As a lessee, the Group identifies leases in usufruct agreements, inter alia, land, perpetual usufruct right to land, and transmission easements, as well as technical equipment, machines, and transport vehicles.
The Group applies a uniform lease accounting model, which assumes that the lessee recognises the right-to-use assets and lease liabilities related to all lease agreements, including exemptions. The Group does not recognise lease assets and liabilities in relation to:
- short-term leases – applies to agreements without the option to purchase an asset, concluded for a period shorter than 12 months from the commencement of the agreement, including agreements concluded for an indefinite period with a short notice period if there is no reasonable certainty that the Group will not make use of termination.
- leases in respect of which the underlying asset has a low value.
In the case of an agreement that is or includes a lease, the Group recognises each lease component under
the agreement as lease, separately from non-lease components.
The Group defines the lease period as covering the irrevocable period of the lease agreement, including periods
for which the lease can be extended if it is reasonably certain that the Group will exercise that right, and the periods
for which the lease can be terminated if it is reasonably certain that the Group will not exercise that right.
The right-to-use assets and the measurement policy for these assets are presented in Note 9.1.
The Group initially measures the lease liability at the present value of lease payments due to be paid as at the date
of initial recognition, which include: fixed lease payments, variable lease payments which are dependent on an index
or rate, amounts which the lessee is expected to pay under the guaranteed residual value, the strike price call option if it is reasonably certain that the lessee will exercise the option, and penalties for terminating the lease if the given lease period was set with the assumption that the lessee will terminate the agreement. In fixed lease payments, the Group also includes payments for the exclusion of land from forestry and agricultural production, if they relate to land used under lease agreements.
The lease payments exclude variable payments made by the lessee to the lessor for the right to use the underlying asset during the lease period, which depend on external factors other than payments based on a rate or index.
After the date the lease began, the Group measures the carrying amount of lease liabilities by:
- an increase due to interest on lease liabilities,
- a decrease due to paid lease payments,
- an update due to reassessment or modification of a lease agreement.
Lease liabilities are presented in Note 8.
Lease rate – lease payments are discounted by the Group using the incremental borrowing rate of the lessee because generally speaking, the interest rate of a lease agreement is not readily determinable.