6 Energy procurement

Declining energy prices have a curbing effect on net sales and energy procurement costs (see Note 1).

Energy procurement consists of CHF 1,399 thousand (prior year CHF 1,206 thousand) in income from the release of provisions for long-term contracts; of this amount, income of CHF 509 thousand (prior year CHF 266 thousand) falls to the Market Switzerland segment and income of CHF 890 thousand (prior year CHF 940 thousand) falls to the Market Italy segment (see Note 28).