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Note 8 - Exceptional Items - Exceptional Items Included in the Income Statement (Details) - BRL (R$) R$ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |
Result through exchange transaction of shareholdings(i) |  | R$ 1,240.0 |
Restructuring | (105.5) | (79.8) | (63.3)
Administrative lawsuit |  |  | (239.2)
Costs arising from business combinations | (3.8) | (29.8) | (48.9)
Others | 0.6 | 3.9 | (5.8)
| R$ (108.7) | R$ 1,134.3 | R$ (357.2)

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- Definition The amount of expense relating to restructuring. Restructuring is a programme that is planned and controlled by management and materially changes either the scope of a business undertaken by an entity or the manner in which that business is conducted. Such programmes include: (a) the sale or termination of a line of business; (b) closure of business locations in a country or region or the relocation of activities from one country or region to another; (c) changes in management structure; and (d) fundamental reorganisations that have a material effect on the nature and focus of the entity's operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 98 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_98_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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