
Some former French colonies, such as Algeria, Burkina Faso and Mauritania also use this term for such agencies.
EPICs were first recognized as a specific form of public agencies by the Court of Arbitration's (French: Tribunal des conflits) case law in 1921.
Former public service operations which have been turned into companies governed by private law include: