22 Provisions
| Onerous contracts (Restated) | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2017
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CHF 1,000 |
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Balance at January 1, 2017 | 5,300 | 11,923 | 978 | 161 | 7,833 | 26,195 |
Provisions made | 593 | 13,031 | 77 | 74 | 1,664 | 15,439 |
Provisions used | – | (12,388) | (2) | – | (3,927) | (16,317) |
Provisions reversed | (3,954) | (961) | 1 | – | (2) | (4,916) |
Reclassification | – | – | – | – | 73 | 73 |
Translation differences | – | 101 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 206 |
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Balance at December 31, 2017 | 1,939 | 11,706 | 1,139 | 254 | 5,642 | 20,680 |
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Thereof current | 1,939 | 11,706 | – | 254 | 1,446 | 15,345 |
Thereof non-current | – | – | 1,139 | – | 4,196 | 5,335 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
| 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)
The provision for legal cases (2018: CHF 0.2 million and 2017: CHF 0.3 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 (2018: CHF 3.2 million and 2017: CHF 3.7 million), to controversial transactional tax positions (2018: CHF 2.2 million and 2017: CHF 1.3 million) and to several minor items (2018: CHF 0.6 million and 2017: CHF 0.6 million).
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