By definition, provisions have a credit balance. They are either shown as liabilities or as deductions from the assets for which they were formed. Any "ontrekking" from a provision therefore has to be a debit entry (a charge) to the provision account. Even if no provision were involved in this case (the Flemish text does not mention the word "voorziening") but simply a (contingent) liability for deferred taxes included in the accounts, my suggested translation would still be appropriate, whereas withdrawal would then be musch less so. Perhaps this is what threw you.

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Note added at 2 hrs 19 mins (2004-07-03 11:30:57 GMT)
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To make things a little more complicated (-:, deferred taxes can be debits (assets: amounts recoverable) or credits (liabilities: amounts payable). Perhaps things would become clearer if you could give us some more information.