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Cash and Cash Equivalents | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Cash and Cash Equivalents | NOTE 12—CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
(in millions of Euros) |  | At December 31, 2017 |  |  | At December 31, 2016 |
Cash in bank and on hand |  |  | 269 |  |  |  | 347 |
Total Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 269 |  |  |  | 347 |
At December 31, 2017, cash in bank and on hand includes a total of €12 million held by subsidiaries that operate in countries where capital control restrictions prevent the balances from being immediately available for general use by the other entities within the Group (€7 million at December 31, 2016).

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