Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Basic information
2. Changes in Group structure
3. Summary of significant accounting policies
4. Risk assessment and management
5. Management of capital
6. Trade accounts receivable
7. Other current assets and current financial assets
8. Inventories
9. Property, plant and equipment
10. Other non-current assets and non-current financial assets
11. Goodwill and intangible assets
12. Short-term debt
13. Other current liabilities and provisions
2020 | 2019 | |
MCHF | MCHF | |
Compensation-related liabilities | 100.3 | 98.2 |
Customer-related liabilities | 134.6 | 125.4 |
Value added tax payables | 38.6 | 34.7 |
Short-term derivative financial instruments (see Note 15) | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Short-term interest payables | 1.2 | 2.8 |
Other current liabilities | 49.7 | 43.9 |
Total other current liabilities | 324.6 | 305.1 |
The outstanding customer bonuses are offset against the outstanding trade accounts receivable (Note 6). If the balance of outstanding trade receivables as at 31 December is smaller than the outstanding customer bonuses, these are reported under "Customer-related liabilities". The position “Other current liabilities” mainly included accruals for services and deliveries not yet invoiced.
2020 | 2019 | |
MCHF | MCHF | |
Other current provisions | 5.2 | 7.6 |
Provisions for restructuring | 1.5 | 4.7 |
Total current provisions | 6.7 | 12.3 |
The movements of other current provisions for 2020 and 2019 are shown in the following table:
2020 | 2019 | |
MCHF | MCHF | |
Other current provisions | ||
1 January | 7.6 | 5.8 |
Additions | 4.2 | 5.2 |
Transfers | -1.4 | 0.0 |
Used | -4.7 | -3.1 |
Reversed | -0.4 | -0.2 |
Translation differences | -0.1 | -0.1 |
31 December | 5.2 | 7.6 |
The movements of provisions for restructuring for 2020 and 2019 are shown in the following table:
2020 | 2019 | |
MCHF | MCHF | |
Provisions for restructuring | ||
1 January | 4.7 | 20.6 |
Additions | 2.2 | 0.4 |
Transfers | -1.3 | 1.0 |
Used | -3.4 | -13.9 |
Reversed | -0.6 | -3.1 |
Translation differences | -0.1 | -0.3 |
31 December | 1.5 | 4.7 |
In 2017, ceramic production at the plant in Digoin (F) was discontinued and the plant in La Villeneuve-au-Chêne (F) was completely closed. As at 30 June 2017, a restructuring provision was recognised to cover the cost of these measures (MCHF 44.0). The cashout (“Used”) from this provision in 2017 amounted to MCHF 12.5, in 2018 to MCHF 15.7, in 2019 to MCHF 10.6 and in 2020 to MCHF 3.2 (see also Note 19).