12. Other receivables

This position includes the current portion of the remaining receivable from Canton Zurich for the sale of the former production site in Uetikon am See (Switzerland) which the canton has retained as security in respect of the portion of the costs of cleaning up the adjacent bed of Lake Zurich that is to be borne by the CPH Group. This remaining receivable is reduced by the expenditure on the lake bed clean-up that is to be borne by the CPH Group, charged to the established provisions and paid by Canton Zurich (see also Note 15, Financial assets and Note 20, Provisions).

In the year under review, other receivables decreased by CHF 2.6 million from their prior-year level.