- Responsibility Statement
- Independent Auditor´s Report
- Consolidated Balance Sheet
- Consolidated Income Statement
- Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
- Consolidated Statement of Recognized Income and Expense
- Notes
- Statement of Movements of Intangible and Tangible Assets and Financial Assets
- Shareholdings
16 Accrued Liabilities and Provisions
Accrued liabilities and provisions consist of the following:
| Accrued Liabilities and Provisions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| € in millions |
| Jan. 1 2007 |
Currency translation differences |
Usage |
Reversals | Addition |
Transfers | Dec. 31 2007 |
Thereof non- current |
|
| Marketing | 49 | (2) | 38 | 2 | 33 | — | 40 | — |
| Employee benefits | 39 | (3) | 23 | 3 | 38 | — | 48 | 18 |
| Returns, allowances, warranty | 120 | (7) | 72 | 6 | 91 | — | 126 | 1 |
| Taxes, other than income taxes | 11 | (1) | 10 | — | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| Other provisions | 136 | (4) | 56 | 5 | 61 | (1) | 131 | 17 |
| Total provisions | 355 | (17) | 199 | 16 | 232 | (1) | 354 | 36 |
| Goods and services not yet invoiced | 241 | (11) | 192 | 6 | 288 | — | 320 | 5 |
| Marketing | 113 | (4) | 74 | 5 | 117 | — | 147 | 5 |
| Payroll and commissions | 175 | (10) | 118 | 7 | 128 | — | 168 | 22 |
| Other accruals | 111 | (6) | 93 | — | 96 | 1 | 109 | 5 |
| Total accrued liabilities | 640 | (31) | 477 | 18 | 629 | 1 | 744 | 37 |
| Total accrued liabilities and provisions |
995 | (48) | 676 | 34 | 861 | — | 1.098 | 73 |
Marketing provisions mainly consist of provisions for promotion contracts.
Provisions for employee benefits mainly consist of provisions for profit-sharing plans. With regard to provisions for early retirement, claims for reimbursement in an amount of € 3 million are shown under other non-current assets.
Other provisions mainly include items not otherwise allocated as well as anticipated losses from purchases and other transactions, and contingent losses from pending lawsuits.
Marketing accrued liabilities mainly consist of accruals for distribution, such as discounts, rebates and sales commissions.
Accrued liabilities for payroll and commissions mainly consist of accruals for outstanding salary payments, such as bonuses and overtime, as well as outstanding vacation.
Other accrued liabilities mainly include items not otherwise allocated and also accruals for interest.




