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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).