21 Provisions
CHF 1,000 | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2016 |
Balance at January 1, 2016 | 9,470 | 1,001 | 326 | 9,637 | 20,434 |
Acquisition through business combination | 286 | – | – | 2,337 | 2,623 |
Provisions made | 8,996 | 60 | – | 1,859 | 10,915 |
Provisions used | (6,548) | – | – | (1,112) | (7,660) |
Provisions reversed | (273) | (49) | (164) | (45) | (531) |
Translation differences | (8) | (34) | (1) | 57 | 14 |
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Balance at December 31, 2016 | 11,923 | 978 | 161 | 12,733 | 25,795 |
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Thereof current | 11,923 | – | 161 | 9,512 | 21,596 |
Thereof non-current | – | 978 | – | 3,221 | 4,199 |
1 WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
CHF 1,000 | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2017 |
Balance at January 1, 2017 | 11,923 | 978 | 161 | 12,733 | 25,795 |
Acquisition through business combination | – | – | – | – | – |
Provisions made | 13,031 | 77 | 74 | 2,257 | 15,439 |
Provisions used | (12,388) | (2) | – | (3,927) | (16,317) |
Provisions reversed | (961) | 1 | – | (3,845) | (4,805) |
Reclassification | – | – | – | 73 | 73 |
Translation differences | 101 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 206 |
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Balance at December 31, 2017 | 11,706 | 1,139 | 254 | 7,292 | 20,391 |
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Thereof current | 11,706 | – | 254 | 3,096 | 15,056 |
Thereof non-current | – | 1,139 | – | 4,196 | 5,335 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
The provision for legal cases (2017: CHF 0.3 million and 2016: 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 (2017: CHF 3.7 million and 2016: CHF 3.1 million), to parts and material for discontinued products (2017: CHF 1.7 million and 2016: CHF 4.9 million), to regulatory issues (2017: CHF 0.0 million and 2016: CHF 0.3 million), to controversial transactional tax positions (2017: CHF 1.3 million and 2016: CHF 4.1 million) and to several minor items (2017: CHF 0.6 million and 2016: CHF 0.3 million).
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