Accounting policies (Policies)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Accounting policies
Basis of preparation of the consolidated financial statements	The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union and IFRS as published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). The interim consolidated financial statements of TotalEnergies SE and its subsidiaries (the Company) as of June 30, 2021, are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 “Interim Financial Reporting”.
Accounting principles applied in the interim financial statements	The accounting principles applied for the consolidated financial statements at June 30, 2021, are consistent with those used for the financial statements at December 31, 2020. Since January 1, 2020, the Company has early adopted the amendments to IFRS 7 and IFRS 9 relating to the interest rate benchmark reform phase II. In particular, these amendments allow to maintain the hedge accounting qualification of interest rate derivatives.

The disclosure of a statement that the same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in the interim financial statements as compared with the most recent annual financial statements or, if those policies or methods have been changed, a description of the nature and effect of the changes.

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