28. Deferred credits

(in millions of euros)

31 December 2024

31 December 2023

Lump sum payments

93

108

Financing advantage interest rate swaps

30

33

Grants

1

-

Correction mechanism concession fee

-

18

Deferred income

124

159

Less: to current

-18

-36

Total non-current as at 31 December 2023

106

123

The lump-sum payment for wage increases resulting from making the Railway and Public Transport Pension Fund independent in 1994 is expected to be released up to 2035 and to be credited to the income statement. The concession fee adjustment mechanism was included in the implementation agreement for the main rail network concession 2015-2024 (see note 32). The amounts were released in equal instalments and credited to the income statement up to and including 2024.

The financing benefit for interest rate swaps concerns the result on forward starting interest rate swaps that is released on a straight-line basis over the term of the associated loans (maximum 10 years). At year-end 2023, all forward starting interest rate swaps were dissolved and linked to loans. 

Accounting policy

This income concerns amounts received in a single payment under agreements with terms extending to future years. The income is credited to the income statement over the term of the agreements to which the income relates. The income is measured at amortised cost.

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