43. Other provisions

Other provisions comprise:

• The provision for use of real estate without a contract
  The Group creates provisions for all claims filed by owners of real estate on which power or technology facilities, distribution systems and heat installations are located in amounts of probable cost of claims due to land owners until the end of the reporting period (including accrued interest, if it can be reliably estimated). The Group does not create provisions for potential claims of land owners with unregulated status which have not been lodged, including for transmission and land easement. Creation and reversal of the provision is charged to other operating revenue or other operating expenses and interest accrued is charged to financial income or financial expenses.
• Provision for onerous contracts
  If the Group is a party to the contract pursuant to which unavoidable costs of fulfilling the contractual obligations exceed the expected contractual benefits, the present contractual obligation arising from the contract is recognised and measured by the Group as a provision. The unavoidable costs arising from the contract comprise, at least, net costs of contract termination, corresponding to the costs of fulfilment of the contract or costs of any damages or penalties arising for the failure to fulfil it, whichever is lower. The unavoidable costs of meeting the obligation shall be increased by the value of the interest due if it can be estimated reliably.
• Other provisions relate to court cases, counterparty claims or other claims, potential penalties resulting from administrative proceedings carried out by the Energy Regulatory Office and the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and tax settlements.

PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT AND ESTIMATES

The Group estimates the amount of provisions created based on the assumptions, methodology and calculations appropriate for a given type of provisions, evaluating the probability of spending funds that incorporate economic benefits and determining the reliable level of funds necessary to perform the obligation. Provisions are created by the Group if the probability of spending funds that incorporate economic benefits is higher than 50%.