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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
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) |
2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 8 |
Deferred Tax Assets |  |  | 1,454 |  |  |  | (30 | ) |  |  | 201 |  |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | 1,607 |
2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | 9 |
Deferred Tax Assets |  |  | 1,634 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | (254 | ) |  |  | 1,454 |
2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | 10 |
Deferred Tax Assets |  |  | 1,514 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 123 |  |  |  | (9 | ) |  |  | 1,634 |

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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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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