Property, plant and equipment

Notes


	land and buildings	machinery and installations	lease assets	other equipment	prepayments and construction in progress	no longer productively employed	total

Balance as of January 1, 2008:
Cost	2,303	3,395	88	1,732	343	13	7,874
Accumulated depreciation	(935)	(2,321)	(48)	(1,381)	−	(9)	(4,694)
Book value	1,368	1,074	40	351	343	4	3,180

Changes in book value:
Capital expenditures	101	339	37	277	9	8	771
Retirements and sales	(51)	(33)	−	(37)	(7)	−	(128)
Depreciation	(90)	(331)	(13)	(195)	−	−	(629)
Write-downs and impairments	(1)	(38)	−	(17)	−	−	(56)
Translation differences	9	12	9	3	2	−	35
Changes in consolidation	133	95	25	58	−	−	311
Total changes	101	44	58	89	4	8	304

Balance as of December 31, 2008:
Cost	2,353	3,434	128	1,733	347	48	8,043
Accumulated depreciation	(884)	(2,316)	(30)	(1,293)	−	(36)	(4,559)
Book value	1,469	1,118	98	440	347	12	3,484

Land with a book value of EUR 185 million, at December 31, 2008 (2007: EUR 148 million) is not depreciated.

The expected useful lives of property, plant and equipment are as follows:


Buildings	from 5 to 50 years
Machinery and installations	from 3 to 10 years
Lease assets	from 1 to 15 years
Other equipment	from 1 to 10 years

Capital expenditures include capitalized interest related to construction in progress amounting to EUR 3 million in 2008 (2007: EUR 5 million).