Infor­ma­tion con­tained in the notes to the annu­al con­sol­i­dat­ed finan­cial state­ments is an inte­gral part of the con­sol­i­dat­ed annu­al finan­cial statements.  

1 The reserves of dis­con­tin­ued oper­a­tions relate sole­ly to the reserves for cur­ren­cy dif­fer­ences and the reserves for cash flow hedges in Ger­many. Upon suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of the sale on 21. August 2017, the Ger­man busi­ness seg­ment was decon­sol­i­dat­ed as a result of the loss of con­trol. As part of the decon­sol­i­da­tion, the reserves of the dis­con­tin­ued oper­a­tion were recy­cled in the income statement.