Property, plant and equipment Recognition and measurement Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. The cost price includes any costs directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. The costprice of self-constructed assets comprises:
- costs of materials and direct labour costs;
- any other costs directly attributable to making the assetready for use;
- if FrieslandCampina has an obligation to remove theasset, an estimate of the cost of dismantling andremoving the items;
- capitalised borrowing costs.
Property, plant and equipment also include assets of whichFrieslandCampina has obtained economic ownership under finance lease agreements. On initial recognition the leased asset is measured at an amount equal to the lower of its fair value and the present value of the minimum lease payments. Subsequent to initial recognition the asset is accounted for in accordance with the accounting policy
applicable to that asset. If parts of an item of property, plant and equipment
have different useful lives the parts are accounted for as separate components of property, plant and equipment. Any gain or loss on the disposal of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined on the basis of a comparison
of the proceeds from the sale and the carrying amount of
the property, plant or equipment and is recognised in the
income statement