As of December 31, 2020, the Group is involved as defendant in administrative, civil, and labor judicial proceedings, none of which have the potential to cause significant impacts in the Group´s financial position and results of operations.
The most significant cases and corresponding provisions are presented below; there are no other cases that individually represent 5% of more of the provision for contingencies recognized as of December 31, 2020 of COP 81,705; see Note 17.
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Company | | Nature | | Description of the proceeding | | value | | Probability |
CTEEP | | Labor | | Disputes related to compensation including equality, overtime, perilous conditions, among others. | | 33.380 | | Probable |
CTEEP and subsidiaries | | Civil | | Land disputes, related to the constitution of easements, expropriations, compensation and business actions | | 22.430 | | Probable |
ISA TRANSELCA | | Civil | | Popular and group actions | | 8.360 | | Probable |
The Group is a defendant in labor, civil, social security and tax lawsuits involving risks of loss which, which based on management´s assessment supported by its internal and third-party legal counsels are classified as possible loss. The estimated amount involved COL 515,524 as of December 31, 2020, for which no provision was recognized.
The Group provides guarantees to support the growth of their different business units and to ensure the viability of strategic commercial projects and operations. Guarantees within the framework of paragraph 14 of IFRS 7 corresponding to pledged assets as contingent asset/liability guarantees granted by the Group.
As of December 31, 2020, the total amount of outstanding guarantees is as follows:
Colombia COP 5,345,852 million, Brazil COP 1,547,457 million and Chile COP 202,722,141 million.
The Covid-19 outbreak was first reported in late 2019 in China. Subsequently, taking into account the level of expansion, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Said status is maintained to the date of these financial statements.
Many countries have undertaken various public health measures to control the spread of COVID-19, including mandatory quarantines, forced economic shutdowns and travel restrictions, as well as economic measures to mitigate the impacts of such public health policies on their respective national economy.
The Covid-19 pandemic has also caused significant volatility in financial markets around the world. While governments have announced aid packages to the most affected people and taken macroeconomic measures to face the crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economies worldwide.
On March 17, 2020, Colombia Government, through Legislative Decree 417 of 2020, declared a 30-day state of national emergency in light of the health and economic crisis caused by the outbreak of COVID-19. On May 6, 2020, the Government declared a state of emergency for an additional 30 days. For the rest of 2020, the National Government and local authorities implemented sectored lockdowns, and partial closures of commerce and not essential economic activities according to the number of new cases of infected population and hospital capacity. The Government also has implemented other economic and public health measures to address the crisis, including (i) border closure for all non-citizens and non-residents; (ii) short term and low interest loans for all types of agricultural producers; (iii) payroll subsidies for companies and credit lines for different sectors of the economy; (iv) incentivizing working from home and a mandatory work from home order for 80% of Government employees and (v) reduction in the prices of gasoline, among others.