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39 Total audit fees of the Group auditors

Under the provisions of the Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB – German Commercial Code), Volkswagen AG is obliged to disclose the total audit fee of the Group auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft.

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€ million

  

2017

  

20161

1

Some services, which were previously reported as other assurance services, are now classified as audit services. Prior-year figures have been adjusted accordingly.

 

  

 

  

 

Financial statement audit services

  

17

  

19

Other assurance services

  

2

  

4

Tax advisory services

  

1

  

0

Other services

  

13

  

4

 

  

33

  

27

The fee paid to the auditors in 2017 was mostly attributable to the audit of the consolidated financial statements of Volkswagen AG and of annual financial statements of German Group companies as well as to reviews of the interim consolidated financial statements of Volkswagen AG and of interim financial statements of German Group companies. The auditors provided assurance services and tax advice only to a small extent. Other services provided by the auditors in the reporting period focused on advice on how to implement new legal standards and on support for measures in connection with the diesel issue.