[20] Other property, plant, and equipment

The changes in the carrying amounts of other property, plant, and equipment are shown in the following table:

Other property, plant and equipment
in € million	Land and buildings	Plant & machinery and office furniture & equipment	Advances paid and assets under construction	Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2020	701.6	441.3	93.5	1,236.3
Gross carrying amount as at Jan. 1	1,354.3	1,329.8	93.5	2,777.6
Accumulated depreciation as at Jan. 1	–652.7	–888.5	–	–1,541.3

Group changes	15.2	2.4	–	17.6
Currency translation adjustments	–18.8	–7.1	–2.7	–28.6
Additions	131.1	140.1	85.6	356.7
Disposals	–17.0	–5.6	–1.2	–23.8
Depreciation	–83.1	–145.0	–	–228.1
Impairment	–10.5	–3.1	–	–13.6
Reclassification	6.0	69.4	–75.4	–

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2020	724.5	492.4	99.8	1,316.6
Gross carrying amount as at Dec. 31	1,439.9	1,439.4	99.8	2,979.0
Accumulated depreciation as at Dec. 31	–715.4	–947.0	–	–1,662.4

Balance as at Jan. 1, 2021	724.5	492.4	99.8	1,316.6
Group changes	1.6	2.2	0.0	3.8
Currency translation adjustments	22.6	8.2	4.0	34.8
Additions	151.0	156.1	93.8	400.8
Disposals	–56.5	–7.8	–0.8	–65.1
Depreciation	–90.0	–153.1	–	–243.1
Impairment	–0.7	–	–	–0.7
Reversals of impairment	–	0.2	–	0.2
Reclassification	34.3	40.9	–75.1	–

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2021	786.9	539.0	121.7	1,447.5
Gross carrying amount as at Dec. 31	1,557.7	1,570.9	121.7	3,250.3
Accumulated depreciation as at Dec. 31	–770.9	–1,032.0	–	–1,802.8

Land and buildings in the amount of €18.3 million (December 31, 2020: €18.3 million) were largely pledged as collateral for accrued retirement benefits under partial retirement agreements.

Other property, plant, and equipment included a figure of €513.6 million for right-of-use assets related to procurement leases (December 31, 2020: €492.5 million). Of this figure, €401.6 million was attributable to land and buildings (December 31, 2020: €375.0 million) and €112.0 million to plant & machinery and office furniture & equipment (December 31, 2020: €117.5 million).

Within the impairment losses recognized in the previous year, a figure of €13.6 million had related to property, plant, and equipment in the Supply Chain Solutions segment, the use of which was customer-specific.

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Other property, plant and equipment: thereof right-of-use assets
in € million	Land and buildings	Plant & machinery and office furniture & equipment	Total
Balance as at Jan. 1, 2020	325.9	126.8	452.7
Gross carrying amount as at Jan. 1	568.0	243.3	811.4
Accumulated depreciation as at Jan. 1	–242.2	–116.5	–358.7

Group changes	15.2	0.0	15.2
Currency translation adjustments	–9.3	–1.5	–10.8
Additions	121.5	56.0	177.5
Disposals	–15.8	–5.0	–20.9
Depreciation	–62.4	–58.7	–121.1

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2020	375.0	117.5	492.5
Gross carrying amount as at Dec. 31	658.0	243.4	901.4
Accumulated depreciation as at Dec. 31	–283.0	–125.9	–408.9

Balance as at Jan. 1, 2021	375.0	117.5	492.5
Group changes	1.6	1.2	2.9
Currency translation adjustments	13.0	0.8	13.8
Additions	126.4	55.7	182.1
Disposals	–46.3	–4.1	–50.4
Depreciation	–67.5	–59.2	–126.7
Impairment	–0.7	–	–0.7

Balance as at Dec. 31, 2021	401.6	112.0	513.6
Gross carrying amount as at Dec. 31	726.0	251.2	977.2
Accumulated depreciation as at Dec. 31	–324.4	–139.2	–463.6

The expense recognized in 2021 for procurement leases with a term of up to twelve months came to €37.0 million (2020: €18.5 million); the expense for procurement leases that relate to low-value assets was €8.9 million (2020: €9.1 million).

As at December 31, 2021, there were also obligations of €39.6 million resulting from procurement leases that already existed but had not yet started (December 31, 2020: €18.4 million).

[20] Other property, plant, and equipment

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