25.Contingent Liabilities and Other Financial Commitments

Contingent liabilities

The following table presents warranty contracts as well as other contingent liabilities existing as of the reporting date:

Contingent liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2018

 

Dec. 31, 2019

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

Warranties

 

1

 

2

Other contingent liabilities

 

3

 

3

Total

 

4

 

5

Other financial commitments

The other financial commitments were as follows:

Other financial commitments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2018

 

Dec. 31, 2019

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

1

Application of IFRS 16 since January 1, 2019, has eliminated the need to differentiate between operating leases and finance leases, see note 2.1 “Financial reporting standards applied for the first time in the reporting period.”

Operating leases1

 

450

 

Orders already placed for started or planned investment projects

 

248

 

340

Loan commitments to Bayer-Pensionskasse VVaG

 

208

 

208

Total

 

906

 

548

In cases where pension obligations allocable to the Covestro Group are funded through pension institutions used jointly with other companies (especially Bayer), it is generally contractually ensured that Covestro participates in funding measures that serve to guarantee adequate funding status and/or adequate solvency capital of these pension institutions for the long term. To this end, Covestro AG agreed to grant Bayer-Pensionskasse VVaG an interest-bearing loan of up to €208 million for the effective initial fund as required.