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PROVISIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | $ 622 | $ 1,370
Acquisitions |  | 6
Divestments |  | (4)
Arising during the year | 144 | 251
Reclassified to assets held for sale | (12) |
Utilized | (100) | (896)
Unused amounts reversed | (115) | (34)
Discount rate adjustment and imputed interest (change in estimates) | 10 | 1
Translation adjustments and other | (11) | (72)
Balance at end of the year | 538 | 622
Current | 422 | 148
Non-current | 116 | 474
Income taxes provisions |  |
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | 244 | 282
Arising during the year | 57 | 67
Reclassified to assets held for sale | (1) |
Utilized | (4) | (21)
Unused amounts reversed | (32) | (13)
Translation adjustments and other | (6) | (71)
Balance at end of the year | 258 | 244
Current | 258 | 3
Non-current |  | 241
Indirect tax provisions |  |
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | 96 | 65
Divestments |  | (3)
Arising during the year | 28 | 63
Utilized | (16) | (24)
Unused amounts reversed | (4) | (5)
Translation adjustments and other | (6) |
Balance at end of the year | 98 | 96
Current | 98 |
Non-current |  | 96
Decommissioning provision |  |
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | 98 | 87
Acquisitions |  | 5
Arising during the year | 5 | 1
Reclassified to assets held for sale | (11) |
Utilized | (1) |
Unused amounts reversed | (2) | (1)
Discount rate adjustment and imputed interest (change in estimates) | 10 | 1
Translation adjustments and other |  | 5
Balance at end of the year | 99 | 98
Current |  | 98
Non-current | 99 |
Legal provisions |  |
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | 157 | 919
Acquisitions |  | 1
Arising during the year | 28 | 75
Utilized | (66) | (821)
Unused amounts reversed | (68) | (16)
Translation adjustments and other | (2) | (1)
Balance at end of the year | 49 | 157
Current | 33 | 45
Non-current | 16 | 112
Other provisions |  |
PROVISIONS |  |
Balance at beginning of the year | 27 | 17
Divestments |  | (1)
Arising during the year | 26 | 45
Utilized | (13) | (30)
Unused amounts reversed | (9) | 1
Translation adjustments and other | 3 | (5)
Balance at end of the year | 34 | 27
Current | 33 | 2
Non-current | $ 1 | $ 25

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