51. Accountant fees and services

The details of the fees for the services contracted by entities of the BBVA Group in the year ended December 31, 2015 with their respective auditors and other audit entities are as follows:

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Fees for Audits Conducted	Millions of euros
	2015
Audits of the companies audited by firms belonging to the Deloitte worldwide organization and other reports related with the audit (*)	25.8
Other reports required pursuant to applicable legislation and tax regulations issued by the national supervisory bodies of the countries in which the Group operates, reviewed by firms belonging to the Deloitte worldwide organization	4.4
Fees for audits conducted by other firms	0.7

(*) Including fees pertaining to annual statutory audits (€20.7 million).

In the year ended December 31, 2015, other entities in the BBVA Group contracted other services (other than audits) as follows:

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Other Services Contracted	Millions of euros
	2015
Firms belonging to the Deloitte worldwide organization (*)	2.4
Other firms	37.4

(*) Including €0.7 million related to fees for tax services.

The services provided by the auditors meet the independence requirements established under Audit of Accounts Law RD 1/2011 and under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); accordingly they do not include the performance of any work that is incompatible with the auditing function.