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Provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Other Provisions |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |
Provisions |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Due within one year |  |  | 624 |  |  |  | 525 |
Due after one year |  |  | 697 |  |  |  | 794 |
Total provisions |  |  | 1,321 |  |  |  | 1,319 |
|  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |  |  | € million |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Brazil |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Movements during 2018 |  | Restructuring |  |  | Legal |  |  | indirect taxes |  |  | Other |  |  | Total |
1 January 2018 |  |  | 352 |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 356 |  |  |  | 419 |  |  |  | 1,319 |
Income Statement: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Charges |  |  | 320 |  |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 164 |  |  |  | 600 |
Releases |  |  | (51 | ) |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (55 | ) |  |  | (116 | ) |  |  | (232 | )
Reclassification (a) |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | (85 | ) |  |  | 76 |  |  |  | — |
Utilisation |  |  | (161 | ) |  |  | (130 | ) |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (26 | ) |  |  | (327 | )
Currency translation |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (29 | ) |  |  | 13 |  |  |  | (39 | )
31 December 2018 |  |  | 445 |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 530 |  |  |  | 1,321 |
(a) | Includes amounts transferred between classes of provisions

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