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CHF 1,000 | Restructuring | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2014 |
Balance at January 1, 2014 | 297 | 11,628 | 932 | 360 | 3,667 | 16,884 |
Acquisition through business combination | – | 306 | – | – | 880 | 1,186 |
Provisions made | – | 1,563 | 83 | 282 | 3,641 | 5,569 |
Provisions used | (297) | (2,332) | (5) | (13) | (50) | (2,697) |
Provisions reversed | – | (332) | – | (148) | (364) | (844) |
Unwind of discounts | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Translation differences | – | 111 | (13) | 16 | 6 | 120 |
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Balance at December 31, 2014 | – | 10,944 | 997 | 497 | 7,780 | 20,218 |
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Thereof current | – | 10,944 | – | 496 | 5,791 | 17,231 |
Thereof non-current | – | – | 997 | – | 1,990 | 2,987 |
1 WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
CHF 1,000 | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2015 |
Balance at January 1, 2015 | 10,944 | 997 | 497 | 7,780 | 20,218 |
Acquisition through business combination | 632 | – | – | 1,005 | 1,637 |
Provisions made | 1,074 | 87 | 321 | 1,467 | 2,949 |
Provisions used | (2,738) | – | (471) | (416) | (3,625) |
Provisions reversed | (251) | – | – | (26) | (277) |
Unwind of discounts | – | – | – | – | – |
Translation differences | (191) | (83) | (21) | (173) | (468) |
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Balance at December 31, 2015 | 9,470 | 1,001 | 326 | 9,637 | 20,434 |
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Thereof current | 9,470 | – | 326 | 6,590 | 16,386 |
Thereof non-current | – | 1,001 | – | 3,047 | 4,048 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
The provision for legal cases (2015: CHF 0.3 million and 2014: CHF 0.5 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 (2015: CHF 2.8 million and 2014: CHF 1.9 million), to parts and material for discontinued products (2015: CHF 5.1 million and 2014: CHF 4.9 million), to regulatory issues (2015: CHF 1.3 million and 2014: CHF 0.8 million) and to several minor items (2015: CHF 0.4 million and 2014: CHF 0.2 million).
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