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247CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS → Notes to the Group accounts
(63) AUDITORS‘ FEES
The costs of the auditors (KPMG) of the financial statements of the
Group consisted of the following:
2014 2013
€ million Group
thereof KPMG
Germany Group
thereof KPMG
Germany
Audits of financial statements 5.4 1.6 5.2 1.5
Other audit-related services 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2
Tax consultancy services 0.6 0.3 0.8 0.7
Other services 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
6.9 2.6 6.8 2.7
(64) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Statement of Compliance in accordance with section 161 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) was published in the
corporate governance section of our website www. emdgroup.com/
investors/corporate governance in March 2014 and thus made
permanently available.
(65) COMPANIES OPTING FOR EXEMPTION
UNDER SECTION 264 (3) HGB OR
SECTION 264 HGB
The following companies, which have been consolidated in these
financial statements, have opted for exemption:
Allergopharma GmbH & Co. KG, Reinbek, Germany
Allergopharma Verwaltungs GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
Biochrom GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Chemische Fabrik Lehrte Dr. Andreas Kossel GmbH, Lehrte, Germany
Chemitra GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
heipha Dr. Müller GmbH, Eppelheim, Germany
Litec-LLL GmbH, Greifswald, Germany
Merck Accounting Solutions & Services Europe GmbH, Darmstadt,
Germany, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Chemicals GmbH, Schwalbach, Germany, a subsidiary of
Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Consumer Health Holding GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany,
a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Export GmbH, Darmstadt,
Germany,
a subsidiary of Merck
KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Selbstmedikation GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany, a subsidiary
of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Serono GmbH, Darmstadt,
Germany,
a subsidiary of Merck
KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany
Merck Versicherungsvermittlung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany,
a subsidiary of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany