Service relationships with Group management
Group management incorporates various governance and service functions that, with a few regulatory exceptions, perform functions for the entire DB Group. The costs of governance functions at DB Group are explicitly passed on to the business units to the extent possible in the course of Group charges, which can also be adjusted for specific business units as required. DB Group did not have a specific settlement procedure until 2022.
Charges for DB Business Services are only transferred if these result from direct service relationships with the business units, or expenses that are directly attributable to a tangible service. This applies in particular to expenses for the use of real estate, central procurement and technology services, and centrally consolidated insurance expenses.
The Group job market performs an important central function. DB JobService GmbH employs employees whose jobs at German companies of DB Group have been lost, with the aim of placing them elsewhere within DB Group. This means it plays a key role in the functioning of the intra-Group labor market.