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Salaries and other employee expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Disclosure of employee benefits [Abstract]

Disclosure of employee benefits [text block]

		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
Wages and salaries			16,191			16,132			15,500
Payroll taxes			2,629			2,244			2,264
Personnel benefits			5,442			3,090			8,613
Share–based payments			3,391			3,730			4,058
Total			27,653			25,196			30,435

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The entire disclosure for employee benefits.

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