(14) Other Assets

The other assets consist of the following:

in th. euros   31.12.2008   31.12.2007
    current   non-current   current   non-current
Refunds and other receivables from suppliers   10,358   0   9,989   0
Receivables from a leasing company   3,158   0   0   0
Receivables from the sale of Tomtech   1,000   549   0   0
Labour procurement reserves (blocked account in Switzerland)   0   823   0   768
Loan extended to a leasing company   0   793   0   818
Rental deposits   460   316   459   248
Due from staff   102   67   50   80
Insurance refunds   84   0   151   0
Employer contribution reserve   51   0   144   0
Unrealised gains from financial derivatives   0   0   79   0
Receivables from the sale of intangible assets   0   0   121   0
Other   388   16   319   32
Total financial instruments   15,601   2,564   11,312   1,946
Deferred income   1,356   0   731   0
Advance payments   1,065   0   848   0
Social security claims   974   0   373   0
VAT accruals   191   0   131   0
Claims from other taxes   223   0   0   0
Total miscellaneous assets   3,809   0   2,083   0
Other assets   19,410   2,564   13,395   1,946

The company's assets are not collateralised. The company therefore bears the risk that bad debts equal to the carrying amounts of the receivables could be incurred.

The financial instruments included under other current assets have the following due dates on the respective balance sheet date:

in th. euros   Carrying
amount		   Not
overdue		           Overdue        
            less than
30 days		   between
31 and 90
days		   between
91 and
180 days		   between
181 and
360 days		   over 360
days
31.12.2008
Financial instruments		   15,601   15,362   148   43   40   6   2
31.12.2007
Financial instruments		   11,312   10,243   921   148   0   0   0

As of the balance sheet date there is no evidence to suggest that debtors of assets not overdue will not meet their payment obligations.

In accordance with requirements of IFRS 7, the financial instruments included under other assets have been allocated in full to the category “Other financial assets”. In the prior year 13,179 thousand euros were allocated to the category “Other financial assets” and 79 thousand euros to the category “Financial derivatives”.