13. Provisions
| 2018 | 2017 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in thousand EUR | Legal claims | Others | Total | Total | ||||
| Short-term provisions | – | 156 | 156 | 176 | ||||
| Long-term provisions | 409 | 4 113 | 4 522 | 4 196 | ||||
| Total | 409 | 4 269 | 4 678 | 4 372 | ||||
| At 1 January | 472 | 3 899 | 4 372 | 5 290 | ||||
| Additions | 133 | 1 263 | 1 396 | 970 | ||||
| Unused amounts reversed | –22 | –734 | –757 | –916 | ||||
| Used during the year | –135 | –111 | –246 | –619 | ||||
| Currency effects | –39 | –48 | –87 | –353 | ||||
| At 31 December | 409 | 4 269 | 4 678 | 4 372 | ||||
Legal claims
The amount of EUR 0.4 million represent a provision for certain legal claims brought against the Group by different stakeholders. In the directors’ opinion, after taking appropriate legal advice, the outcome of these legal claims will not give rise to any significant losses beyond the amounts provided for as on 31 December 2018.
Others
The total amount of EUR 4.3 million for other short- and long-term provisions includes provisions for contributions to employee contribution plans (EUR 1.3 million), for contributions to employee benefit plans (EUR 1.5 million), for social security (EUR 63 075), for tax fees (EUR 0.9 million) and other provisions (EUR 0.6 million).