Changes in the Group’s provisions for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:


	Provision for lawsuits and contingencies						Provision for environmental liabilities						Provision for hydrocarbon wells abandonment obligations						Provision for pensions						Total
	Noncurrent			Current			Noncurrent			Current			Noncurrent			Current			Noncurrent			Current			Noncurrent			Current
Amount as of December 31, 2015		10,375			149			1,620			1,400			27,380			429			248			31			39,623			2,009

Increases charged to expenses		1,579			335			962			32			3,023			—			97			—			5,661			367
Decreases charged to income		(158	)		(258	)		—			—			(10	)		(77	)		(1	)		—			(169	)		(335	)
Amounts incurred due to payments/utilization		9			(239	)		—			(869	)		(48	)		(584	)		—			(13	)		(39	)		(1,705	)
Net exchange and translation differences		1,221			7			159			52			6,245			94			26			3			7,651			156
Deconsolidation of subsidiaries		(2,213	)		(11	)		(1,351	)		(607	)		(515	)		—			(357	)		(34	)		(4,436	)		(652	)
Reclassifications and other movements		(1,608	)⁽²⁾		586			(860	)		860			1,548	⁽¹⁾		695	⁽¹⁾		(13	)		13			(933	)		2,154

Amount as of December 31, 2016		9,205			569			530			868			37,623			557			—			—			47,358			1,994

Increases charged to expenses		2,394			83			1,483			—			2,946			—			—			—			6,823			83
Decreases charged to income		(1,570	)		(410	)		(6	)		—			8			2			—			—			(1,568	)		(408	)
Amounts incurred due to payments/utilization		(25	)		(187	)		—			(661	)		—			(515	)		—			—			(25	)		(1,363	)
Net exchange and translation differences		1,483			75			—			—			6,874			121			—			—			8,357			196
Reclassifications and other movements		180	⁽³⁾		558			(811	)		811			(5,580	)⁽¹⁾		571	⁽¹⁾		—			—			(6,211	)		1,940

Amount as of December 31, 2017		11,667			688			1,196			1,018			41,871			736			—			—			54,734			2,442

Increases charged to expenses		3,320			357			3,021			—			3,785			—			—			—			10,126			357
Decreases charged to income		(371	)		(266	)		—			—			(14,250	)		—			—			—			(14,621	)		(266	)
Amounts incurred due to payments/utilization		(76	)		(129	)		—			(933	)		—			(1,514	)		—			—			(76	)		(2,576	)
Net exchange and translation differences		6,826			471			495			80			43,674			758			—			—			50,995			1,309
Increases due to business combination⁽⁴⁾		—			—			465			—			—			—			—			—			465			—
Result from net monetary position⁽⁵⁾		(204	)		66			—			—			—			—			—			—			(204	)		66
Reclassifications and other movements		73			(64	)		(1,457	)		1,457			(16,647	)⁽¹⁾		1,804	⁽¹⁾		—			—			(18,031	)		3,197

Amount as of December 31, 2018		21,235			1,123			3,720			1,622			58,433			1,784			—			—			83,388			4,529

(1)

Includes (11,710), (4,913) and 2,243 corresponding to the annual recalculation of abandonment of hydrocarbon wells cost for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively; (3,133) and (96) corresponding to liabilities reclassified as Liabilities associated to assets held for disposal as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

(2)	Includes (950) corresponding to resolutions for contractual claims that were reclassified to Other liabilities (see Note 14.a.2); and (75) corresponding to tax claims that were reclassified as Tax Charges.

(3)	Includes (2,098) corresponding to resolutions for contractual claims that were reclassified to Other liabilities (see Note 14.a.2); and 2,932 of reclassifications of Other liabilities (see Note 27).

(4)	See Note 3.

(5)	Includes adjustment for inflation of opening balances which was charged to other comprehensive income and the adjustment for inflation of the fiscal year, which was charged to results.