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€ million	2016	2015

Valuation allowances on receivables and other assets	1,787	1,674
Losses from foreign currency hedging derivatives	2,964	5,083
Foreign exchange losses	3,077	3,260
Expenses from cost allocations	542	695
Expenses for termination agreements	424	502
Losses on disposal of noncurrent assets	144	106
Miscellaneous other operating expenses	7,970	8,853
	16,907	20,171

Miscellaneous other operating expenses include litigation expenses of €5.1 billion (previous year: €7.0 billion) in connection with the diesel issue as well as provisions of €0.4 billion for the antitrust proceedings that the European Commission opened against European truck manufacturers including MAN and Scania. The expenses for termination agreements result primarily from the restructuring expenses for the South American market and at MAN. In addition, the changes in the currency hedging derivatives are due to the exchange rate changes between the trade price and the price on realization; this applies in particular to the US dollar, the Chinese renminbi and sterling.

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6 Other operating expenses