25 PROVISIONS
| Onerous contracts | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2019 |
CHF 1,000 |
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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) |
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Balance at December 31, 2019 | 3,133 | 14,801 | 1,220 | 139 | 5,713 | 25,006 |
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Thereof current | 3,133 | 14,801 | – | 139 | 1,632 | 19,705 |
Thereof non-current | – | – | 1,220 | – | 4,081 | 5,301 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
| Onerous contracts | Warranties and returns | WEEE1 | Legal cases | Other | Total 2020 |
CHF 1,000 |
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Balance at January 1, 2020 | 3,133 | 14,801 | 1,220 | 139 | 5,713 | 25,006 |
Provisions made | 79 | 20,218 | 150 | 4,250 | 2,195 | 26,892 |
Provisions used | (15) | (17,431) | (7) | - | (112) | (17,565) |
Provisions reversed | (298) | (811) | - | (80) | (322) | (1,511) |
Reclassification | - | - | - | - | (101) | (101) |
Translation differences | (13) | (278) | (5) | - | (148) | (444) |
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Balance at December 31, 2020 | 2,886 | 16,499 | 1,358 | 4,309 | 7,225 | 32,277 |
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Thereof current | 2,886 | 16,499 | - | 4,309 | 1,603 | 25,297 |
Thereof non-current | - | - | 1,358 | - | 5,622 | 6,980 |
- WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)
The provision for legal cases (2020: CHF 4.3 million and 2019: CHF 0.1 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 (2020: CHF 5.5 million and 2019: CHF 3.8 million), to controversial sales and use tax positions (2020: CHF 0.9 million and 2019: CHF 1.0 million) and to several minor items (2020: CHF 0.8 million and 2019: CHF 0.8 million).
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