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Note 47 - Impairment or reversal of impairment on financial assets not measured at fair value through profit or loss (Details) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Impairment or reversal of impairment on financial assets not measured at fair value through profir or loss |  |  |
Financial assets measured at cost, impairment or reversal of impairment | € 0 | € 0 | € 0
Available-for-sale financial assets, impairment or reversal of impairment | (1,127) | (202) | (23)
Debt securities, impairment or reversal of impairment | (4) | 157 | 1
Other equity instruments, impairment or reversal of impairment | 1,131 | 46 | 23
Loans and receivables, impairment or reversal of impairment | (3,677) | (3,597) | (4,248)
Recovery of written-off assets | (558) | (541) | (490)
Held to maturity investments, impairment or reversal of impairment | 1 | (1) | 0
Total impairment or reversal of impairment on financial assets not measured at fair value through profit or loss | € (4,803) | € (3,801) | € (4,272)

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- Definition The gain on the recovery of loans and advances previously written off. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The total amount of impairment loss associated to available for sale instruments. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The total amount of impairment losses on debt securities + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of impairment loss on financial assets. [Refer: Financial assets; Impairment loss] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2018-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2016-01-13 -Paragraph 20 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_20_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2016-03-31 + Details
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