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HEP ANNUAL REPORT 2010
CHAPTER 6 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
HEP d.d. ∑
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the Owner of Hrvatska elektroprivreda d.d.:
We have audited the unconsolidated accompanying financial statements of Hrvatska elektroprivreda d.d. (the
‘Company’), which comprise the unconsolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the
related unconsolidated statement of income, unconsolidated statement of comprehensive income, unconsolidated
statement of changes in equity and unconsolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary
of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes.
MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these unconsolidated financial statements
in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and for such internal control as management determines
is necessary to enable the preparation of unconsolidated financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these unconsolidated financial statements based on our audit. Except
as provided in paragraph a) below, we conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing.
Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance whether the unconsolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks
of material misstatement of the unconsolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those
risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of
the unconsolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entities’ internal control. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the unconsolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
audit opinion.
MATTERS AFFECTING THE OPINION
a) Prepayment to Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o.
As described in Note 12, the Company advanced HRK 300 million to Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. in December 2006
for the acquisition of electricity facilities on the Croatian motorways within two years from the date of the advance
payment. As of the date of these financial statements, the legal title to those facilities has not yet been transferred
to the Company. The Company is the economic beneficiary of the electricity facilities, which it uses for their intended
economic purposes and in the supply of electricity to customers. As of the date of publication of these financial statements,
the Company has not classified the advance payment by type of assets used in the Company’s business, and
we have received no calculation of the economic impact of the reclassification of those assets from prepayments
to assets in use and the related depreciation from the Management Board. As a result, we are unable to assess the
impact of this matter on the Company’s financial statements.
b) Impairment allowance on receivables
The auditor’s opinion on the unconsolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009 was qualified
in respect of the provision for bad and doubtful receivables. At 31 December 2009, a provision for doubtful
receivables of approximately HRK 60 million and the related taxation effect of approximately HRK 12 million were not
recorded. During 2010, the Company recognised a provision for those receivables in the statement of comprehensive
income. Accordingly the result for the year ended 31 December 2009 and shareholder’s equity at 31 December 2009
were overstated by approximately HRK 48 million and the result for the year ended 31 December 2010 has been
understated by the same amount.