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e provision for other employee benets primarily covers work-
force reduction expenses (severance payments, transitional bene-
ts, partial retirement, etc.), stock appreciation rights  s and
jubilee payments.
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 settlement payment obligations assumed in the , rentals for
idle plant, termination benets for employees (partial retirement
programmes, transitional benets), litigation risks 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 and internal calculations. It is meas-
ured 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
e miscellaneous provisions break down as follows:
 m 1 Jan. 2013
adjusted 1
2013
adjusted 1
2014
Litigation costs 115 97 177
Risks from business activities 105 91 45
Aircraft maintenance 58 73 96
Miscellaneous other provisions 414 369 404
Miscellaneous provisions 692 630 722
1 Note .
Miscellaneous other provisions include a large number of individ-
ual items.
. Maturity structure
e maturity structure of the provisions recognised in nancial
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 278 212 130 72 57 234 983
Restructuring provisions 209 18 8 10 11 46 302
Technical reserves (insurance) 211 180 90 56 36 73 646
Postage stamps 350 0 0 0 0 0 350
Tax provisions 98 0 0 0 0 0 98
Miscellaneous provisions 399 114 44 25 23 117 722
Total 1,545 524 272 163 127 470 3,101
 Financial liabilities
. Overview
 m 1 Jan. 2013
adjusted 1
2013
adjusted 1
2014
Non-current financial liabilities 4,421 4,619 4,683
Current financial liabilities 410 1,335 486
Financial liabilities 4,831 5,954 5,169
1 Note .
e decline in nancial liabilities is largely attributable to the
repay ment of a bond in the amount of . billion in January .
Deutsche Post  Group —  Annual Report
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Consolidated Financial Statements — NOTES — Balance sheet disclosures