2022 Universal Registration Document

Key Data

19.2 Current operating assets and liabilities

Current operating assets and liabilities break down as follows:

      Maturity
      Within 1 year    
(in € millions)   31/12/2022 1 to 3 months 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 months Between 1 and 5 years After 5 years
Inventories and work in progress   1,785 920 108 686 69 2
Trade and other receivables   18,092 14,001 1,602 2,108 307 75
Other current operating assets   7,382 6,034 389 627 266 65
Inventories and operating receivables I 27,259 20,955 2,099 3,420 642 142
Trade payables   (13,088) (10,522) (1,529) (814) (203) (20)
Other current operating liabilities   (18,653) (15,427) (888) (1,685) (503) (150)
Trade and other operating payables II (31,742) (25,949) (2,417) (2,499) (707) (170)
Working capital requirement connected with operations I+II (4,483) (4,994) (318) 921 (64) (28)
      Maturity
      Within 1 year    
(in € millions)   31/12/2021 1 to 3 months 3 to 6 months 6 to 12 months Between 1 and 5 years After 5 years
Inventories and work in progress   1,591 684 110 652 143 2
Trade and other receivables   15,832 (*) 11,921 1,215 1,799 (*) 849 48
Other current operating assets   6,014 4,870 306 465 336 37
Inventories and operating receivables I 23,437 17,475 1,630 2,916 1,328 88
Trade payables   (12,027) (9,044) (1,177) (1,136) (656) (14)
Other current operating liabilities   (16,286) (12,907) (963) (1,287) (968) (162)
Trade and other operating payables II (28,313) (21,952) (2,139) (2,423) (1,624) (176)
Working capital requirement connected with operations I+II (4,876) (4,476) (509) 493 (295) (88)

(*) Amounts adjusted following the final purchase price allocation for Cobra IS, acquired on 31 December 2021. See Note B.2, “Changes in consolidation scope in previous periods”.

Breakdown of trade receivables
(in € millions) 31/12/2022 31/12/2021
Trade receivables

Trade receivables

31/12/2022

9,302

Trade receivables

31/12/2021

8,651(*)

Allowances against trade receivables

Allowances against trade receivables

31/12/2022

(709)

Allowances against trade receivables

31/12/2021

(734)

Trade receivables, net Trade receivables, net31/12/20228,593 Trade receivables, net

31/12/2021

7,916

(*) Amounts adjusted following the final purchase price allocation for Cobra IS, acquired on 31 December 2021. See Note B.2, “Changes in consolidation scope in previous periods”.

At 31 December 2022, trade receivables between six and 12 months past due amounted to €387 million (compared with €375 million at 31 December 2021). Impairment in the amount of €41 million has been recognised in consequence (€64 million at 31 December 2021). Receivables more than one year past due amounted to €474 million (€363 million at 31 December 2021) and impairment of €374 million has been recognised in consequence (€261 million at 31 December 2021).

19.3 Breakdown of current provisions
Accounting policies

Current provisions are directly related to the operating cycle. They are recognised in accordance with IAS 37 and include the part at less than one year of non-current provisions not directly linked to the operating cycle.

These provisions are recognised at their present value. The effect of discounting provisions is recognised under “Other financial income and expense”.

Provisions are taken for contractual obligations to maintain the condition of concession assets. They concern the motorway concession companies and cover the expense of major repairs of roads, bridges, tunnels and hydraulic infrastructure. They also include expenses to be incurred by airport concession companies (repairs to runways, traffic lanes and other paved surfaces) and are calculated on the basis of maintenance plans spanning several years, which are updated annually. These expenses are reassessed on the basis of appropriate indexes (mainly the TP01, TP02 and TP09 indexes in France). Provisions are also taken whenever signs of defects are encountered on certain infrastructure.

Provisions for after-sales service cover Group entities’ commitments under statutory warranties relating to completed projects, such as the 10-year warranty on building projects in France. They are estimated statistically on the basis of expenses incurred in previous years or individually on the basis of specifically identified events.

Provisions for losses on completion of contracts and for construction project liabilities are set aside mainly when end-of-contract projections, based on the most likely estimated outcome, indicate a loss, or to cover work yet to be carried out in respect of completed projects under completion warranties.