As a participant in the Group's in-house banking and cash pooling arrangement, the Company maintains its operational bank accounts within a centrally managed treasury structure. Surplus liquidity is periodically transferred to, and funding requirements are met through, the central cash pool. Resulting intercompany positions are recognised as receivables and payables and are measured at amortised cost, applying the internal market-based interest rate set by Group Treasury. Amounts owed by Group companies include EUR 243 million (EUR 318 million) related to a surplus of the Company as part of the in-house banking and  (zero-balance) cash pool.