44. Contingent liabilities
€ million |
|
30/9/2016 |
|
30/9/2017 |
Liabilities from suretyships and guarantees |
|
17 |
|
11 |
Liabilities from guarantee and warranty contracts |
|
52 |
|
18 |
|
|
69 |
|
28 |
Liabilities from guarantee and warranty contracts are primarily rent guarantees with terms of up to 10 years if utilisation is not considered entirely unlikely. The main reason for the decline is lower obligations from rent guarantees due to reduced rental periods and the termination of leases.