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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT REPORT 2015
16. NON-CURRENT PROVISIONS AND CONTINGENCIES
Non-current provisions
These include provisions made in 2015 and prior years to cover, among other items, contingent risks arising from
litigation in progress and unresolved tax assessments.
The changes in non-current provisions in the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
2015
Balance
at
12/31/14
Charge for
the year
Amount
used
Amounts
reversed
Transfer
Balance at
12/31/15
Provision for contingencies and charges
9,678
6,066 (2,789)
(2,964)
395
10,386
2014
Balance
at
12/31/13
Charge for
the year
Amount
used
Amounts
reversed
Transfer
Balance at
12/31/14
Provision for contingencies and charges
10,378
1,714
(595)
(1,819)
-
9,678
At December 31, 2015 and 2014, provisions for liabilities and charges relate to pending lawsuits and appeals between
the Group and third parties. Provisions recognized in the year relate to new lawsuits facing the Group, while reversals
relate to litigation that has been resolved.
The Company’s directors and legal advisors have evaluated related risks, and where such risks are considered probable
and their economic effects quantifiable, they have made the appropriate provisions.When risks are only considered to
be possible, no provisions are recognized, and are described below.
Contingencies
PROCEEDINGS
RELATIVE TOTHE LATE PRESENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN
On August 2, 2011, the Comisión Nacional de la Competencia current Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la
Competencia (CNMC) handed down a resolution on dossier SNC/0012/11 (ConcentraciónTelecinco-Cuatro) in which
it declared Mediaset España Comunicación responsible for a very serious violation of Anti-Trust Law, as it did not
present an Action Plan (including commitments with the CNC) within the established deadline, setting a fine of 3,600
thousand euros.
This resolution was appealed before the National Court of Justice as part of ordinary civil lawsuit 474/2011. A sentence
handed down on January 8, 2013 overruled it, upholding the imposition of the fine.
Another appeal was filed before the Supreme Court, and admitted on September 21, 2015, with a ruling that the
appealed sentence was contested, ordering the return of the proceedings to the CNMC for it to hand down another
decision proportionate to the charged and justified infraction.
Thus, the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position does not include a provision for this contingency,
as the directors and legal advisors do not consider it likely that this risk will materialize.