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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 16
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 73
-Subparagraph e
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-URIDate 2017-03-09

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
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-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 54
-Subparagraph a
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_54_a&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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