31. Auditors’ fees

The fees of the external auditor and the audit firm, within the meaning of Article 1(1) of the Audit Firms (Supervision) Act (Wet toezicht accountantsorganisaties, Wta), can be broken down as follows:

x 1.000

2023

2022

Audit of the financial statements

1,165

995

Other audit and assurance engagements

559

584

Other non-assurance services

38

-

Total

1,762

1,579

The category ‘audit of the financial statements’ concerns the financial statements of Stedin Holding N.V.

The ‘other audit and assurance engagements’ category includes audits of the regulation data on behalf of the ACM, as well as audits of separate financial statements of associates. In addition, this category includes review of green bond reports and assurance engagements in relation to sustainability reporting.

The category ‘other non-assurance services’ concerns non-assurance services authorised for a public interest entity (PIE), including specifically agreed work.