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Defined benefit plans - Summary of Principal Actuarial Assumptions (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Greece [member] | Defined Benefit Pension Plans [member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |
Discount rate - beginning of year | 1.70% | 1.60%
Discount rate - end of year | 1.70% | 1.70%
Rate of salary escalation | 2.80% | 2.80%
Turkey [member] | Defined Benefit Pension Plans [member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |
Discount rate - beginning of year | 11.00% | 10.50%
Discount rate - end of year | 15.00% | 11.00%
Rate of salary escalation | 9.00% | 6.50%
Canada [member] | Defined Benefit Pension Plans [member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |
Expected return on plan assets | 3.40% | 3.90%
Discount rate - beginning of year | 3.40% | 3.90%
Discount rate - end of year | 3.90% | 3.40%
Rate of salary escalation | 2.00% | 2.00%
Average remaining service period of active employees expected to receive benefits | 1 year 7 months 6 days | 8 years 2 months 12 days
Canada [member] | Supplemental pension plan [member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [line items] |  |
Expected return on plan assets | 3.40% | 3.90%
Discount rate - beginning of year | 3.40% | 3.90%
Discount rate - end of year | 3.90% | 3.40%
Rate of salary escalation | 2.00% | 2.00%
Average remaining service period of active employees expected to receive benefits | 1 year 7 months 6 days | 8 years 2 months 12 days

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- Definition The discount rate used as the significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 144 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_144&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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- Definition The expected rate of salary increases used as a significant actuarial assumption to determine the present value of a defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]; Defined benefit obligation, at present value; Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 144 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_144&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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