29 Service fees paid to external auditors
The service fees recognized in the financial statements 2020 for the services of KPMG amounted to €5.7 million (2019: €5.4 million). The amounts per service category are shown in the following table.
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Total service fee |
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Of which |
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KPMG |
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KPMG |
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KPMG NL |
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KPMG NL |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Audit of the Group financial statements |
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4.5 |
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4.3 |
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3.0 |
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2.8 |
Audit of other (statutory) financial statements |
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0.6 |
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0.5 |
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- |
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0.1 |
Other assurance services |
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0.6 |
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0.6 |
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0.6 |
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0.6 |
Total assurance services |
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5.7 |
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5.4 |
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3.6 |
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3.5 |
The service fees mentioned in the table for the audit of the financial statements 2020 (2019) relate to the total fees for the audit of the financial statements 2020 (2019), irrespective of whether the activities have been performed during the financial year 2020 (2019). KPMG did not provide any non-assurance services (2019: similar). The services rendered by KPMG NL in 2020 in addition to the statutory audits include assurance engagements on non-financial information, on internal controls of DSM Pension Services, government grants and regulatory filings, as well as agreed-upon procedures on certain information for the Remuneration Committee of Royal DSM and the pension fund and their external auditor.