Annual Report 1999739KB - Essent

7Provisions (continued)sub-totaldismantlingof powerstationsnuclearpowercompletionof landfillsitesothertotalin millionstotalin millionsNLGEURbalance at 1 January 1999542.548.0782.184.392.61,549.5703.1increase resulting fromacquisitions andconsolidations2.50.00.0128.719.6150.868.5additions953.42.121.522.720.21,019.9462.8costs charged tothe provision(148.8)(4.5)(2.5)(14.8)(15.1)(185.7)(84.2)balance at end offinancial year1,349.645.6801.1220.9117.32,534.51,150.2The provisions are explained in more detail in the accounting policies section on pages 35 and 36.8Long-term liabilitiesin millionsin millionsNLGEURbalance at 1 January 19995,519.92,504.8of which due after one yearof which due within one year5,029.9490.02,282.5222.3essent1999increase resulting from acquisitions and consolidations821.6372.8add: new loans taken out in 1999126.457.4less: loan repayments in 1999(1,245.6)(565.2)balance at end of financial year5,222.32,369.8of which due after one year4,547.32,063.5of which due within one year675.0306.341financial statements