[en] Partial photoelectron cross sections sigma and angular distribution parameters β were obtained for the first five valence orbitals in CF₄: 1t₁, 4t₂, 1e, 3t₂, and 4a₁, as a function of photon energy from 17 to 70 eV. These data were taken with the aid of angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation. The results were compared with earlier data on CCl₄. Substantial differences were found. These are explained partly in terms of the absence of a Cooper minimum with a fluorine compound as opposed to the presence of a Cooper minimum with chlorine compounds and partly in terms of the position of shape resonances. Data on CF₄ were also compared with recent calculations of Stephens et al., who used the multiple-scattering Xα method. Structure in the photoelectron spectrum of CF₄ lying on the low energy side of the third band was identified as due to autoionization and evidence is given as to its specific nature