FORM 6-K
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer

                        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




For the month of September 2005
Commission File Number 333-7182-01

                                   CEZ, a. s.

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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)
                                c/o Duhova 2/1444
                                 140 53 Prague 4
                                 Czech Republic

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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

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The following information was filed by CEZ, a. s. in Czech language with the
Prague Stock Exchange as required by its rules and regulations:


   CEZ Joins in the Privatization Tender for the Romanian Distribution Company
                             Electrica Muntenia Sud

The power utility CEZ continues its foreign expansion in South-Eastern Europe by
officialy expressing its interest in acquiring the Romanian distribution company
Electrica Muntenia Sud S.A.

"This is the second privatization process in Romania in which we are taking
part. We succeeded in the previous one, regarding the distribution company
Electrica Oltenia, thus increasing the number of CEZ Group's end users by 1.4
million. By entering into the tender for the distribution company Electrica
Muntenia Sud, we confirm our commitment to this region. Our efforts to
strengthen our position in the local market are natural, being a continuation of
the pursuit of our vision of becoming the leader in the energy market of the
Central and South-Eastern Europe," the Board Chairman and CEO Martin Roman said.

Electrica Muntenia Sud serves more than one million customers in the capital of
Bucharest and the adjacent regions Guirgiu and Ilfov, selling more than 4.5 TWh
of electricity annually. Electrica Muntenia Sud directly neighbors Electrica
Oltenia, the company in whose privatization tender CEZ succeeded at the end of
the last year and signed a privatization agreement at the beginning of April
this year.

Three CEZ Group's distribution firms in Bulgaria are directly linked to the
Romanian distribution company. The previous acquisitions have nearly doubled the
number of CEZ Group's end users to a total of 6.6 million, making the CEZ Group
No. 8 among the European utilities by this criterion.
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                                   Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                           CEZ, a. s.
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                                                           (Registrant)


                                                  By:    /s/ Libuse Latalova
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                                                          Libuse Latalova
                                                  Head of Finance Administration
Date:  September 16, 2005