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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Valuation and qualifying accounts deducted from the related asset accounts		Balance at beginning of period				Translation adjustment				Charged to costs and expenses				Additions/ (Deductions)				Balance at end of period
		(Currency — millions of U.S. dollars)
2012
Inventories			60								95				(106	)			49
Accounts Receivable			15								1				(6	)			10
Deferred Tax Assets			1,514				6				78				(9	)			1,589
2011
Inventories			50								103				(93	)			60
Accounts Receivable			17								1				(3	)			15
Deferred Tax Assets			1,396				(11	)			138				(9	)			1,514
2010
Inventories			50								67				(67	)			50
Accounts Receivable			19								1				(3	)			17
Deferred Tax Assets			1,337				(13	)			81				(9	)			1,396

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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