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24  PROVISIONS

 

Onerous ­contracts

Warranties 

and returns

WEEE1

Legal cases

Other

Total 2018

CHF 1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 2,828 

 13,799 

 1,152 

 227 

 6,026 

 24,032 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

 2,828 

 13,799 

–

 227 

 2,457 

 19,311 

Thereof non-current

–

–

 1,152 

–

 3,569 

 4,721 

  1. WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)

 

Onerous contracts

Warranties 

and returns

WEEE1

Legal cases

Other

Total 2019

CHF 1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

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) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 3,133 

 14,801 

 1,220 

 139 

 5,713 

 25,006 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

 3,133 

 14,801 

–

 139 

 1,632 

 19,705 

Thereof non-current

–

–

 1,220 

–

 4,081 

 5,301 

  1. 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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