Audit fees Audit-related fees Tax fees All other fees Audit Committee pre-approval Audit fees principally constitute fees billed for professional services rendered by Deloitte for the audit of our consolidated financial statements for each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. It also encompasses the review of the financial statements included in interim consolidated financial statements for the third quarter of 2003 and 2004 and the second and third quarter of 2005 including fees related to statutory financial statements. The 2004 audit fees also included fees for audits of closing balances for divested entities and fees for the audit of the conversion to IFRS. Audit-related fees constitute fees billed for assurance and related services by Deloitte that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial statements, other than the services reported above under "Audit Fees," in each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. Tax fees constitute fees billed for professional services rendered by Deloitte for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning in each of 2003, 2004 and 2005. All other fees constitute the aggregate fees billed for products and services, other than the services reported above under "Audit Fees," "Audit-Related Fees" and "Tax Fees," provided by Deloitte in each of 2003, 2004 and 2005. Our Audit Committee pre-approved all audit and permitted non-audit services provided to us and to our subsidiaries during the periods listed prior to the engagement of our independent public accountants with respect to such services. Permitted non-audit services are assurance services or other work traditionally provided to us by the independent public accountants in their capacity as external auditor.

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