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Net position hedges related to loans and deposits.

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Percentage borrowings denominated in fixed rate.

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Percentage of trade account receivables insured.

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Revolving credit facility outstanding.

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The amount of cash on hand and demand deposits, along with short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. [Refer: Cash; Cash equivalents]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of financial assets held for managing liquidity risk (for example, financial assets that are readily saleable or expected to generate cash inflows to meet cash outflows on financial liabilities). [Refer: Liquidity risk [member]; Financial assets; Financial liabilities]

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The amount of undrawn borrowing facilities that may be available for future operating activities and to settle capital commitments. [Refer: Capital commitments]

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Financial Risk Management - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Percentage borrowings denominated in fixed rate	96.00%		96.00%
Percentage of trade account receivables insured	89.00%		89.00%
Liquidity value	€ 531
Cash and cash equivalents	269			€ 347	€ 472	€ 991
Undrawn facilities	262
Revolving credit facilities outstanding	207
Derivative classified as cash flow hedge [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Nominal amount hedging instrument \| $			$ 484
Forward purchase contracts versus EURO [Member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Net position hedges related to loans and deposits \| $		$ 436
Forward purchase contracts [member] \| Cross currency swaps [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Net position hedges related to loans and deposits \| $		870
Forward sale contracts [member] \| Foreign exchange forward contracts [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Net position hedges related to loans and deposits \| $		294
Forward sale contracts [member] \| Cross currency swaps [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Net position hedges related to loans and deposits \| $		$ 140
Pan US ABL facility (due 2022) [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Borrowing base \| $			$ 249
Secured inventory based facility (due 2019) [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Borrowing base	71
10% increase or decrease in the market price [member] \| Aluminium [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Impact of increase or decrease in market price in gain or loss from derivatives	€ 35
Bottom of range [member] \| Derivative classified as cash flow hedge [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Maturity period	2018	2018
Top of range [member] \| Derivative classified as cash flow hedge [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Maturity period	2022	2022
Top of range [member] \| 50 basis point increase or decrease in the LIBOR or EURIBOR interest rates [member]
Disclosure of credit risk [line items]
Impact of increase or decrease in interest rate in income/loss before income tax	€ 1