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Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses declined
by   million year-on-year to  , million.  e reduction is
related, amongst other things, to the restructuring of the  express
business in the previous year, which recognised part of the depre-
ciation, amortisation and impairment losses prospectively.
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses include
impairment losses of   million (previous year:   million).
At segment level, the impairment losses on non-current assets
( excluding the impairment of goodwill) were as follows:
  million of the impairment losses in the previous year
were due to the insolvency of Arcandor. A further   million
related to impairment losses on property, plant and equipment
inthe  express business and   million to impairment losses
on aircra .
Impairment losses on non-current assets
 m
2009 2010
 0 17
Intangible assets 0 4
Property, plant and equipment 0 13
of which technical equipment and machinery 0 10
 116 24
Intangible assets 6 1
Property, plant and equipment 110 23
of which land and buildings 36 1
of which aircraft 24 21
  91 4
Intangible assets 75 1
Property, plant and equipment 16 3
of which land and buildings 6 2
Corporate Center / Other 57 13
Property, plant and equipment 57 13
of which land and buildings 57 13
Impairment losses 264 58
Sta costs relate mainly to wages, salaries and compensation,
as well as all other bene ts paid to employees of the Group for their
services in the year under review. Social security contributions
relate in particular to statutory social security contributions paid
by employers.
Retirement bene t expenses consist of additions to provi-
sions for pensions and similar obligations as well as contributions
to de ned contribution pension plans. Detailed information can be
found in Notes  and .
 e average number of Group employees in the year under
review, broken down by employee group, was as follows:
 e employees of companies acquired or disposed of during
the year under review were included rateably. Calculated as full-
time equivalents, the number of employees as at  December 
amounted to , ( December : ,).  e number
of employees at consolidated joint ventures amounted to , on a
proportionate basis (previous year: ,).
 Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses
Employees
2009 2010
Hourly workers and salaried employees 435,072 413,830
Civil servants 49,691 46,866
Trainees 3,755 3,775
Employees 488,518 464,471
 m
2009 2010
Amortisation of intangible assets, excluding the
impairment of goodwill 421 288
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Land and buildings 282 190
Technical equipment and machinery 287 228
Other equipment, operating and o ce equipment,
vehicle fl eet 478 432
Aircraft 151 158
Advance payments 1 0
1,199 1,008
1,620 1,296
Impairment of goodwill 0 0
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses 1,620 1,296
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