BASF Report 2021 Corporate Governance – Declaration of Corporate Governance 185 Declaration of Corporate Governance Declaration of Corporate Governance in accordance with section 315d HGB in connection with section 289f HGB The Declaration of Corporate Governance, pursuant to section 315d HGB in connection with section 289f HGB, comprises the subchapters Corporate Governance Report including the descrip- tion of the diversity concept for the composition of the Board of Executive Directors and the Supervisory Board (except for the dis clo sures pursuant to section 315a HGB), Compliance and Declaration of Conformity as per section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) in the Corporate Governance chapter. It is a component of the Management’s Report. Pursuant to section 317(2) sentence 6 HGB, the auditor checked that the disclosures according to section 315d HGB were made.