6.10 FEES PAID TO AUDITORS
Pursuant to Royal Decree 1514/2007, of 16 November, approving the Spanish National Chart of Accounts, following is a disclosure of the total fees relating to the “audit services” and “other consultancy services” provided by the auditors of the 2017 and 2016 financial statements of the Group companies, including both the principal auditor of Ferrovial, S.A. and the other auditors of all its investees, both in Spain and abroad.
“Fees for Audit Services” includes the following items:
- “Audit Services” relates to strictly statutory audit services.
- “Audit-Related Services” relates to services other than statutory audit services which by law or by regulation can only be provided by the Company’s auditor, such as the review of financial information in bond issues and services which due to their nature are normally provided by the Company’s auditor, such as the review of tax returns.
The total of “Other Non-Audit Services” provided by the principal auditor represented 5.62% of the total fees for audit services in 2017.
(Millions of euros) |
2017 |
2016 |
Fees for audit services |
6.5 |
5.8 |
Principal auditor |
5.3 |
4.8 |
Audit services |
5.0 |
4.5 |
Audit-related services |
0.3 |
0.3 |
Other auditors |
1.2 |
1.1 |
Audit services |
1.2 |
1.0 |
Audit-related services |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Other audit services |
3.3 |
2.0 |
Principal auditor |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Other auditors |
3.0 |
1.4 |