24 PROVISIONS
| Onerous contracts | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2018 |
CHF 1,000 |
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Balance at January 1, 2018 | 1,939 | 11,706 | 1,139 | 254 | 5,642 | 20,680 |
Acquisition through business combination | – | 133 | – | – | 1,765 | 1,898 |
Provisions made | 1,122 | 17,076 | 61 | – | 316 | 18,575 |
Provisions used | – | (12,975) | (1) | (17) | (1,310) | (14,303) |
Provisions reversed | (316) | (2,070) | – | – | (345) | (2,731) |
Reclassification | 83 | – | – | – | – | 83 |
Translation differences | – | (71) | (47) | (10) | (42) | (170) |
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Balance at December 31, 2018 | 2,828 | 13,799 | 1,152 | 227 | 6,026 | 24,032 |
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Thereof current | 2,828 | 13,799 | – | 227 | 2,457 | 19,311 |
Thereof non-current | – | – | 1,152 | – | 3,569 | 4,721 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
| Onerous contracts | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2019 |
CHF 1,000 |
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Balance at January 1, 2019 | 2,828 | 13,799 | 1,152 | 227 | 6,026 | 24,032 |
Acquisition through business combination | – | 210 | – | – | 640 | 850 |
Provisions made | 2,376 | 16,569 | 111 | – | 969 | 20,025 |
Provisions used | (105) | (15,227) | (5) | – | (551) | (15,888) |
Provisions reversed | (1,960) | (410) | – | (82) | (1,311) | (3,763) |
Reclassification | – | – | 1 | – | (1) | – |
Translation differences | (6) | (140) | (39) | (6) | (59) | (250) |
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Balance at December 31, 2019 | 3,133 | 14,801 | 1,220 | 139 | 5,713 | 25,006 |
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Thereof current | 3,133 | 14,801 | – | 139 | 1,632 | 19,705 |
Thereof non-current | – | – | 1,220 | – | 4,081 | 5,301 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
The provision for legal cases (2019: CHF 0.1 million and 2018: CHF 0.2 million) relates to several legal cases with former customers and employees in different subsidiaries, for which the timing of settlement was uncertain at year-end.
The position ‘other’ contains provisions to cover commitments relating to other non-current employee benefits (2019: CHF 3.8 million and 2018: CHF 3.2 million), to controversial sales and use tax positions (2019: CHF 1.0 million and 2018: CHF 2.2 million) and to several minor items (2019: CHF 0.8 million and 2018: CHF 0.6 million).
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