10. Other operating income

Other Operating Income		[Table 4.29]
	2008	2009
	€ million	€ million
Gains from sales of noncurrent assets and from divestitures	98	181
Write-backs of receivables	88	61
Reversals of unutilized provisions	38	65
Recognition of hedges	263	174
Miscellaneous operating income	420	441
Total	907	922
of which special items	92	138

The special items of €138 million (2008: €92 million) include €117 million (2008: €71 million) in gains from the sale of noncurrent assets and from divestments.

Miscellaneous operating income is composed of a large number of individually immaterial items at the subsidiaries.

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