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. Changes in other provisions
 m Other
employee
benefits
Restructuring
provisions
Technical
reserves
(insurance)
Postage
stamps Tax provisions
Miscellaneous
provisions Total
As at  January  1 1,066 931 588 450 384 889 4,308
Changes in consolidated group 0–1 0 0 –1 –2 –4
Utilisation – 590 –218 – 68 – 450 –282 –384 –1,992
Currency translation differences –5 –9 1 0 –1 –1 –15
Reversal –30 –180 –30 0 –32 –124 –396
Unwinding of discount / changes in discount rate 37 18 24 0 0 24 103
Reclassification 19 0 0 0 –4 –14 1
Additions 612 140 76 450 63 289 1,630
As at  December  1,109 681 591 450 127 677 3,635
1 Miscellaneous provisions, other employee benefits and tax provisions were restructured. Employee-related components were reclassified from miscellaneous provisions to other employee
benefits. The tax provisions previously included in miscellaneous provisions are shown separately. The prior-year figures were adjusted accordingly.
e provision for other employee benets primarily covers
workforce reduction expenses (severance payments, transitional
benets, partial retirement etc.).
e restructuring provisions comprise all expenses resulting
from the restructuring measures within the  express business as
well as in other areas of the Group. ese measures relate primarily
to termination benet obligations to employees (partial retirement
programmes, transitional benets) and expenses from the closure
of terminals, for example.
Technical reserves (insurance) mainly consist of outstand-
ing loss reserves and  reserves; further details can be found
in Note .
e provision for postage stamps covers outstanding obli-
gations to customers for letter and parcel deliveries from postage
stamps sold but still unused by customers, and is based on studies
by market research companies. It is measured at the nominal value
of the stamps issued.
Of the tax provisions,  million (previous year:  mil-
lion) relates to ,  million (previous year:  million) to cus-
toms and duties, and  million (previous year:  million) to
other tax provisions.
. Miscellaneous provisions
 m
2011 2012
Litigation costs 134 115
Risks from business activities 137 104
Aircraft maintenance 35 43
Miscellaneous other provisions 583 415
Miscellaneous provisions 1 889 677
1 Miscellaneous provisions were restructured. Employee-related components were reclassified
from miscellaneous provisions to other employee benefits. The tax provisions previously
included in miscellaneous provisions are shown separately. The prior-year figures were
adjusted accordingly.
Miscellaneous other provisions include a large number of
individual items.
. Maturity structure
e maturity structure of the provisions recognised in nan-
cial year  is as follows:
 m
Less
than 1 year
More
than 1 year
to 2 years
More
than 2 years
to 3 years
More
than 3 years
to 4 years
More
than 4 years
to 5 years
More
than 5 years Total

Other employee benefits 253 291 168 119 81 197 1,109
Restructuring provisions 298 260 16 13 13 81 681
Technical reserves (insurance) 194 168 78 48 32 71 591
Postage stamps 450 0 0 0 0 0 450
Tax provisions 127 0 0 0 0 0 127
Miscellaneous provisions 341 110 63 30 20 113 677
1,663 829 325 210 146 462 3,635
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