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	3,404	88	1,746	343	13	7,897
Accumulated depreciation	(934)	(2,324)	(48)	(1,388)	−	(9)	(4,703)
Book value	1,369	1,080	40	358	343	4	3,194

Change in book value:
Capital expenditures	101	339	37	276	9	8	770
Retirements and sales	(51)	(33)	−	(36)	(7)	−	(127)
Depreciation	(90)	(332)	(13)	(197)	−	−	(632)
Write-downs and impairments	(1)	(39)	−	(17)	−	−	(57)
Translation differences	9	12	9	3	2	−	35
Changes in consolidation	133	95	25	60	−	−	313
Total changes	101	42	58	89	4	8	302

Balance as of December 31, 2008:
Cost	2,353	3,443	128	1,746	347	48	8,065
Accumulated depreciation	(883)	(2,321)	(30)	(1,299)	−	(36)	(4,569)
Book value	1,470	1,122	98	447	347	12	3,496

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 (2007: EUR 5 million).

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