Universal Registration Document 2020

6. Financial statements

10.8.1 Impairment by category of asset

Details of impairment recognised and reversed are as follows:

(in millions of euros)

Notes

20202019*
Impairment of goodwill

Impairment of goodwill

Notes

10.1

Impairment of goodwill

2020

(31)

Impairment of goodwill

2019*

(57)

Impairment of other intangible assets

Impairment of other intangible assets

Notes

10.2

Impairment of other intangible assets

2020

(85)

Impairment of other intangible assets

2019*

(47)

Impairment of tangible assets

Impairment of tangible assets

Notes

10.3-10.5

Impairment of tangible assets

2020

(683)

Impairment of tangible assets

2019*

(299)

IMPAIRMENT NET OF REVERSALSIMPAIRMENT NET OF REVERSALS

Notes

 

IMPAIRMENT NET OF REVERSALS2020(799)IMPAIRMENT NET OF REVERSALS

2019*

(403)

* Restated for the impacts of IFRS 5 due to the change in scope of E&P operations (see note 1.4.2).

Impairment recognised at 31 December 2019 amounted to €(403) million and concerned:

  • thermal assets in the United Kingdom (€127 million);
  • various CGUs of Dalkia, particularly in Poland (€105 million);
  • various CGUs of EDF Renewables, notably goodwill impairment for a German entity (€49 million);
  • hydropower assets (€33 million) and energy service assets (€27 million) owned by Edison in Italy; and
  • other assets (total €62 million), including €24 million of projects stopped in France.

Impairment of €73 million was also booked at 31 December 2019 in respect of associates (see note 12).

Impairment recognised in 2020 amounts to €799 million. Details are given below.

10.8.2 Impairment test on goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment

The following tables present the results of impairment tests carried out on the main goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and other Group assets in 2020, and some of the key assumptions used.

For application of IFRS 16 at 1 January 2019, where relevant the Group adapted the impairment test methodology as appropriate to the specific features of each CGU.

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVES
Operating segmentCash-Generating Unit or assetNet book value (in millions of euros)WACC after taxGrowth rate to infinityImpairment 2020 (in millions of euros)
United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

EDF Energy goodwill

United Kingdom

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

7,569

United Kingdom

WACC after tax

6.0%

United Kingdom

Growth rate to infinity

-

(1)

United Kingdom

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

Italy

Italy

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Edison brand

Italy

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

945

Italy

WACC after tax

6.5%

Italy

Growth rate to infinity

2.0%

Italy

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

 

 

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Framatome goodwill

 

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

1,332

 

WACC after tax

6.1%

 

Growth rate to infinity

0.5%

 

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

Framatome

Framatome

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Framatome brand

Framatome

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

151

Framatome

WACC after tax

6.1%

Framatome

Growth rate to infinity

0.5%

Framatome

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

 

 

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Dalkia goodwill

 

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

547

 

WACC after tax

4.3%

 

Growth rate to infinity

1.4%

 

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

 

 

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Goodwill of DES Grooman engineering subsidiary in the US

(2)

 

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

26

 

WACC after tax

6.1%

 

Growth rate to infinity

1.5%

 

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

(26)

Dalkia

Dalkia

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

Dalkia brand

Dalkia

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

141

Dalkia

WACC after tax

4.3%

Dalkia

Growth rate to infinity

1.4%

Dalkia

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

-

Other impairment

Other impairment

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

 

Other impairment

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

 

Other impairment

WACC after tax

 

Other impairment

Growth rate to infinity

 

Other impairment

Impairment 2020 (in millions of euros)

(5)

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVESIMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVES

Cash-Generating Unit or asset

 

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVES

Net book value

(in millions of euros)

 

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVES

WACC after tax

 

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVES

Growth rate to infinity

 

IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS WITH INDEFINITE USEFUL LIVESImpairment 2020 (in millions of euros)(31)

(1)The impairment test of EDF Energy goodwill covers the useful life of industrial assets, with no projection to infinity.

(2)Impairment booked at 30 June 2020.