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17 Noncurrent and current other financial assets

 

 

CARRYING AMOUNT

 

CARRYING AMOUNT

€ million

 

Current

 

Noncurrent

 

Dec. 31, 2021

 

Current

 

Noncurrent

 

Dec. 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive fair values of derivative financial instruments

 

1,787

 

3,532

 

5,319

 

2,616

 

3,435

 

6,051

Receivables from loans, bonds, profit participation rights (excluding interest)

 

6,174

 

4,539

 

10,713

 

6,421

 

3,568

 

9,988

Miscellaneous financial assets

 

4,623

 

1,086

 

5,709

 

4,197

 

832

 

5,029

 

 

12,584

 

9,156

 

21,741

 

13,234

 

7,834

 

21,068

Other financial assets include receivables from related parties of €10.1 billion (previous year: €9.7 billion). Other financial assets amounting to €161 million (previous year: €124 million) were furnished as collateral for financial liabilities and contingent liabilities. There is no original right of disposal or pledge for the furnished collateral on the part of the collateral taker.

In addition, miscellaneous financial assets include receivables from restricted deposits that serve as collateral (mainly under asset-backed securities transactions).

The positive fair values of derivatives relate to the following items:

€ million

 

Dec. 31, 2021

 

Dec. 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Transactions for hedging

 

 

 

 

foreign currency risk from assets using fair value hedges

 

0

 

44

foreign currency risk from liabilities using fair value hedges

 

66

 

14

interest rate risk using fair value hedges

 

380

 

819

interest rate risk using cash flow hedges

 

82

 

11

foreign currency and price risk from future cash flows (cash flow hedges)

 

1,391

 

2,247

Hedging transactions Total

 

1,920

 

3,134

Assets related to derivatives not included in hedging relationships

 

3,399

 

2,917

Total

 

5,319

 

6,051

Further details on derivative financial instruments as a whole are given in the section entitled “Financial risk management and financial instruments”.