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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

11,923

978

161

12,733

25,795

 

 

 

 

 

 

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) 

 – 

 (3,845) 

 (4,805) 

Reclassification

 – 

 – 

 – 

73 

73 

Translation differences

101 

85 

19 

206 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

11,706 

1,139 

254 

7,292 

20,391 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

11,706 

 – 

254 

3,096 

15,056 

Thereof non-current

 – 

1,139 

 – 

4,196 

5,335 

  1. 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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