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Provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Other Provisions |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
Provisions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 525 |  |  |  | 390 |
Due after one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 794 |  |  |  | 1,033 |
Total provisions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,319 |  |  |  | 1,423 |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
Movements during 2017 |  | Restructuring |  |  | Legal |  |  | Brazil indirect taxes |  |  | Other |  |  | Total |
1 January 2017 |  |  | 291 |  |  |  | 125 |  |  |  | 672 |  |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | 1,423 |
Income Statement: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges |  |  | 318 |  |  |  | 139 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 643 |
Releases |  |  | (79 | ) |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | (75 | ) |  |  | (21 | ) |  |  | (191 | )
Utilisation |  |  | (161 | ) |  |  | (43 | ) |  |  | (206 | ) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (414 | )
Currency translation |  |  | (17 | ) |  |  | (13 | ) |  |  | (78 | ) |  |  | (34 | ) |  |  | (142 | )
31 December 2017 |  |  | 352 |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 356 |  |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | 1,319 |

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