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In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Parent’s Management Board is responsible for assessing
the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and
using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Parent’s Management Board either intends to liquidate
the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Management Board and members of the Supervisory Board of the Parent are obliged to ensure that
the consolidated financial statements meet the requirements of the Accounting Act of 29 September 1994
(the “Accounting Act”, Journal of Laws of 2021, item 217, as amended). Members of the Parent’s Supervisory
Board are responsible for overseeing the financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements
as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report
that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit
conducted in accordance with PSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements
can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably
be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial
statements.
The scope of an audit does not include an assurance about the future profitability of the Group
or the effectiveness or efficiency of the Parent’s Management Board in managing the Group’s affairs at present
or in the future.
As part of an audit in accordance with PSAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
− identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due
to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence
that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material
misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,
forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control;
− obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Group’s internal control;
− evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by the Parent’s Management Board;
− conclude on the appropriateness of the Parent’s Management Board’s use of the going concern basis
of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to
events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern.
If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report
to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,
to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date
of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue
as a going concern;
− evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including
the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions
and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation;
− obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business
activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are
responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group audit. We remain solely responsible
for our audit opinion.
We communicate with the Parent’s Supervisory Board regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we
identify during our audit.